Spring Farmer/Rancher Networking Night
2023-05-11 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Schillings Garden Market, 64640 Old Bend Redmond Hwy, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Growing season is upon us, come join us to celebrate the coming of summer and the beginning of Local Season! HDFFA invites Central Oregon producers to come together at Schillings Garden Market for conversation, networking, and celebration.
This event is for practicing farmers and ranchers in Central Oregon to network and build relationships with each other. The event is free for current HDFFA partners and $10 for non-HDFFA partners. Attendees will receive one free drink ticket.

Register here!

May Green Drinks: Shakti Farm Design
2023-05-11 17:00 - 19:00 | Three Rivers Elementary School, 56900 Enterprise Dr, Sunriver, OR, 97707, United States
We’re excited to co-host Green Drinks with Shakti Farm Design at Three Rivers School in Sunriver! Shakti Farm Design is committed to creating a sustainable food-growing world for the community. They recently built a Greenhouse for Three Rivers School in Sunriver with a Grant provided by Central Oregon Health Council. Join us to hear how Shakti Farm Design is taking part in countering climate change and creating a sustainable living for families and communities.
Learn about Sustainable Growing and Greenhouses in Central Oregon!
Thursday, May 11th
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Three Rivers School
56900 Enterprise Dr, Sunriver
Please RSVP in advance here!

Book Presentation & Signing with William L. Sullivan
2023-05-12 18:30 - 20:30 | Pine Mountain Sports, 255 SW Century Dr., Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Author and hiking guru William L. Sullivan takes us on a tour of new or dramatically changed trails in the area between Bend, Salem, and Eugene, featured in the newly released edition of his guidebook, “100 Hikes: Central Oregon Cascades.” Included are reopened trails impacted by fires, alternatives to trails requiring permits, and new hikes near Sisters, Springfield, and Albany. Along the way, expect anecdotes about local history, plants, and outdoor lore.
Sullivan is the author of six novels and a dozen books about Oregon, including the popular “100 Hikes” series, “Exploring Oregon’s History,” and “Oregon Favorites.” His journal of a 1000-mile hike he took across Oregon, “Listening for Coyote,” was chosen by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission as one of Oregon’s “100 Books,” the 100 most significant books in the state’s history.
This event is Free. But space is limited so RSVP is required to attend. You will receive a e-ticket from Evenbrite…no need to bring it to the event.
Copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.
Doors open at 6:30 PM, Presentation starts at 7:00 PM.
Register here!

Happy Hour in the Garden
2023-05-16 16:00 - 18:00, 2023-06-06 16:00 - 18:00 | The Environmental Center, 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR, 97703
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 the growing season. We couldn’t do it without you!
This event is open to all ages and gardening abilities! No experience or tools required. Beer and non-alcoholic beverages are provided for all who volunteer. Each event includes seasonal ongoing tasks as well as special projects as needed throughout the growing season. Volunteers are welcome to pop in for an hour or stay the whole time. No need to RSVP or commit ahead of time. (Pro tip – put the following dates in your phone calendar now – then when it pops up you can decide if it works out for you or not!)
In 2023, Happy Hour in the Garden will once again run twice a month from March through October. This schedule throughout the extent of the growing season offers meaningful volunteer experiences for all who come, and deeper care for the garden when it needs it.
For Spring 2023, our Happy Hours will be 4-6pm, on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month.
March & April Happy Hours sponsored by Wild Ride Brewing

March 7 & 21
April 4 & 18

May & June Happy Hours sponsored by Worthy Environmental

May 2 & 16
June 6 & 20

Stay tuned for confirmation of dates for July through October, as these might switch to the 2nd & 4th…)
Contact Denise, Garden Program Manager, if you have any questions about getting involved.

Our Plate is Political: Using the Table as a Tool for Social Justice
2023-05-16 16:30 - 18:00 | Cascade Culinary Institute, 2555 NW Campus Village Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
In this lively cooking demonstration, Bryant Terry will show us how easy it is to make delicious, vegetable-forward meals that not only satisfy us but also serve as a catalyst for growing the food justice movement.
After this event, Bryant Terry will be giving a keynote presentation — Food Justice at the Intersection of Food, Politics, Art, and Culture – at 7 p.m. in Wille Hall in Coats Campus Center on COCC’s Bend campus. To register and reserve tickets for the keynote click HERE.
About Bryant Terry
Bryant Terry moves between cooking, writing, curating, bookmaking, conceptualism, social sculpture, music, and design to inspire us to work towards a more healthy, just, and sustainable world.
San Francisco Magazine included Terry among 11 Smartest People in the Bay Area Food Scene, and Fast Company named him one of 9 People Who Are Changing the Future of Food.
Terry is the founder of 4 Color Books, a publishing imprint which collaborates with forward-thinking and groundbreaking BIPOC chefs, writers, artists, activists, and innovators to craft visually stunning nonfiction books. He is also the author of six critically acclaimed books, and he has won a James Beard Award, an NAACP Image Award, and an Art of Eating Prize. His latest book, Black Food, illuminates a part of the Black experience offering recipes, essays and art.

