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Tomato Manifesto 2023 – Preserving Your Summer Bounty
Tomato Manifesto 2023 – Preserving Your Summer Bounty
“Tomato Manifesto – Preserving Your Summer Bounty” – Locavore’s Food School at Open Space Studios, Sunday, August 27th 1:30-3pm Central Oregon Locavore Non-Profit is proud to offer a learning and demonstration experience for storing, preserving and enjoying tomatoes all season long! Registrants will be given tips, tricks, hands-on experiences and learn the many different methods of…
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Solar + Storage Incentive Review
Solar + Storage Incentive Review
Learn how you can embrace Solar+storage and become apart of the green energy Future!
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Raise the Deschutes: Deschutes River Walk and Talk Tour
Raise the Deschutes: Deschutes River Walk and Talk Tour
Deepen your understanding of the Deschutes Basin through an enriching, serene evening by the river. Join DRC for the “Raise the Deschutes River Walk and Talk Tour,” happening on August 30, from 6 pm to 8 pm. During the walk, the group will stop along the way to discuss several key points, including the unique…
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Latino Fest
Latino Fest
Central Oregon’s most important Latin American heritage celebration! September 9, 2023 11am - 5pm Enjoy diverse cultures, live music, dancing, delicious food, a community resource fair, piñatas, and games for kids!
Green Energy Series #11: Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
Green Energy Series #11: Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
Solar Oregon presents a free webinar on seasonal thermal energy storage - Options, methods, and economics.
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Rethink Waste Workshop at The Central Oregon Maker Faire
Rethink Waste Workshop at The Central Oregon Maker Faire
Join The Environmental Center at The Central Oregon Maker Faire! The Environmental Center will host a Rethink Waste Workshop on Sunday, September 10 at 11am at The Central Oregon Maker Faire. The workshop will include interactive recycling do's and don'ts and a sock darning demo by Fixer Elaine. The workshop is located in the Mountain…
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Happy Hour in the Garden
Happy Hour in the Garden
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…
How To Go Solar + Storage Webinar
How To Go Solar + Storage Webinar
In this webinar, you'll learn everything you need to know to feel confident adding solar or energy storage to your home or business.
Regenerative Food & Farming; Documentary and Discussion
Regenerative Food & Farming; Documentary and Discussion
Regenerative Food & Farming; Documentary and Discussion Join us for an exciting evening of exploring the world of regenerative food and farming at Worthy Brewing Company in Bend, Oregon. Get ready to dive into a thought-provoking documentary, Kiss the Ground, that sheds light on the importance of regenerative practices in our food system. We will screen a…
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Welcoming Week-Multicultural Art Exhibition
Welcoming Week-Multicultural Art Exhibition
Join us at The Environmental Center in downtown Bend for a Multicultural Art Exhibit. Experience live poetry, music, and creative arts by local BILAPOC, LGBTQ+ artists. Attendees can also tour The Environmental Center’s Learning & Demonstration Garden. You will also get the opportunity to practice your creative skills during our live art demonstration. We invite…
Fermentation Workshop With Worthy Environmental
Fermentation Workshop With Worthy Environmental
Fermenting is Fun and Easy Learn fermentation to make delicious food cheaply and easily! Fermented food is full of beneficial live cultures. Take this workshop and you'll be able to turn vegetables from the bottom of your fridge and garden into mustard, kimchi, sour pickles and more. Led by a Master Food Preserver, this workshop…
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The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database Launch
The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database Launch
The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database addresses a pressing issue—the lack of diversity in experts providing testimony in the policymaking process nationally and locally. The database provides policymakers, organizations, and individuals with an expansive set of environmental and environmental justice leaders, and offers a more representative perspective on these issues. Join the database…
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Global Climate Strike Bend
Global Climate Strike Bend
Join the Deschutes Youth Climate Coalition and Fridays for Future Bend, along with other local partners, for the Global Climate Strike at Bend City Hall on September 15th, starting at 5pm. "This is a family-friendly, peaceful strike put on by Fridays for Future Bend, Deschutes Youth Climate Coalition, and many other organizations. Anyone who loves…
Native Plant Harvest
Native Plant Harvest
RootedHomes invites the community to participate in its Native Plant Harvest on September 15, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hosted at 19755 Simpson Avenue, at the corner of Simpson Ave and SW 18th Ave, the RootedHomes event will harvest native plants and adolescent trees on the site of its future affordable housing development -…
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Putting Your Garden to Bed
Putting Your Garden to Bed
This class will cover how to harvest vegetables at the end of the season, including how to ripen tomatoes indoors; how to winterize your vegetable garden to save time next spring; how to divide and cut back perennials; and how to prepare your landscape for winter. Register here!
