Run Wild, Run Free: Protecting Oregon’s Wild Rivers
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin Oregon Wild and the Oregon Natural Desert Association for a screening of the film Run Wild Run Free: 50 Years of Wild and Scenic Rivers and learn how you can be part of a historic effort by Sen. Ron Wyden to protect more of Oregon's wildest rivers from dams and development. This event is…
Fall Repair Cafe at Bend ReStore
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesRipped backpack? Busted toaster? Wobbly coffee table? Don’t just replace it, repair it! On November 18th, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Bend Habitat ReStore and The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project are hosting another Repair Café – a free event that brings together people who like to fix things, with people who have stuff that needs fixing.…
Science Pub – Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Future Transportation
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesChris Hagen, Director, Energy Systems Lab; Associate Professor, Energy Systems Engineering, OSU-Cascades Technologies developed in the Energy Systems Lab at OSU-Cascades may shape how people and goods are transported in the future. Join professor and researcher Chris Hagen for a discussion about innovations in energy storage and engine technology that are changing how personal and…
Common Ground: Renewable Energy Solutions
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesA move toward greater reliance on renewable energy will help us to reduce our impact on the climate. But how do we weigh the pros and cons of different renewable energy options? How do we make decisions that take both long- and short-term impacts into account? What personal roles do we play? Curators Louise Shirley…
Castor Canadensis in the Beaver State
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesBeaverWorks Oregon will overview the profound influence beavers have had on our landscape’s ecosystems. As a keystone species, beavers forestall drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction and the ravages of climate change. Busy as a beaver, eager beaver, beavering away—there’s a reason this critter has inspired such appraisals. As we learn about their lifecycle, habitat requirements, vulnerability and…
Bend COTA Work Events
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesWhen: Thursday Aug 11, Tuesday Aug 16, Tuesday Aug 23 and Tuesday Aug 30, 5:15 to Dusk Where: Meet at the old Ray's parking lot, NE corner of Simpson Ave and Century Drive in Bend Worksite: Varies There's only one thing better than mountain biking in Bend, OR and that's riding in Bend, knowing that you…
Environmental Trivia and Scorecard Release Party
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin the Oregon League of Conservation Voters for a fun night of environmental trivia and the release of their 2019 Scorecard for the Oregon Legislature! Come test your knowledge of Oregon’s environment, politics, and OLCV history, or just come to learn a thing or two at the last Pints and Politics of 2019.
Birders’ Night
The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, ORAbbot Schindler, Bird Photography Bird photography is one of Abbott Schindler's many interests in the natural world, and he has been photographing nature for many years. In this century he’s worked to get “close and personal” to birds in particular (they’re generally safer than bison, moose, bear and elk, which he’s also gotten uncomfortably close…
COTA Movie Night @ McMenamins: DIVIDED
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesFear of failure can stop all sorts of adventures before they even start, but what if failing is the best part? COTA Movie Night @ McMenamins presents Divided. In 2017, the female duo of Rickie Cotter and Lee Craigie raced the Tour Divide together, a 2,745 mile self-supported mountain bike race from Canada to the…
Bend COTA Work Events
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesWhen: Thursday Aug 11, Tuesday Aug 16, Tuesday Aug 23 and Tuesday Aug 30, 5:15 to Dusk Where: Meet at the old Ray's parking lot, NE corner of Simpson Ave and Century Drive in Bend Worksite: Varies There's only one thing better than mountain biking in Bend, OR and that's riding in Bend, knowing that you…