Help Our Garden Grow!
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThe Environmental Center's garden staff will be spreading compost and giving away kids Grow Kits from Central Oregon Pediatric Associates (COPA) in our Kansas Avenue Learning Garden.
Stop in to lend a hand, pick up a kit for your child, or both! Volunteers will be helping to spread compost.
Round Butte Overlook Park Clean Up
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesRound Butte needs your help this Earth Day. Please join SOLVE, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Discover Your Forest and the Crooked River National Grassland staff to clean up Round Butte. Volunteers are needed to pick up litter - both large and small - in several locations on the butte.
Virtual April Town Hall/Reunión Municipal Virtual de abril
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin Representative Kropf and Bend City Councilor Melanie Kebler for a town hall discussion about state and local issues. Live Spanish interpretation will be available. Únase al Representante Jason Kropf y la Concejala de la ciudad de Bend, Melanie Kebler, para una discusión en la reunión municipal sobre problemas estatales y locales. Habrá interpretación en…
2021 Oregon Budget Virtual Hearings
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesRepresentative Kropf would like to share important information and resources about Oregon's upcoming Budget Virtual Hearings. The Joint Committee on Ways and Means will host the 2021 Oregon Budget Virtual Hearings to receive public feedback on how the Legislature should balance the state budget and use federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. Due…
Teafly + Calypsa: Story of the Earth Guardians
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin us on Troy Field for a live storytelling session with The Earth Guardians- the larger than life creatures that lead The Environmental Center’s Earth Day Parade every year. This year, in lieu of a parade, you can join the Guardians on Troy Field for a fun, interactive story about the Earth Guardians origins told…
2021 Earth Day artwork by Madeline Magaña
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesIntroducing the 2021 Earth Day artwork by Madeline Magaña! Madeline is 16 years young and a proud member of the Latinx community here in Bend, Oregon. She uses art to inspire others, and to express love for her culture and artistry. Madeline is a bilingual/bilateral student at Bend Senior High who enjoys painting, playing sports…
Virtual Workshop: Looking Out for Neonatal Wildlife
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesOne of the most exciting parts of spring is the arrival of baby season. Baby birds, squirrels, rabbits, deer and other wildlife can be easily observed in the landscape. Some animals are fiercely independent within a few days of life while others need longer term care by a parent. This virtual workshop will review the…
Monuments: A Moment of Recalibration
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesWhat purpose do monuments serve? And whose story do they tell? Join Confluence for a conversation to explore ways to elevate and amplify a broader version of history. This program centers on tensions over monuments to missionary Marcus Whitman, at Whitman College and representing WA State in the US Capitol. This panel includes leading thinkers…
Virtual Lecture: Reaching for the Sky: Lessons on Forest Canopies from Science
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesLooming right above our heads is one of the last unexplored frontiers on earth: the forest canopy. During this virtual lecture, Dr. David Anderson, ornithologist and founder of Canopy Watch International, will share recent efforts to grow the art and science of canopy access methods.
InFARMation: Creative Ways to Access Land and Capital Virtual Zoom Meeting
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThe average farmer in Oregon is 60 years old. Without a plan to get new farmers onto the land, when the older generation hangs up their tools in the next decade we stand to lose 25-50% of farmland currently in production to conglomeration or development. Join Friends of Family Farmers to talk about creative ways…