Bend YP DevLabs, Session 2: Relational Networking
2020-11-05 | Deschutes Brewery Public House, 1044 NW Bond St, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Networking during COVID has been a challenge, but connecting genuinely with others has become even more important. Feeling like your networking skills are a bit rusty? Get a refresher on what networking practices have stayed the same, what has changed, and learn new ways to connect with intention.
Things you will get to discuss, learn, and interact with each other about during this session!
What is networking?
Why is it important/why should we bother with it?
How do we network?
The importance of setting a goal
What a good networking goal looks like
How to break the ice
The importance of asking questions
What kinds of questions to ask
The importance of listening
Ways to gracefully enter and exit conversations
In-Person AND Virtual passes are available!

InFARMation: White Farmers and Food System Members Forming an Anti-Racist Affinity Group
2020-11-05
In recognizing the pervasiveness of racial injustice and inequities in our local farm and food system, a small group of white people who are involved in farmer development in the Portland area has been meeting for the past year and a half to better understand their own whiteness and privilege, and recognize the role that plays in limiting opportunities for farmers of color. The group will share why and how the group formed, what we’ve been learning, curriculum, and activities.Rubi Shirazi will give an introduction on how to form a caucus group, develop community agreements, and creating habits for accountability.

Rural Election Recap: Where Do We Go From Here?
2020-11-05
From neighbor-to-neighbor conversations about the issues to responding to voter intimidation, rural Oregonians have been defending democracy in every county at every turn! Join us ROP to recap all of the work rural communities and small towns are doing to build rural people power, and strategize about where we go next! Massive collective action? Organizing for broadband internet and affordable housing? Register now!

How to Cost Effectively Build Zero Energy Homes (2-part series)
2020-11-06, 2020-11-13
Eliminate barriers to ZE home construction and earn a ‘Zero Energy Professional’ designation

Join EEBA and Earth Advantage for this two-part webinar series on affordable Zero Energy (ZE) home design and construction in Oregon. Learn how to eliminate common barriers to Zero Energy (ZE) home construction, benefit from the rapid trend towards ZE, and earn a ‘Zero Energy Professional’ designation.
Zero Energy (ZE) homes are a big part of the future of homebuilding business. While the materials and equipment to reach zero energy are available, designers and builders must create a bundle of energy-efficiency features that matches their climate, customers, and business constraints. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. This training will layout numerous elements of zero energy homebuilding so professionals can formulate a unique package appropriate for their situation:

Friday, November 6 @ 12PM – 3PM (PDT) – Intro to ZE, Affordability, Design, Site Orientation, Energy Modeling, Certification Programs, Oregon Case Studies, Local Market & Policy Development, Air Sealing, & Insulation. Guest speaker: Dream Home Building and Design LLC
Friday, November 13 @ 12PM – 3PM (PDT) – Windows, Mechanical Ventilation, Heating & Cooling, Water Heating, Lights & Appliances, Renewable Energy, & Incentive Programs. Guest speakers: Earth Advantage & Energy Trust of Oregon
Optional Extended Q&A @ 3PM – 3:30PM (PDT) – Offered both days. Will be recorded and provided to participants.

Participants in this training will learn design principles, equipment options, emerging technologies, material selections, and construction practices that can be integrated into their building process. Strong emphasis is placed on ways to make the final product affordable for homebuyers. Other topics include: housing market drivers, localized resources, Oregon case studies, incentive programs, ways to assess and communicate economic benefits, and next steps to put principles into practice.
This training has been designed for Central Oregon building industry professionals and will include information on geographically specific case studies and programs, however audiences from outside Central OR will find value in the content and are welcome to attend. Additional EEBA trainings in other regions can be found here.
‘Zero Energy Professional’ Designation
Participants will have the opportunity to earn EEBA’s ‘Zero Energy Professional’ designation and be listed on EEBA & Earth Advantage registries of accredited professionals. To earn the designation, attendees must pass a designation exam and have completed and passed prerequisite trainings.
12 Steps to Affordable Zero Energy Design & Construction
It’s generally accepted that improvements to the thermal envelope are fundamental. These include high levels of insulation, reduction of thermal bridges and advanced air sealing. However, significant efficiency improvements in heating and cooling equipment and the rapid drop in the cost of rooftop solar electric systems offer new options for cost-effective efficiency packages. There have never been so many ZE options to choose from. This course gives building professionals the knowledge to build ZE homes that are affordable, durable, safe, healthy, energy efficient, and comfortable to live in.

