2020 Planet Forward Virtual Summit
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesClimate change is the story of our generation, and what defines that story is how we tell it — and the action we take because of it. All around the world, new voices — emerging as powerful changemakers — are running against the clock to prevent irreversible shifts to our global climate. These are the…
Food systems in the time of COVID-19: North American perspectives on how the FAO can contribute to greater resilience
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesCOVID-19 has disrupted nearly every element of every food system on earth. From international commodity markets to local cooperatives, from consumption patterns to transport protocols, from access to farm labour to reforming the retail sector – the pandemic is stress-testing every element of global and local food systems. The FAO defines resilience as, “the ability…
Celebrate Farm to School on October 26 with Local Carrots
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesWhat: Pick up a free school lunch - homemade chicken noodle soup featuring local carrots! Where: Your neighborhood school- Find your nearest Bend-LaPine School serving Grab & Go meals National Farm to School Month is a celebration of the farm to school efforts that are being made nationwide. We invite you to celebrate with us…
Virtual Book Club on The Fate of Food
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesWe hope you will join The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program (VSP) of the Central Oregon Community College Foundation for a virtual book conversations around Amanda Little's book, The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World. The book conversations will meet prior to Little's virtual presentation on November 9 and will be facilitated…
Grazing, Soils, & Pastures: An Intensive 3-night Online Workshop
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThis is a very down-to-earth workshop on forages, grazing, pastures, & soils. You’ll learn how to set up a grazing system, how forages grow, what makes a good pasture, when to open the gate and when to move animals off a pasture, how to soil test, fertilize, and lime your pastures. Three evenings of intensive…
A PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law) Conference Zoom panel
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesA PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law) Conference Zoom panel: Collaborative Governance Solutions to Salmon Restoration in the Columbia River Basin. Recent articles have declared, "Courts can't keep Columbia and Snake River salmon from the edge of extinction." These articles call on a "political fix" to recover Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead. The panel will discuss…
State of the County
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesYou're invited to join the Bend Chamber, in partnership with Cascade Insurance Center and Mid Oregon Credit Union, for annual updates on the State of the County and State of the City. You'll gain critical insights into how Deschutes County and the City of Bend are tackling the tough challenges facing Central Oregon. Discussions include:…
Chuush Fund Webinar
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesSince May of 2019, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs has been under an emergency disaster declaration due to immediate health threats resulting from a 14” water main line break in the Shitike Creek. Because of deferred maintenance over several decades, Tribal members are facing rolling water outages and “boil water” notices across Oregon’s largest…
Gravel Biking in Skyline Forest
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesThe Land Trust is partnering with Dirty Freehub to host a virtual webinar and Q & A session on gravel riding in Skyline Forest. Join Brad Chalfant, Founding Director of the Land Trust who also has a rich connection to cycling in Central Oregon. He was one of the founders of COTA (Central Oregon Trail…
Climate Justice – Electrification and equity
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, United StatesJoin Electrify Now, Community Energy Project, Solar Oregon, Passive House Northwest, New Buildings Institute, Zero Energy Project, Renewable Hydrogen Alliance and The Environmental Center for a webinar devoted to exploring how to electrify equitably. Front line communities are most effected by climate change and the pollution from fossil fuels. They are also in danger of being left behind by some energy transformation efforts. Our panel…