The Environmental Center

Bend COTA Work Events
2021-12-02, 2021-12-09, 2021-12-16, 2021-12-23, 2021-12-30, 2022-01-06, 2022-01-13 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
When: 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 helped build and maintain the trails you love.
Please bring a hydration pack with water and a snack.
Be sure to bring appropriate layers to accommodate whatever the weather may be.
Questions? contact@cotamtb.com
All COTA trail work events require the following safety measures:
All participants are required to have the following protective clothing and equipment:

Sturdy shoes or boots
Gloves
Eye protection with clear or light colored lens
Long pants

Due to COTA’s insurance requirements and the inherent dangers of trail work, we must implement the following policy regarding children at work events:

For anyone 14 years of age or younger, we require one parent, guardian, or responsible adult for supervision of every four kids attending any COTA trail work events.
All minors under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian available to sign our waiver.

Anyone who arrives for a work event may be turned away if he/she cannot meet the above requirements.

Cost effective HVAC solutions for new ORSC
2021-12-03 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Mitsubishi Performance Construction Team and Earth Advantage present a virtual lunch and learn session.
Oregon has new single family residential building codes that improve energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment. This creates challenges for builders and HVAC contractors. We will explore some cost effective solutions to meet the new Oregon codes in the area of HVAC. We will also try to clarify some of the gray areas of new code and help builders minimize the growing pains into the new code.

Deschutes River Conservancy Home Waters Book Launch w/ Greg Botsford
2021-12-03 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
WHAT IS HOME WATERS?
Home Waters is a limited edition, high-quality coffee table-style book that tells the story of the Deschutes Basin’s past, present, and future through art, poetry, fiction and non-fiction.
Pick up a previously ordered book or buy one at the event! Before they sell out!!

TREE HUNT
2021-12-04 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 375 SW Powerhouse Dr Suite 100, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
It’s Tree Hunt time! Join the Land Trust for this fun, festive annual event! Search for the perfect holiday tree while helping restore the native forests of the Metolius Preserve.

The Tree Hunt will be held at the Land Trust’s Metolius Preserve North Trailhead, weather and pandemic permitting. Please check their website for updates as we get closer to the hunt.

To help keep our community safe during the pandemic, Deschutes Land Trust have a couple of new details for this year’s Tree Hunt:

You and your group will need to pre-register for the Tree Hunt.
You must bring and wear face masks: Per Oregon Health Authority (OHA) guidelines, all participants (regardless of vaccination status) must bring and wear a face mask whenever they cannot maintain 6 feet of social distance.

Learn more and register today!

Winter Wonderland Family Program
2021-12-04 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Gather your family and help kick off winter in SNSC’s very own wonderland! SNCO will start out on a short nature hike to learn about the high desert’s winter animal residents. Then celebrate the season and help wildlife by making birdseed ornaments and garland. Last, but not least you’ll be able to share your love of nature in winter by creating nature themed cards for friends and family.
Pre-registration is required, and capacity is limited. This program will take place indoors and outdoors. Masks are required for ages 5+. This family program is for all ages, but all groups require at least one participating adult.
Program registration includes daytime admission to the nature center.

Business and the Environment Forum-Less is More: A new mantra for water efficiency
2021-12-07 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
If you share our concern about the future of water in Oregon, you won’t want to miss this upcoming Business and Environment Forum and Q&A.
At this event, panelists will talk about water efficiency, share case studies of what’s already working, and explore the potential of emerging innovations that can be applied in the manufacturing, municipal and agricultural sectors.
Panelists include:
Fawn Bergen: Manager of Corporate Sustainability, Intel Corporation
Paula Kehoe: Director of Water Resources, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Julie O’Shea: Executive Director, Farmers Conservation Alliance

Augmenting Tribal History/Shared History Curriculum with Project Learning Tree Activities
2021-12-07 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In this workshop, you will look at examples of how Project Learning Tree (PLT) activities can support students’ learning of the SB13 curriculum (Tribal History/Shared History Curriculum).
Participants will explore how PLT activities can support the interconnectivity of traditional knowledge with scientific understanding. We will include a brief overview of the Tribes of Oregon, and give examples of how to use PLT activities and SB13 together. Participants will have an opportunity to do some research on SB13 curriculum local to their areas and identify PLT activities that support those lessons and vice versa how SB 13 curriculum can support the understanding of PLT activities. All participants will receive a copy of the PLT Explore Your Environment: K-8 Activity Guide.
Registration required. Offered at no cost to formal and nonformal Oregon educators. PDUs available. Substitute reimbursement available on teacher workdays.
Registration closes approximately 2 weeks prior to the workshop.

