The Environmental Center

Remembering the Hiroshima Bombing 75 Years Ago
2020-08-06 - 2020-08-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
What: Hiroshima Day activities: Shadow Project and Film Festival
Date: August 6-8
Where: Bend and on Zoom
Shadow Project, Aug 6, 4:00 pm media viewing

The Vocal Seniority and the Sierra Club Juniper Group have organized a Shadow Project to commemorate the Hiroshima bombing. We will outline with chalk the stencils of our bodies on the sidewalk in front of the Deschutes County Services Building, 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend. We will use appropriate social distancing in recapitulating the shadows of the Hiroshima victims whose bodies were vaporized by the blast, leaving only shadows of where they fell victim.
Activists will do the outlines as couples from 2-4 pm on Aug 6 to avoid creating a crowd. Spokespersons will be available to the press from 2-5 at the gazebo near the sidewalk.
Zoom Film Festival Aug 6, 7, and 8 at 7:00 pm, each of three evenings, followed by Zoom discussion.
Beginning on Aug 6 (Hiroshima Day) and ending on the 8th (the evening before Nagasaki Day), we will encourage people to join in a virtual film festival featuring these classic movies:

The Day After Trinity (Aug 6 at 7pm)
Fail Safe (Aug 7 at 7pm)
Dr. Strangelove (Aug 8 at 7pm)

Zoom discussion groups will follow each film. Synopses of each film are attached. Register here.
Background on the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings
Seventy-five years-ago today, August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan followed three days later by a second nuclear detonation over Nagasaki, resulting in approximately 129,000 and 226,000 deaths, respectively. Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15th, ending World War II.
The Trinity Test
One of the most profound scientific accomplishments occurred at 5:30 am on July 16, 1945 at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in New Mexico. It was the first detonation of a nuclear device, called “The Gadget” by the Manhattan Project scientists charged with developing the atomic bomb. The experimental above-ground detonation was named the “Trinity Test”, taken after the John Donne (1572-1631) poem which invoked the dominion of the Trinity “By power, love, knowledge be”, implying a transference of godly power to humans who have now mastered the power of the universe in splitting the atom and unleashing its supreme destructive power.
In a 1965 TV interview, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, reflected: “We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed; a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.’; I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”

RIGGED Virtual Screening w/ National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center
2020-10-29 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
RIGGED: The Voter Suppression Playbook is an award-winning documentary that exposes the nefarious tactics used to suppress the vote and serves to spark discussion on the actions needed to protect our democracy. Shot principally during the 2016 election, the film tracks a systematic, decade-long effort to reverse the impact of the growing demographic tide of non-white and younger voters who helped elect President Barack Obama in 2008. It details a variety of voter suppression “plays,” or tactics, ranging from the purging of voting rolls and passing of new, restrictive voter ID laws to gerrymandering and voter intimidation. The film includes revealing interviews with Republican strategists detailing how the voter suppression game is played as well as cogent insights from leading voting rights advocates, law professors and Democratic strategists. It is narrated by Tony & Emmy award-winning actor, Jeffrey Wright.

Wild Night Tonight with Sean Stevens
2020-12-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Wild Night Tonight is a new effort to introduce new people to Oregon Wild and their work, but also support the Willamette Week Give Guide and all the other great nonprofits that have worked all year to help our communities. We hope you’ll join for the premiere!

COTA Movie Night @ HOME
2021-01-21 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Over the course of six days, these women rode 132 miles of the Three Sisters Three Rivers bikepacking route in Central Oregon…
COTA Movie Night @ HOME presents Pedal Through.
Despite never having camped or ridden a bike off road, Analise Cleopatra set out on a week-long bikepacking journey of self healing and growth. Along with fellow beginner Dejuanae Toliver and professional mountain biker Brooklyn Bell, she discovered the joy of sleeping under the stars and the strength that comes with pedaling through.
Produced by Aly Nicklas and presented by REI.

The Hope of Wild Places
2021-02-16 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join ONDA for the first event in the 2021 High Desert Speaker Series, a virtual conversation with Warm Springs Paiute spiritual leader and oral historian Wilson Wewa and photographer and filmmaker Jason Houston. After a showing of their short film “The Owyhee Project” (working title), follow along for an illuminating dialogue between Wilson, Jason and ONDA’s Campaign Manager Corie Harlan about Oregon’s uniquely remarkable Owyhee Canyonlands, the role of storytelling in conservation, and the hope offered by protected wild places.
This event will be hosted online, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST. Registration is free and required. All registrants will be entered to win a giveaway prize package!

