NatureConnect Fest

Alpenglow Community Park 61049 SE 15th St OR 97702, Bend, OR, United States

NatureConnect Fest is returning in 2024!  NatureConnect Fest (formerly Discover Nature Festival) celebrates the diversity of ways that we all connect with nature. The event will provide something for everyone, including nature arts…

Event Series Happy Hour in the Garden

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…

2024 Go Clean Energy Conference

COCC 2600 NW Collge Way, Bend, OR, United States

Discover opportunities and solutions in building, clean energy, efficiency, sustainability, EV charging and electric vehicles. For individuals, businesses, & government. REGISTER HERE!

Fall Social and Seed Swap

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

Welcome to the Fall Social and Seed Swap! Join us on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024 at 5:30 PM at Worthy Brewing Company for a fun evening of mingling, swapping seeds, and sharing garden stories. Whether you're a…

Free

Trailblazing in Space with Dr. Ellen Ochoa

Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United States

The first Latina in space, Dr. Ellen Ochoa has charted an inspiring path — as a researcher, inventor, astronaut with four missions and director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Join…

Event Series Livable Future Forum

Livable Future Forum

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

How do we meet our community's needs without compromising the environment and all that makes Central Oregon so incredible? Through our Livable Future Forum, we'll explore that question and more as LandWatch…

$10 – $25

Wild & Scenic Film Festival

Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United States

Oregon Natural Desert Association presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Friday, October 4, 2024 — an unforgettable evening of captivating short films that address pressing environmental issues, highlight…

Go Zero! Tour 2024

Residential buildings account for ​almost a quarter of all energy usage​ in the state of Oregon, and zero energy home design is an important strategy in climate adaptation. Join Solar…

$20 – $60

Indigenous Speakers Series – Stories Are Good Medicine

High Desert Museum 59800 Hwy 97, Bend, OR, United States

Join us for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley. Called an “Indigenous Nancy Drew,” her protagonists in Warrior Girl Unearthed and Firekeeper’s Daughter provide opportunities to see Indigenous children and…

Free – $15