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Walking the Upper Deschutes: Understanding Flows and Ecology
Join the Deschutes River Conservancy for an afternoon walking tour of the Upper Deschutes River. As flows drop for winter, we’ll walk the trail near Lava Island Falls to see how water management shapes the river, stream habitat, and the species it supports. Learn about the history of flows in the basin, the challenges of…
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Rooted in Place: A Groundbreaking Celebration
The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, ORJoin us as we break ground on the next chapter of our building's story and celebrate the roots we share with this place.Before construction begins, we’re inviting our community to help carefully dig up native plants from our garden and grounds to take them home to replant. It’s a unique opportunity to keep a living…
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2nd Annual Ag Connect Open House: Tuesday October 14th from 4-7pm
Join us with our neighbors at HDFFA at the warehouse - 20780 High Desert Ln. Come say hi and see where the magic happens. We're inviting our farmers, friends, and full community to celebrate local food and everything we've all accomplished this year. :)
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Bend Climate Innovation Fair
The Bend Climate Collective presents its inaugural Bend Climate Innovation Fair, as part of the High Desert Innovation Week, spotlighting the groundbreaking climate activism, ideas, and solutions emerging from Central Oregon's vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. Discover the inspired people, transformative ideas, and creative businesses being built right here in our backyard. This showcase is being organized for entrepreneurs, inventors,…
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American Foreign Policy in a New Era with Jane Cramer, Ph.D.
Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, Central Oregon Community College, Bend 2600 Northwest College Way, Bend, OR, United StatesAmerican Foreign Policy in a New Era Jane Cramer, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science, University of Oregon Tuesday, October 14, 6:30 p.m., Wille Hall, Coats Campus Center, COCC Bend Campus Access to the recorded version also available Tickets: Sliding-Scale Pricing $0-$10 Register here Jane Cramer will explore the contours of the…
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The High Desert Goes Low Impact
Local and regional experts will explore the urgent challenges of a changing climate while highlighting innovative local efforts to achieve net-zero impact and other approaches to addressing climate change and sustainability. Learn more about this pressing issue and how communities and organizations across Central Oregon are leading the way with practical, scalable strategies that move…
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Unveiling of the 19th Street Learning Garden Mural Project
RootedHomes and arts education nonprofit Caldera invite the Central Oregon community and media partners to the unveiling of a new, vibrant community mural created by local teen artists. The mural transforms a previously blank retaining wall near the future community garden at RootedHomes Rooted at 19th community in Redmond. The mural is the result of…
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Pints & Politics
Broken Top Bottle Shop 1740 NW Pence Ln #1, Bend, OR, United StatesThe Oregon League of Conservation Voters in Deschutes County is excited to host our first Pints & Politics of the year to release our 2025 Environmental Scorecard. Eliza Walton, OLCV Coalition Director, will join us for insight into the 2025 legislative session and the scorecard. Come learn about how your local representatives voted on important…
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NO KINGS Bend Oregon
About this event Saturday, October 18 @ 2 – 5pm PDT Drake Park 777 NW Riverside Blvd SAVE THE DATE AND STAND BY FOR MORE DETAILS AS WE PLAN THIS DAY OF ACTION AND RESISTANCE! (Note: Location and time subject to change) In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. Our peaceful movement is…
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Rights of Nature
RAY HALL ATRIUM OSU Cascades, Ray Hall1500 Southwest Chandler Avenue, Bend, ORThe first Indigenous National Park Service Director and Cayuse and Walla Walla tribal citizen Chuck Sams will join LandWatch Executive Director Ben Gordon for a discussion on the Rights of Nature—a movement that redefines how we relate to land, water, and wildlife. Sams will share perspectives shaped by Indigenous law and conservation leadership, inviting us…
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