Science Pub: Science, Spirituality and a Sustainable Future
2023-05-16 17:00 - 19:30 | Worthy Brewing, 495 Northeast Bellevue Drive, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Join us for a fascinating Science Pub looking at the connections between science and religion. OSU-Cascades biologist Matt Orr will explain how the Anthropocene, Earth’s present geological epoch, is defined by a decline in environmental ecosystems, as well as by human responses to the decline in the forms of anxiety, guilt, grief and illness.
Orr will share ways in which spiritual practices have evolved in response to other significant crises over time, and examine how contemporary spirituality practices are evolving in response to the environmental crisis. He’ll look at how this evolution may continue and improve both the environmental and human condition.
5 p.m. DOORS OPEN/ORDER FOOD AND BEVERAGES – Enjoy dinner with fellow attendees.
6:30 p.m. PRESENTATION – Presentation begins in Hop Mahal.

Science Pubs are where we take science out of the laboratory and bring it to the community. Join discussions with researchers from throughout OSU and OSU-Cascades about the work they do to help solve the world’s toughest challenges.
Science Pubs are made possible with support from Worthy Brewing.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Matt Orr is an associate professor at Oregon State University – Cascades. His research interests focus on restoration ecology in forest, field and stream habitats in Central Oregon. His work has included studying the behavior of scavengers; the application of restoration ecology to medicine; and the connections between science and religion. He received a Ph.D. in population biology from University of California, Davis.
Register here!

Food Justice at the Intersection of Food, Politics, Art, and Culture
2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | COCC, 2600 NW Collge Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
How can we create a world in which all Americans, regardless of income, geography, or race have access to healthful, fresh, affordable, and culturally appropriate food? In this interactive talk, Bryant Terry will take us on a journey of his more than two-decade career as a chef, author, publisher, and community builder committed to creating a healthful, just, and sustainable food system. From grassroots organizing to book publishing, Terry has employed cultural strategy, a field of practice that centers art, storytelling, media, and cooking (in Bryant’s case) to bring about social change. Through a dynamic presentation that includes singing and rapping, and fusing personal narrative with food politics, Terry will show us how to improve access to fresh food in our communities — whether that community is your campus, workplace, neighborhood, or your group of friends.
Register here!

Closing the Food Loop: How to Make Composting Work for Your Restaurant
2023-05-17 08:30 - 09:30 | SCP Redmond, 521 Southwest 6th Street, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Each year, an estimated 25 to 40 percent of all food produced or imported for consumption in the United States is never eaten. Of that wasted food, 40 percent is estimated to come from consumer-facing businesses— like restaurants, event venues, etc. And all that wasted food means wasted money, by some estimates as much as $57 billion annually for U.S. businesses. Here in Deschutes County, wasted food makes up over 25% of waste at Knott Landfill by tonnage – making it the largest category of waste in the landfill!
It’s time to rethink food waste, and we want to help you do it.
This free, interactive panel discussion will dig into tips on getting started, infrastructure, troubleshooting, and more. Learn about local food waste resources and hear from food service businesses that are composting on-site and off-site. This discussion is open to owners, managers, and staff in the culinary community. And we hope attendees will chime in with your experience and expertise as well!

Register here!

Talk & Walk Clinic for Noxious Weeds and Native Plants
2023-05-18 10:00 - 13:30 | Barnes Butte Complex, 44.31376, -120.82518 NE Combs Flat Road, Prineville, OR, United States
Join the Crooked River Weed Management Area for a FREE Talk and Walk Clinic.
Topics include:

Invasive Plant Identification
Weeds vs Native Plants
Control Methods
Emerging Plant Invaders

Bring a chair and a lunch and come join us for this clinic!