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Fermentation Workshop With Worthy Environmental
Fermentation Workshop With Worthy Environmental
Fermenting is Fun and Easy Learn fermentation to make delicious food cheaply and easily! Fermented food is full of beneficial live cultures. Take this workshop and you'll be able to turn vegetables from the bottom of your fridge and garden into mustard, kimchi, sour pickles and more. Led by a Master Food Preserver, this workshop…
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Policy Matters: Solutions for a Plastic Pollution Free U.S.
Policy Matters: Solutions for a Plastic Pollution Free U.S.
Plastic pollution is an urgent threat to the climate, human health, communities, the environment, and wildlife. With industries set to triple their plastic production by 2060, public support for policies to reduce plastic pollution is growing across the world. From implementing bag bans and fees on single-use plastics, to rules that strengthen regulations on industrial…
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Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
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Discover Nature Festival
Discover Nature Festival
Discover Nature Festival is returning in 2023! Discover Nature Festival celebrates the diversity of ways that we all connect with nature. The event will provide something for everyone, including nature arts and crafts, STEM activities, outdoor recreation, music, food, and more. Bring your family out to try a new outdoor activity, connect with amazing community organizations, and learn…
Play Forever Mountain Clean Up
Play Forever Mountain Clean Up
Grab your sturdy hiking shoes and head up to Mt. Bachelor September 23 for Mt. Bachelor's annual Play Forever Mountain Clean-up! Registration is free, but required. https://www.mtbachelor.com/things-to-do/events/view-all-events/play-forever-mountain-cleanup-2023
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
1 event,
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
2 events,
Happy Hour in the Garden
Happy Hour in the Garden
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…
BEYOND THE BEYOND: PREPARING BEND FOR A WILD FUTURE
BEYOND THE BEYOND: PREPARING BEND FOR A WILD FUTURE
How will our city and our lives be changed by population growth, a warming world, hotter summers and less water, new technologies and other emerging trends? And how can we plan to maintain our region’s beauty and quality of life? Being resilient and seeking out opportunities to innovate is what moved Oregon into the forefront…
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Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
Ethnobotany of the Klamath Basin
Ethnobotany of the Klamath Basin
Native cultures have called the Klamath Basin home for millennium and have developed a long and intimate relationship with the native plants of the Basin for food, medicine, tools, and clothing. In this talk, Erin Rentz, Botanist with Six Rivers National Forest, will discuss a selection of culturally significant plants and the importance of management of these resources. Erin…
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A Sense of Place Webinar Series: Indigenous Perspectives of Earth, Water and Sky, featuring Elizabeth Azzuz
A Sense of Place Webinar Series: Indigenous Perspectives of Earth, Water and Sky, featuring Elizabeth Azzuz
Elizabeth Azzuz, Secretary of Cultural Fire Management Council, will discuss her work using Traditional Native Karuk methods of prescribed burning to protect forests, heal degraded ecosystems, and reestablish forest-grown food, medicine, and products. Register here!
Science Pub: Fungi in the Forest
Science Pub: Fungi in the Forest
Explore the variety of fungi in Central Oregon and the surprisingly important role they play in forest health. You'll discover the vast fungal communication networks in forests at boot-level and beneath, how fungi are adapted to our fire-dependent environment, and how they can help forests recover from fire. You'll also learn about the largest fungus…
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Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Oregon Natural Desert Association presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival! Join ONDA for an evening of short films showcasing the earth’s natural wonders and the amazing stories of activists working to conserve the environment. There will be an in-person show at the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon as well as a virtual version streamed online. See…
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
2 events,
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Fall Farm Tours
Seed to Table Farm invites our community onto the farm for a free fall tour. This once-a-year opportunity is a chance for you to explore tomatoes in the greenhouses, get a taste of what students experience on field trips, and ask questions to the farmers who steward the land to grow nearly 85,000 pounds of produce…
Meet Your Farmer at Worthy Brewing Company featuring Beef Barn
Meet Your Farmer at Worthy Brewing Company featuring Beef Barn
Locavore presents: A unique dining experience crafted to connect you with the hard working men and women of Central Oregon who grow the food that nourishes and sustains us. Featured Rancher: Stephanie and Jack Samples of Beef Barn, Bend + Organically grown produce by Worthy Garden Club 495 NE Bellevue Dr, Bend, OR 97701 *All proceeds…