How to Cost-Effectively Build Zero Energy Homes
2020-11-06
Zero Energy (ZE) homes are a big part of the future of homebuilding business. While the materials and equipment to reach zero energy are available, designers and builders must create a bundle of energy-efficiency features that matches their climate, customers, and business constraints. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. This training will will lay out numerous elements of zero energy homebuilding so professionals can formulate a unique package appropriate for their situation:

Friday, November 6 @ 12PM – 3PM (PDT) – Intro to ZE, Affordability, Design, Site Orientation, Energy Modeling, Air Sealing, Insulation, Certification Programs, Oregon Case Studies, Local Market & Policy Development, & Incentive Programs

Guest speakers: Matt Douglas, Earth Advantage & Matthew Mills, Energy Trust of Oregon

Friday, November 13 @ 12PM – 3PM (PDT) – Windows, Mechanical Ventilation, Heating & Cooling, Water Heating, Lights & Appliances, Renewable Energy

Guest speaker: Mike Ardeljan, Dream Home Building and Design LLC

Optional Extended Q&A @ 3PM – 3:30PM (PDT) – Offered both days. Will be recorded and provided to participants.

Happy Girls Run Sisters: In-person or virtual!
2020-11-07
A gorgeous run through the town and trails of Sisters, Oregon. This year there are offerings for either an in-person race or virtual. Sign up for a 5K or Half Marathon in person. Virtually, runners can up it to a full marathon this year or find some middle ground with a 10K. This is a great race to celebrate women who love running.

Environmental Justice in Context: The Oregon Wildfires Parts 1 & 2
2020-11-07 - 2020-11-08
Join for a two-day community conversation about the Oregon wildfires from an environmental justice and disaster preparedness perspective.
First day will be a webinar where you will be hearing from community members and organizers who have been supporting communities impacted from across the state due to the wildfires. They will be talking about the impacts the wildfires have had on their communities, their response to the fires through direct, and mutual aid support.
Second day will be a zoom meeting around dicssuons envisioning what our communities need when it comes to being prepared for future crises.

Indigenous Ways of Knowing: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
2020-11-09
Dr. Samantha Chisholm Hatfield (Siletz and Cherokee) will discuss some of the underlining elements of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Elder Esther Stutzman (Kalapuya and Coos) will share her experiences with TEK. The Traditional Ecological Knowledge Club will also share information about how they integrate TEK in research, life practices, and personal development, with an enriching community discussion to follow.

VIRTUAL EVENT The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World
2020-11-09
The single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of food systems. Climate models show that crop production will decline sharply due to drought, heat, and flooding. Water supplies are in jeopardy. Meanwhile, the world’s population is expected to grow 30 percent by midcentury. How will we feed 9 billion people sustainably on a hotter, more populous planet?
Amanda Little will share stories and insights from her travels through a dozen countries in search of answers to this question. This was a deep, transformative education, by turns shocking, funny, and powerfully hopeful. She explored old and radically new approaches to food production while charting the growth of a movement that could redefine sustainability on a grand scale.
This program is sponsored by Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund and Associated Students of COCC.

2020 Making Energy Work Fall Resilience Symposium
2020-11-10
This interactive and engaging online event will tackle emerging and long term strategies to advance community resilience through energy and natural resource solutions. Learn from and connect with state and local leaders who are driving clean energy solutions. This event will host candid conversations about resource needs and opportunities to foster greater energy resilience across the state.

How to Really Help Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
2020-11-10
From a baby bird found out of the nest to injured squirrels, Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory will review some of the common wildlife rehabilitation cases we see in Sunriver each year. Because sometimes doing nothing is the best answer, SNCR will discuss how to determine if an animal really needs help from a wildlife agency or rehabilitation facility.

Webinar: How to Really Help Injured and Orphaned Wildlife
2020-11-10
In the last webinar of Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, Living with Wildlife Webinar Series, they’ll review some of the common wildlife rehabilitation cases seen in Sunriver each year. Because sometimes doing nothing is the best answer, they’ll discuss how to determine if an animal really needs help from a wildlife agency or rehabilitation facility.