Mountainfilm on Tour-Bend: First Show
2021-02-26 - 2021-03-01 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The show will go on! Mountainfilm on Tour returns with TWO great programs for you to enjoy all from the comfort of home.
Mountainfilm on Tour-Bend will be a two-weekend experience this year, complete with inspiring films and an online raffle. Although we’re disappointed we can’t gather at the Tower, we’re excited to offer this unique and flexible option. Each program will be available for a 3-day window, and each features different films. This new format makes it possible for a larger audience to attend an event that usually sells out. Check out the films and more information about the virtual format here.
Additional perks include:

Ability to pause and resume the show as needed (another beverage, more popcorn…) Plus, no lines for the bathroom during intermission.
A RAFFLE! We’re putting together prize packages from the best shops across Central Oregon. Stay tuned; we’ll announce when the online raffle goes live.
Your ticket to the show supports our mission to advance a sustainable future.

Spread the word!

Mountainfilm on Tour-Bend: Second Show
2021-03-05 - 2021-03-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States

The People vs. Agent Orange: virtual screening premier
2021-03-05 - 2021-03-18 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Please join in the nationwide virtual screening premier of The People vs. Agent Orange, March 5-18, 2021.
Synopsis: The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the toxic defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, playgrounds… It wreaks havoc on the human genome, causing deformed births and deadly cancers. After decades of struggle and tragic personal losses, two heroic women are leading a worldwide movement to end the plague and hold the manufacturers accountable.
In France, Tran To Nga is suing the American chemical industry for poisoning her in Vietnam. In America, Carol Van Strum exposes the continuing use of toxic herbicides. Incriminating documents disappear. Activists are threatened. A helicopter technician secretly films the contamination of reservoirs, while a massive industrial cover-up goes on. Watch trailer here!
Tickets: $12/household – discounted tickets available for veterans and low income
After this content becomes available March 5th at 9:00 am PST, you’ll have 10 days to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 72 hours to finish watching. A link to a panel discussion with anti-herbicide activists will be made available after the film is watched.

Killing the Klamath Webcast
2021-05-05 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
The Klamath Tribe has prized the Klamath River region for its abundance of C’waam and Koptu since time immemorial, but this is all changing. Alex Gonyaw, Klamath Tribes Senior Fishery Biologist, will discuss how this year’s severe drought impacts the important fish species and management of the Upper Klamath Lake. Next, Klamath Tribes’ Councilmember Clay Dumont will provide an overview of the status of Klamath Tribes’ legal and policy tools for influencing management of water and Upper Klamath Lake levels in 2021.
This presentation will also feature a showing of the new documentary “Killing the Klamath” that centers tribal voices and provides context for this very important discussion. This webcast will explore solutions to the water crisis and provide unique perspectives on how people can support the Klamath Tribe in their fight to save the Klamath Watershed.

Essential, a film premiere
2021-12-02 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Save the date for the premiere of ONDA’s newest short film, Essential.
Oregon’s high desert is an arid landscape, defined by the scarcity of water, but that does not mean that this vast landscape is without water.
It means that every stream, creek, spring and river matters.
Check back on Thursday, December 2 for a link to their new film and an update on the conservation progress the ONDA community has made this year.

Mountainfilm on Tour-Bend-Virtual Event
2022-02-17 - 2022-02-20 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Mountainfilm on Tour is Back in Bend for the 19th Year!
A favorite fundraiser for The Environmental Center will be offered all Virtual for 2022
We made the difficult decision to move our in-person event at the Tower Theatre to an all-virtual experience. Mountainfilm on Tour showcases a selection of culturally rich, adventure-packed documentary films curated from the annual Mountainfilm festival held in Telluride, Colorado.
While we will not be together this year, we invite you to join us for one of two virtual shows between February 17th — Sunday, February 20th. The virtual show is self-paced and can be accessed from any location at any time during the 4-day window. $10 student / $20 individual / $50 household.
*Tickets are on sale now! View the film selections and ticket information at envirocenter.org/mountainfilm.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
2023-09-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Oregon Natural Desert Association presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Join ONDA for an evening of short films showcasing the earth’s natural wonders and the amazing stories of activists working to conserve the environment.
There will be an in-person show at the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon as well as a virtual version streamed online. See their lineup of the year’s best conservation films.
For the Tower Theatre show, doors open at 5pm and the show starts at 6pm. Join ONDA before the show to chat with staff, learn about current advocacy and volunteer opportunities, buy raffle tickets, and catch up with fellow ONDA community members!
Click here to purchase tickets!