Bending the Curve: Pathways Out of Houselessness
2023-05-18 11:30 - 13:00 | Riverhouse on the Deschutes, 2850 Rippling River Court, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Across Central Oregon, a robust system of services are in place to meet the needs of those experiencing houselessness. Yet there are gaps in this system, and many fall through these cracks. Join for a presentation and extended Q & A with Cheyenne Purrington, Deschutes County Houseless Response Director and Eliza Wilson Director of J Bar J and Chair of the Homeless Leadership Coalition. They’ll discuss how an optimized, integrated system of care changed the trajectory of one family in need, and the critical junctions where community support will make a difference into our future. Moderated by Aaron Switzer, publisher of The Source Weekly.
Register here.

TED Ed Educator Talk
2023-05-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
i4Education is proud to partner with Hayden Homes and TED Masterclass for Education to reimagine professional development for educators. This professional learning program will help schools and districts surface and celebrate their best ideas. Now, more than ever, we need your help to center and listen to educators in order to
reimagine what education could be.
Learn more and register here!

COTA Trail Love
2023-05-20 09:00 - 14:00 | Embark, 2843 NW Lolo Dr., Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Trail Love is a community event that COTA hosts to gather folks to come out for a day of collective trail work. The riding season has just started and the moisture in the soil allows for great trail work conditions. Our goal is to get 100+ volunteers who are passionate about trails get a ton of trail work done to keep the trails riding great!
Everyone is welcome to this event, and no previous trail work experience is necessary! We encourage all trail enthusiasts to join us for a day of trail work, camaraderie, and celebration. It’s a perfect opportunity to learn about trail maintenance and contribute to the community. Youth are welcome with a parent/guardian.
The much-awaited riding season is finally here, and what better way to kick it off than by coming together as a community to improve our mountain bike trails?
If you plan on attending, please signup on Meetup here!
Event Details:
We will meet at 9am at the Embark Co-working Community parking lot (2843 NW Lolo Dr. Bend, OR). We ask that people park on the street so we don’t overcrowd the lots of adjacent businesses.
Event Agenda:
9a: COTA intro and safety talk
9:30a: Present Crew Leader pairs and projects – split into crews
10a – 1p: Trail WORK!
1p: Lunch and beverages at Embark
What to bring:

Water
Snacks

All tools and safety equipment will be provided!
What to wear:

Long sleeve shirt
Long pants
Closed toed shoes
Sunglasses, or you can borrow our eye protection

*Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty*

Kristen Jokinen—author of Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina
2023-05-20 14:00 - 17:00 | Barnes and Noble, 2690 NE hwy 20, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Meet the Author: Kristen Jokinen for a conversation and signing of her new book Joy Ride: A Bike Odyssey from Alaska to Argentina! After party at Crux Fermentation Project.

Introduction to Growing Food in the High Desert
2023-05-21 09:00 - 11:30 | Worthy Brewing, 495 Northeast Bellevue Drive, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Spring is here! Get ready to garden and join our Growing Food Class. In this class, you will learn how to prepare your garden and start planting. Topics will include soils and soil amendments, bed preparation, starting seeds at home, direct seeding in your garden,transplanting seedlings and navigating challenges . This is a great class if you are new to gardening. The class will include a free vegetable start and early access to plant sale seedlings.
Register

Raise the Deschutes Seminar - Many Voices, One Plan: The Future of Water in the Upper Deschutes
2023-05-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Open Space Event Studios, 220 NE Lafayette Ave, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
From the Cascades to Lake Billy Chinook, the Deschutes River has been over-tapped for decades. Fish, farmers, and families all depend on water supplies that are impacted by drought and climate change. The Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative, a consortium of more than 45 stakeholders, is working to accelerate funding, market-based solutions, and implementation of water conservation projects in the basin to help meet demand. Come learn about this work and give the Collaborative your feedback on how you see Central Oregon meeting its water needs in the future.
Speakers:
Bobby Brunoe
Secretary/Treasurer & CEO
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation,
Steve Johnson
General Manager
Arnold Irrigation District
Phil Chang
County Commissioner
Deschutes County
Lisa Seales
Moderator
Programs Manager, Deschutes River Conservancy
Program:
6:00 – Doors open, drinks available
6:15 – 7:45 – Seminar + Q&A
8:00 – Doors close, bar closes
Beverages are available for purchase before and after the event. You are welcome to bring your own dinner.
Register here!