Native American Heritage Month Events
2020-11-11
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, please join upcoming virtual events hosted by the Papalaxsimisha program.
Nov 11: Honoring Veterans

Webcast: Wild & Scenic Rivers - The Art of Conservation
2020-11-11
Ever wish you could capture the beauty of a wild forest stream and bring it into your daily life? Painter Robin Hostick offers a chance to do exactly that… turning discovery of beautiful rivers across Oregon into gorgeous oil-on-canvas paintings that capture each stream’s unique nature.
As Oregon Wild works to expand Wild & Scenic River protections in Oregon, Robin is launching a campaign with Oregon Wild to raise awareness – and funds – for these protections. Most importantly, he’s bringing his process and his art into your home at this webcast!
Join for a look inside the creation of six special paintings and a discussion about what wild rivers mean to all of us.

Transforming Food Loss into Commercial and Nutritional Products: Innovations, Collaborations for Creative Financing and Supportive Legal Approaches
2020-11-12
Communities, businesses, governments and non-profits are developing creative mechanisms for purchasing and transforming “food loss” from harvest, slaughter and catch into foods and other products to support rural economies and the nutrition needs of consumers. The 2020 World Food Law Institute Symposium, co-sponsored with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, continues and elaborates the discussions of food loss and food waste held in a series of international Round Tables that progressed from defining the concepts then to exploring national initiatives, global case studies, and international programs.
This 2020 World Food Law Institute Symposium will develop several of these topics through three expert, international Panels about responses to the challenge of reducing food loss by using innovations and new technologies, supportive laws and legal approaches, and creative financing – all of which are being paired with the dedication and creativity of participants along the food supply chain.

Honoring Native American Heritage Month at COCC
2020-11-12
“Responding to a Pandemic: An Indigenous Perspective,” is the focus of a talk on Thursday, Nov. 12, via Zoom: https://cocc.zoom.us/j/92847837717. Hear firsthand stories from presenters Emily Washines (from Yakama Nation, with Cree and Skokmish heritage) and Chuck Sams (of Cayuse, Walla Walla, Cocopah and Yankton Sioux heritage) of the different ways in which tribes have responded to the pandemic, as indigenous populations face a disproportionate impact from the health crisis.

Bend COTA Work Events
2020-11-12
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.

How to Cost-Effectively Build Zero Energy Homes
2020-11-13
Zero Energy (ZE) homes are a big part of the future of homebuilding business. While the materials and equipment to reach zero energy are available, designers and builders must create a bundle of energy-efficiency features that matches their climate, customers, and business constraints. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. This training will will lay out numerous elements of zero energy homebuilding so professionals can formulate a unique package appropriate for their situation:

Friday, November 13 @ 12PM – 3PM (PDT) – Windows, Mechanical Ventilation, Heating & Cooling, Water Heating, Lights & Appliances, Renewable Energy

Guest speaker: Mike Ardeljan, Dream Home Building and Design LLC

Optional Extended Q&A @ 3PM – 3:30PM (PDT) – Offered both days. Will be recorded and provided to participants.

5th Annual Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry
2020-11-14
​​Fill Your Pantry is a community bulk buying event created so YOU can fill up your pantry, freezer, and root cellar full of great local products for the winter. Say bye-bye to busy holiday lines and produce that has traveled farther than you during holiday vacations, and say hello to a cupboard full of local meat, grains, vegetables, ferments, and more.
The Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry will allow you to stock up on items like potatoes, onions, leeks, beets, winter squash, garlic, honey, flours, apples, pears, dried beans, krauts, baked goods, and more.

FORUM ON RACIAL INEQUALITIES
2020-11-16
As part of an ongoing series of discussions on race and equity, Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is hosting a virtual community forum titled “Addressing Racial Inequalities and Responding to Hate Speech”
The event is free and open to the public; attendees must register in advance.
The one-hour forum will include a range of items, including an address from COCC’s president, Dr. Laurie Chesley, a talk on stereotypes, prejudice and privilege presented by COCC’s psychology faculty, a personal narrative shared by a college staff member and strategies on how to respond to hate speech. There will also be time for community questions and discussion.

2021 Wild Desert Calendar Virtual Exhibit
2020-11-16
Join for the opening of ONDA’s 2021 Wild Desert Calendar virtual exhibit, “A Year in Oregon’s High Desert.” Tour our virtual gallery of the impressive images of Oregon’s high desert landscapes and wildlife featured in the 2021 calendar. You’ll also enjoy behind-the-scenes stories, a special opportunity to purchase a print of the cover image, and more!

2021 Wild Desert Calendar Virtual Exhibit: A Year in Oregon’s High Desert
Opening night Monday, November 16, 5:30 p.m. PST. Exhibit runs through Friday, January 8, 2021.