Ice Skating Event for Teens
2021-12-07 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Come join Camp Fire for a fun evening of ice skating at the Pavilion!
Whether you are a professional figure skater or have never even put skates on there is room for you at our event. This is an event planned by Camp Fire’s Student Planning Committee (SPC) and is intended to give space for you to have fun and make some new friends.
Although this is a teen event, feel free to bring your family and friends. The more the merrier!
Registration will end on 12/5/2021

Free virtual screening of “Who’s on Top?” LGBTQs Summit Mt. Hood!
2021-12-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
“Who’s on Top?” (narrated by George Takei) is a feature-length documentary which shines a spotlight on members of the LGBTQ+ community—including those with a range of mountaineering experience—who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality in the outdoor arena. This film tells a tender and adventurous story about members of Portland’s LGBTQ+ community who challenge stereotypes about gender and sexuality in the great outdoors. Historically excluded and ostracized—and with a range of mountaineering experience—they unite to climb Mount Hood. In doing so, they also confront assumptions about who they are and how they belong in the world of outdoor adventure.
Oregon Wild is proud to present “Who’s on Top?” a special documentary screening online with an associated Q&A webinar. You’ll receive a personal link to the film to watch on your own time before joining on December 8th for a presentation from Oregon Wild staff, and an exclusive Q&A session with director Devin Tau and cast members.
Watch trailer here!

How to Go Solar
2021-12-08 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In these free webinars, Solar Oregon will answer your questions about how solar energy systems work, share information about incentives available, and help you take the first step to add solar to your home or business. In addition, at each workshop, you will discuss one of three special topics: solar + storage, community solar, and the Solar Within Reach incentive.

2021 - A Tipping Point Year?
2021-12-09 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Electrify Now for a roundtable discussion on the biggest topics and trends in clean energy and electrification from 2021. Their panel will discuss what they are excited about that has transpired this past year and whether they can see momentum building towards tipping points that will accelerate the world toward an equitable, clean energy future:
Where are we with carbon emissions at the end of 2021?
How fast is clean electricity growing and is it fast enough?
How will the Build Back Better plan affect climate action?
What are the trends in banning methane gas from the past year?
What are we seeing in building and transportation electrification?
What do we see regarding the economics of clean energy looking forward?
Are we making progress towards more equitable energy solutions?
We’ll also give a sneak peak to our full slate of webinars for 2022.

Bonfires, Bikes & Brews
2021-12-10 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Every other Friday this winter Good Bike Co will open their patio and strike up the fire cauldron. Bring your neighbors, family, and friends out to enjoy the warmth of community. Their bar hosts a rotating selection of some of the finest Oregon craft brews around. All are welcome. Pet friendly.

Bend YP Social @ Silver Moon Brewing
2021-12-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
This is it for 2021! A chance to get together one last time this year for a great YP Social. Silver Moon will be hosting Bend Young Professionals, and PrideStaff is providing an INCREDIBLE raffle prize. Register and bring your business card to enter to win a Patagonia Nano-Puff Jacket!

Virtual Lecture: Assessing Arctic Health with Gyrfalcons
2021-12-14 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
As predators and arctic specialists, Gyrfalcons are excellent indicator species for how climate change may be impacting habitat and food webs in arctic environments. During this virtual lecture, Michaela Gustafson will share her work with the Peregrine Fund to identify what landscape features are important to Gyrfalcons as they choose nesting sites and how climate change may impact this species and others over time. Michaela is a graduate student at Boise State University and has spent the last seven years conducting field research on raptors and other birds from Puerto Rico to Alaska.

