Happy Hour in the Garden

The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR

Join us in our Kansas Avenue Learning Garden for our ongoing volunteer work party series. In 2022, volunteers contributed over 200 hours to help keep our learning garden maintained over the growing season. We couldn’t do it without you! This event is open to all ages and gardening abilities! No experience or tools required. Beer…

Free

Our Plate is Political: Using the Table as a Tool for Social Justice

Cascade Culinary Institute 2555 NW Campus Village Way, Bend, OR, United States

In this lively cooking demonstration, Bryant Terry will show us how easy it is to make delicious, vegetable-forward meals that not only satisfy us but also serve as a catalyst for growing the food justice movement. After this event, Bryant Terry will be giving a keynote presentation -- Food Justice at the Intersection of Food, Politics,…

$50

Science Pub: Science, Spirituality and a Sustainable Future

Worthy Brewing 495 Northeast Bellevue Drive, Bend, OR, United States

Join us for a fascinating Science Pub looking at the connections between science and religion. OSU-Cascades biologist Matt Orr will explain how the Anthropocene, Earth’s present geological epoch, is defined by a decline in environmental ecosystems, as well as by human responses to the decline in the forms of anxiety, guilt, grief and illness. Orr…

Free

Talk & Walk Clinic for Noxious Weeds and Native Plants

Barnes Butte Complex 44.31376, -120.82518 NE Combs Flat Road, Prineville, OR, United States

Join the Crooked River Weed Management Area for a FREE Talk and Walk Clinic. Topics include: Invasive Plant Identification Weeds vs Native Plants Control Methods Emerging Plant Invaders Bring a chair and a lunch and come join us for this clinic!

Bending the Curve: Pathways Out of Houselessness

Riverhouse on the Deschutes 2850 Rippling River Court, Bend, OR, United States

Across Central Oregon, a robust system of services are in place to meet the needs of those experiencing houselessness. Yet there are gaps in this system, and many fall through these cracks. Join for a presentation and extended Q & A with Cheyenne Purrington, Deschutes County Houseless Response Director and Eliza Wilson Director of J…

Free – $49

TED Ed Educator Talk

Open Space Event Studios 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, United States

i4Education is proud to partner with Hayden Homes and TED Masterclass for Education to reimagine professional development for educators. This professional learning program will help schools and districts surface and celebrate their best ideas. Now, more than ever, we need your help to center and listen to educators in order to reimagine what education could be. Learn more…

$10 – $25