Virtual Farmer Chat: Food and Racial Justice
2020-11-16
This is a continuation of the conversation on the intersection of food and racial justice. FOFF will continue the discussions and explore one of the most popular emergent themes from this work. Mutual aid has always been part of the landscape for communities not served by the existing system. Since the pandemic, some of these networks have redoubled their efforts and some have stepped forward for the first time. The need is apparent for long term community aid, by and for its members. Many people have expressed interest in forming partnerships for the next season with organizations doing this work, and many would like more information on how to get involved.
All farmers, farm workers and agricultural producers are welcome to this conversation.

Combating Climate Change: Impacts on your life and solutions for your home
2020-11-17
Learn about the impacts climate change has on your life and discover simple and inexpensive solutions for your home and community.
This 2-part event will first focus on how worsening climate impacts are affecting all of us. Presented by Climate Reality’s Paul Alcantra and Candy Baunsgard, this first part will discuss the latest impacts from the science of climate change, the deepening impacts of the crisis now happening around the world, the present and emerging solutions to this existential problem, and steps we can take to create a more sustainable environment for current and future generations.
The second part of this event will focus on easy, inexpensive steps we can take to achieve a zero-carbon footprint for our homes and communities. Presenters Jim Neu and Betzi Hitz from 350Eugene will talk about the dangers of fossil gas, from extraction to its use in all buildings. They will also cover toxic alerts for indoor and outdoor air quality and pollution and what you can do in your own home or business to protect your health.

Environmental Justice Episode 2
2020-11-17
What are the roots of the conservation movement? This episode will discuss our nation’s actions, history and culture of oppression that led to the modern conservation movement. This episode is pivotal in understanding the injustices that conservation and public lands were born from and that persist today. Learn more about the series

Braiding Sweetgrass Author Robin Wall Kimmerer
2020-11-17
Join for a talk with nationally recognized author Robin Wall Kimmerer, of Braiding Sweetgrass fame, on how themes from it can offer lessons on moving towards a more just and sustainable future. How can we apply the concepts of reciprocity and humility both socially and ecologically? How can we change the lens through which we see the world to help ensure our collective survival and restore our relationship with the Earth and each other?

Oregon Wildfire Impact Panel
2020-11-17
Oregon Parks Forever will host a webinar with representatives of the Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to talk about the seven major fires (Beachie Creek, Holiday Farm, Riverside, Archie Creek, Lionshead, Slater and S. Obenchain) that impacted our public lands.
If you would like to know how each started, how they expanded, why they burned so hot, the acreage burned, plans for any salvage logging, interim plans for managing soil erosion and hillside stabilization, and thoughts regarding possible replanting … this will be interesting to you!

Heat Pump Water Heaters - Cost effective carbon action
2020-11-18
Join Electrify Now, Community Energy Project, Solar Oregon, Passive House Northwest, New Buildings Institute, Zero Energy Project, Renewable Hydrogen Alliance and The Environmental Center as we explore why Heat Pump Water Heaters are becoming the new standard and how to take advantage of these amazing devices in your home.
Water heaters are the second biggest energy users in most homes and will account for 1.5 – 2.5 Tons of carbon emissions each year. Heat Pump Water Heaters use a fraction of the energy required by standard electric or gas powered models. In most homes this translates to hundreds of dollars of savings on utility bills each year. Our panel will discuss why these products are so efficient, why they avoid carbon emissions, what to know about installing one in your home, and how to take advantage of the money saving promotions that are available now.

Tribal & Indigenous Knowledge in Policy-Webinar
2020-11-18
This webinar will focus on the Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in Data, Research, and Policy-making. Join Beyond Toxics to hear from Tribal staff, community members, and scholars explore the role of TEK in data collection, research, and policy-making. Panelists will also discuss best practices when learning about the use of TEK, and how to avoid knowledge appropriation and exploitation.
Panelist Lineup:
– Robert Kentta – Treasurer, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
– Susan Fricke – Water Quality Program Manager, Karuk Tribe
– Colleen Sanders – Climate Adaptation Planner, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
– Wenix Red Elk – Public Education and Outreach Specialist, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Native American Heritage Month Events
2020-11-18
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, please join upcoming virtual events hosted by the Papalaxsimisha program.
Nov 18: Hunting Regulations and Climate Change with Wildlife Biologist, Austin Smith Jr.