Agriculture as Humanitarian Action: Addressing Immediate Needs and the Root Causes of Hunger
2021-12-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
What comes to mind when you think of humanitarian actions? Chances are, it is not seeds and livestock. Yet, agriculture is among the most cost-effective humanitarian interventions — saving livelihoods to save lives. Unfortunately, this is not reflected in our collective response to a number of major ongoing crises.
Join for a policy discussion hosted by FAO North America in partnership with CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps and Save the Children on the urgent need to consider how we are responding to humanitarian crises, and to ensure that agriculture — and efforts to improve resilience and protect the livelihoods of the most vulnerable communities — is a central part of our response.

Lay of the Land and Levers for Change: Farming for Climate Resilience in Oregon
2021-12-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Get the highlights of OrCAN’s new report: Lay of the Land and Levers for Change: Farming for Climate Resilience in Oregon 2021 and Beyond. Bring your lunch and your questions!

"Getting Dollars to Rural: Strategies for Funding Rural Priorities"
2021-12-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Rural Development Initiatives for their next Community Conversations webinar.
Federal, state, and philanthropic resources to rural communities are disproportionately low, so hard-won consensus on priorities is met with significant resource challenges. This webinar will raise awareness of rural needs for grant funding, venture capital, and technical assistance, and the system shifts required to make those changes.

Virtual Lecture: Astronomy Frontiers
2021-12-16 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Astronomy is always on the move, a constantly changing landscape of knowledge, mysteries, questions and answers. In this virtual lecture presented by Dr. Shane L. Larson, research professor of physics at Northwestern University, we’ll discuss the tapestry of astronomical technology and knowledge 30 years ago, examine how our perceptions of the Cosmos have changed dramatically in the short time since then, and speculate wildly on what the future may hold.

Teen Connects - Cookie & Ornament Decorating
2021-12-17 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Come out for some cookie & ornament decorating! Campfire will also be collecting toys for donations to those in need this holiday season. They will have cookies and ornaments ready to decorate.

Santa in the Park
2021-12-18 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States

Special Evening Program: NASA’s Lucy Mission
2021-12-30 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory’s own JPL/NASA Solar System Ambassador Paul Poncy for a special program on NASA’s LUCY Mission. Paul was in Florida at the historic launch of the probe. NASA’s Lucy mission is the first spacecraft launched to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive asteroids orbiting in tandem with Jupiter. This program will take place indoors in the Pozzi Education Center. Seating is limited and masks are required. Night sky viewing at the observatory will follow, weather permitting. Reservations required.

Snowshoe Central Oregon
2022-01-12 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join Oregon Wild for a presentation on how and where to snowshoe in Central Oregon. They’ll have tips and suggestions regarding everything from safety to gear to picking the most scenic trails. They’ll include some “Snowshoeing 101” for those new to the activity as well as some tips on locations that would be applicable to all ability levels. The presentation will include:
• Photography of recommended scenic snowshoeing destinations in Central Oregon
• The basics of learning to snowshoe
• Reference map
• What to bring
• How to be safe when snowshoeing
• Gear (snowshoes and clothing)

Universal Representation Community Forum
2022-01-13 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
FARMWORKER OVERTIME
For too long farmworkers have been excluded from receiving overtime pay. This exclusion has roots in the racist 1938 Federal Labor Standards Act, which sought to deny Black farmworkers from this benefit. This exclusion was wrong in 1938 and it’s wrong now. Farmworkers deserve to be paid for their hard work just like everyone else. Through this multi-year phased-in plan, farmworkers will finally receive the pay they deserve.
UNIVERSAL LEGAL REPRESENTATION
Our country’s immigration court system is complex and confusing. Too many immigrants are left to navigate this complicated system by themselves when they’re given a deportation order, often in a language they’re not fluent in. Through Universal Legal Representation, Oregon would connect immigrants with legal support and help families stay together.
Join Adelante Mujeres and more on a community forum to learn about these two important initiatives.

The Father's Group Film Series Presents: A Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
2022-01-15 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join for a night of celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. with The Father’s Group, a local Black-led non-profit that works to enhance the lives of children through education, leadership, and networking; while strengthening our community, eliminating barriers, and helping individuals reach their full potential.
The Father’s Group is presenting a full month of films in collaboration with BendFilm and Open Space Event Studios to celebrate and honor Black History Month kicking off with an MLK celebration on Saturday the 15th.
Come enjoy local artists, a short performance, a film (to be announced shortly) followed by a Q&A led by The Father’s