The Whys and Hows of Food Waste and Composting (Redmond)
2023-05-24 17:00 - 18:30 | Becky Johnson Community Center, 412 SW 8th St, Redmond, OR 97756, Redmond, OR, 97756, United States
Learn why food waste matters, how to reduce food waste, strategies for composting, and pros and cons of various at home compost bins.
Open to adults and youth, composting beginners and pros! Attendees will be entered into a drawing for an at home composting system.
Register here!

Cashing in on Clean Energy: Save Money and the Climate
2023-05-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
In 2022, Congress passed the largest climate investment in our history with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which included what is now the Affordable Clean Energy Plan. It passed because people like you never stop fighting for what we need – a clean energy future that centers racial justice and equity. It will be successful because of people like you, too. Join us on Wednesday, May 24th, at 6pm to find out more.
Pres. Biden’s Affordable Clean Energy Plan is a game-changer for climate and clean energy. It will help put us on a path to cut climate pollution nearly in half by 2030, and better protect our communities from further devastation. How? In part, by providing tax credits and incentives so people like you can upgrade to clean energy and better energy efficiency, all while saving money on utility bills. Think: window upgrades, energy efficiency projects, electric vehicles, and more!
Join us and our West Coast partners next Wednesday for a virtual event going over the incentives coming our way.
What: Cashing in on Clean Energy: Save Money and the Climate
When: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 6PM PT
Where: Zoom Webinar
REGISTER NOW
A just clean energy transition plan is critical to reduce climate pollution while ensuring all our communities thrive. The Affordable Clean Energy Plan is the biggest opportunity we have to jumpstart this transition right now. Climate action can’t wait.
Our invited speakers, including from national LCV and Rewiring America, will go over the different benefits and offer resources to help you plan your clean energy transition. RSVP today and learn how you can cash in on clean energy!

Wild Life: love is a force of Nature Screening
2023-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Patagonia@Bend, 1000 NW Wall St, Ste 140, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Wild Life: love is a force of Nature Screening

If you’ve been on this earth for a while, hopefully you’ve made a few of those truly great friends. Friends who are like family and continue to do things that inspire and challenge you. Kristine Tompkins is one of those friends for us.
Kris started her career as an assistant shipping clerk, working for Yvon Chouinard between high school classes. At 29, she became Patagonia’s first CEO. More than twenty years after starting at Patagonia, she “retired” to Chile and joined her husband, Doug Tompkins, in an audacious plan that has, via Tompkins Conservation, created 15 national parks, protected 15 million acres of wilderness and is rewilding over 20 species in Chile and Argentina.
Wild Life is a sweeping portrait of Kris and Doug from Nat Geo Documentary and Oscar winners Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin—more friends for whom we’re grateful. In select theaters now and a free screening in our store, the film chronicles a fight for wild nature that was born of love, survived tragedy and continues to inspire and challenge us all.
Join us for a free screening at Patagonia Bend!

Get tickets here!

Sense of Place Webinar Series: Indigenous Perspectives of Earth, Water and Sky - Inside Indigenous Classrooms
2023-05-25 15:30 - 16:30 | Zoom
We are delighted to announce the 12th webinar in our Speaker Series, A Sense of Place: Indigenous Perspectives on Earth, Water and Sky – Inside Indigenous Classrooms, featuring NASA EZIE Mission Program Manager Dr. Nelofar Mosavi, Indigenous students, Maverick teachers, Lego robotics and coding, and more!
This webinar will take place May 25th, 2023, at 3:30 Pacific Time.
Click here to REGISTER NOW

REI Presents: Kristen & Ville Jokinen
2023-05-27 - 2023-05-29 | REI, 380 SW Powderhouse Dr, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
10am-3pm

VIRTUAL Workshop: Supporting Gender Expansive and Transgender Youth
2023-05-30 15:00 - 18:30 | Online Event
The TransActive Gender Project is based in Portland and provides a holistic range of services and expertise to empower transgender and gender expansive children, youth, and their families to live healthy lives that are free of discrimination. Workshop participants will gain a better understanding of gender identity development, cultural gender myths, and stereotypes and their impact on gender diverse and transgender children. This workshop will focus on demonstrating inclusive language, how to address bullying, and ways to analyze curriculum and programs. We’ll also be joined by Jamie Bowman, a local LGBTQIA+ advocate who is co-founder of the Central Oregon Transgender Health Coalition.
All educators are welcome to attend though the content will focus on out-of-school and summer programs.
This workshop has been organized by The Environmental Center, Camp Tamarack, and the Children’s Forest of Central Oregon with support from High Desert ESD.
REGISTER HERE FOR VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Note: Registration is separate for the in-person workshop on June 12th.

