Springtime Bird Walk
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesCentral Oregon Womxn in Conservation will be ringing in springtime with some downtown birding. Join at Drake Park amphitheater for a physically-distanced, masks-on stroll to hang out with some local feathered friends. Central Oregon Womxn in Conservation welcome birders of all skill levels and backgrounds. If you have a pair of binoculars, bring them. If…
Virtual Lecture: Equinox and the Seasons
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesCelebrate the spring equinox with Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory while learning about the seasons and humanity’s ties to the Earth’s relationship with the Sun. Discover how ancient cultures created calendars and marked significant dates such as solstices and equinoxes, and how modern society studies seasonal changes and natural cycles of the Earth and Sun.
OLCV Book Club: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesOLCV’s Environmental Book Club is back for 2021! Whether or not you’ve attended their past meetings, OLCV invites you to join their next bookn club—Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb. In this creative non-fiction book, Goldfarb explores the profound impact that beavers have on our world, from wetland…
U.S. Food Infrastructure and Hunger: Lessons from COVID-19 Crisis, Guidance for the Future
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin the Alliance to End Hunger, and a panel of experts from agriculture, food infrastructure, and hunger relief sectors for a discussion on how you can be better prepared for future shocks by taking concrete actions today.
Toxics Free Schools – HB 2406 – Deep Dive
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThis meeting is open to the public. Beyond Toxics will take a deep dive into HB 2406, Toxics Free Schools, and share data from Northwest Center For Alternatives to Pesticides' (NCAP) Schools Survey and Report, created to monitor the integrity of the Oregon School Integrated Pest Management (IPM) law. They will also discuss alternatives to…
Adapting to a Future with Fire: Preparing Our Communities and Our Landscapes
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesGreat Old Broads for Wilderness are hosting a four-part webcast series this month on fire. While the first of the presentations on March 2nd - Fire in the Forest: A Natural Process and Unnatural Changes -has already filled up (it will simul-cast to their Facebook page), be sure to take a look at the other three…
Indivisible Bend and KPOV present Roy Zimmerman Live from the Left Coast
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin KPOV's Virtual Benefit Concert presented by Indivisible Bend. You'll get great music and lots of laughter, a chance to support KPOV, and a full week to watch the exclusive YouTube video -- all from the comfort of your own home, or, wherever. What could be better than that? Secure your virtual front row seat…
OLCV/OCN 2021 Virtual Lobby Day: The Clean Green Virtual Lobby Machine!
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesOn March 24th, Oregon’s environmental community is going to make a big, virtual splash! It’s a virtual grassroots lobby day with Oregon lawmakers! Can you join us? The OLCV/OCN Lobby Day gives you the chance to meet with your lawmakers and make a lasting impact on them; it gives you the chance to tell your story, and to urge them to…
Upcoming broadchats
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThe Central Oregon Bitterbrush Broads, a chapter of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness will have a number of broadchats (educational opportunities) that will be virtual until folks can meet in person again. For more information or to sign up to participate, contact Mary Fleischmann at maryriverwoman@bendcable.com. March 24th: Eastside screenings, what does are…
Webcast: Old-growth forests across the US
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoan Maloof was so inspired by what she saw visiting old-growth forests that she founded a national organization to preserve them and help make them accessible for the next generation. Join Maloof as she describes what makes the ancient forests so special, where they are located in Oregon, and how you can help protect them.