VIRTUAL EVENT The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThe single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of food systems. Climate models show that crop production will decline sharply due to drought, heat, and flooding. Water supplies are in jeopardy. Meanwhile, the world’s population is expected to grow 30 percent by midcentury. How will we feed 9 billion people sustainably on a hotter, more populous planet?
2020 Making Energy Work Fall Resilience Symposium
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThis interactive and engaging online event will tackle emerging and long term strategies to advance community resilience through energy and natural resource solutions. Learn from and connect with state and local leaders who are driving clean energy solutions. This event will host candid conversations about resource needs and opportunities to foster greater energy resilience across…
How to Really Help Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesFrom a baby bird found out of the nest to injured squirrels, Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory will review some of the common wildlife rehabilitation cases we see in Sunriver each year. Because sometimes doing nothing is the best answer, SNCR will discuss how to determine if an animal really needs help from a wildlife…
Webinar: How to Really Help Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesIn the last webinar of Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, Living with Wildlife Webinar Series, they'll review some of the common wildlife rehabilitation cases seen in Sunriver each year. Because sometimes doing nothing is the best answer, they'll discuss how to determine if an animal really needs help from a wildlife agency or rehabilitation facility.
Native American Heritage Month Events
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesIn honor of Native American Heritage Month, please join upcoming virtual events hosted by the Papalaxsimisha program. Nov 11: Honoring Veterans
Webcast: Wild & Scenic Rivers – The Art of Conservation
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesEver wish you could capture the beauty of a wild forest stream and bring it into your daily life? Painter Robin Hostick offers a chance to do exactly that... turning discovery of beautiful rivers across Oregon into gorgeous oil-on-canvas paintings that capture each stream's unique nature. As Oregon Wild works to expand Wild & Scenic…
Transforming Food Loss into Commercial and Nutritional Products: Innovations, Collaborations for Creative Financing and Supportive Legal Approaches
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesCommunities, businesses, governments and non-profits are developing creative mechanisms for purchasing and transforming “food loss” from harvest, slaughter and catch into foods and other products to support rural economies and the nutrition needs of consumers. The 2020 World Food Law Institute Symposium, co-sponsored with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, continues and…
Honoring Native American Heritage Month at COCC
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United States“Responding to a Pandemic: An Indigenous Perspective,” is the focus of a talk on Thursday, Nov. 12, via Zoom: https://cocc.zoom.us/j/92847837717. Hear firsthand stories from presenters Emily Washines (from Yakama Nation, with Cree and Skokmish heritage) and Chuck Sams (of Cayuse, Walla Walla, Cocopah and Yankton Sioux heritage) of the different ways in which tribes have…
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…
How to Cost Effectively Build Zero Energy Homes (2-part series)
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesEliminate barriers to ZE home construction and earn a 'Zero Energy Professional' designation Join EEBA and Earth Advantage for this two-part webinar series on affordable Zero Energy (ZE) home design and construction in Oregon. Learn how to eliminate common barriers to Zero Energy (ZE) home construction, benefit from the rapid trend towards ZE, and earn a 'Zero Energy Professional' designation. Zero…