Energy Efficiency and Smart Electrical Panels
2023-05-31 12:00 - 13:00 | 375 SW Powerhouse Dr Suite 100, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Free educational event highlighting the innovative smart electric panel. Join us for a panel discussion and presentation.

Green Energy Series #8: Batteries and Fire Code
2023-06-03 10:00 - 11:00 | 375 SW Powerhouse Dr Suite 100, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
Solar Oregon is presenting a Green Energy series – free talks for those interested in learning more about the technologies and design of zero energy buildings. Solar Oregon is a non-profit educational organization leading the way to a clean energy future. These one-hour seminars will explore solar, energy storage, and energy-efficient equipment and design. Envisioned as a follow-up to Solar Oregon’s popular Go Zero home tours, these online talks will encourage a deeper dive into the technology and allow for Q+A discussion contrasting options to aid in decision making. Future talks include: Zero Energy Design, Battery Storage Systems, DIY PV Systems, Heat Pump and other Water Heaters, and Utility-Scale Storage.

WaterWise Landscape Field Day
2023-06-04 09:00 - 13:00 | Hollinshead Barn, 1235 NE Jones Rd., Bend, OR, United States
Event Line Up

Presentations:
Local professionals will give 30-minute presentations on the following topics:

Design and Site Considerations
Plant Selection in the WaterWise Garden
Irrigation-Hands-on Drip Conversion Demostration

Demonstration and Display Booths
Gather information on irrigation, design, and landscape resources from local vendors: Bend Urban Gardens, Central Oregon Lawn Center, Ewing, Horizon, Oregon Bee Atlas, OSU Master Gardener Q&A, Pollinator Pathway Bend, Water Whys Irrigation, and Your Garden Companion.
Native Plant Giveaway
Receive 6 free native plants from Wintercreek Nursery compliments of Worthy Environmental and the City of Bend in cooperation with Pollinator Pathway Bend. Must register to receive plants.
To register for this event, click this link.
Download a copy of the flyer: Water-Wise Field Day June 4, 2023.

Cross-Cultural Celebration
2023-06-04 17:00 - 19:00 | COCC, 2600 NW Collge Way, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
This event takes place at the Pinckney Center for the Performing Arts.

How to Go Solar + Storage
2023-06-07 18:00 - 19:00 | 375 SW Powerhouse Dr Suite 100, Bend, OR, 97701, United States
At this workshop you’ll learn everything you need to know to feel confident adding solar or energy storage to your home or business.

Oregon's Water Strategy: Madras Regional Community Conversation
2023-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | COCC Madras Campus, 1170 Southeast Ashwood Road, Madras, OR, 97741, United States
In Oregon we have a plan for our water. It is called the Integrated Water Resources Strategy (the Strategy). The Strategy helps us understand what water we have available in Oregon and what we need for people, plants, animals, and the land. It also has actions we can take to meet those needs.
Now it’s time for that plan to be updated. The Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) and 13 other state agencies are working with Oregon’s Kitchen Table (OKT), a program at Portland State University.
We want to hear what you want to see in the update to Oregon’s water Strategy. Your input will help the state plan for the future to meet our water needs. We are hosting community conversations in different parts of the state.
If you are interested in attending one of these, please register here. Walk-ins are welcome. We will have food and supervised play for children.
Contact us at (503)725-5248 or info@oregonskitchentable.org if you have questions.

Abundant Oregon: Celebrating 50 Years
2023-06-08 16:00 - 19:00 | The Commons Cafe and Taproom, 875 NW BROOKS ST., Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Join Central Oregon LandWatch to celebrate 50 years of Oregon’s revolutionary land use planning system – with food, music, art, local vendors, and more!

Patagonia Worn Wear Repair Tour
2023-06-10 10:00 - 19:00 | Bend Brewing Company, 1019 NW Brooks Street, Bend, OR, 97701
Repair Meets the Road
Does your favorite piece of gear need a little help? Come down to Bend Brewing Co and Worn Wear will fix it for free—any brand, one garment per person—so it stays in action and out of the landfill.
Once you’re all patched up, stick around for live music, wader repairs, and enjoy some beverages from our hosts at Bend Brewing Co!
Good times. Great vibes. Come Hang!
