Week of Events
Happy Hour in the Garden Slowly Reopens
Our Garden Team has kicked off Happy Hour in the Garden. Join us every Tuesday, 4-6pm, through September 1st. Here are our new COVID-10 guidelines, which we also have posted on our task board in the garden. Volunteering in the Garden COVID Guidelines: There will be a maximum of 8 volunteers (we do not have an…
Oregon Safe Routes to School Virtual Annual Meeting
The Oregon Safe Routes to School Annual Meeting series will provide opportunities for Network members to collaborate on 2020-2021 school year plans and network with statewide practitioners. The meeting will consist of 3 different meetings held on July 29, August 5 and August 19. Meeting will include: Planning for the 2020-2021 school year. Presentations on…
Member Appreciation Event
Thank you, Environmental Center supporters! Join us to hear how your membership is making a difference in Central Oregon & beyond. About this Event Each summer, our team and Board of Directors look forward to connecting with you at the Member Appreciation Luncheon in August. We’ve decided to do things a little differently this summer…
Right to Clean Air — an Environmental Justice Pathways Webinar
Join the next Environmental Justice Webinar Series: Right to Clean Air. This webinar will bring in diverse perspectives on what a Right to Clean Air means for our communities’ well-being and health. It will also spark a discussion of the intersections between the current public health and social crises we are experiencing today, and how…
ADVOCACY: Support funding Bend’s Core Area Plan
The Core Area Plan, adopted by the City Council on May 20, 2020, is the culmination of the City of Bend’s planning process to identify needed projects and programs in the BCD and surrounding neighborhoods. It includes our recommendations for equitable redevelopment. The City Council will vote to create an urban renewal area so that…
Remembering the Hiroshima Bombing 75 Years Ago
What: Hiroshima Day activities: Shadow Project and Film Festival Date: August 6-8 Where: Bend and on Zoom Shadow Project, Aug 6, 4:00 pm media viewing The Vocal Seniority and the Sierra Club Juniper Group have organized a Shadow Project to commemorate the Hiroshima bombing. We will outline with chalk the stencils of our bodies on…
Bend COTA Work Events
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…
Biblioteca en Camino! Library on the Go!
The Deschutes Public Library will be visiting 8 different locations throughout Central Oregon (4 in Bend, 1 in La Pine, 2 in Redmond, 1 in Sisters) this summer to hand out “Grab and Go” kits with activities for youth to do. Our friends, Carly and Rodrigo will be giving out books and signing folks up…
Social Justice Book Club: “So You Want To Talk About Race”
Each quarter OSU-Cascades Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is hosting a 12-week book discussion group. These weekly conversations are designed to be drop-in and are open to OSU-Cascades students, staff and faculty as well as community members. This summer, we’re reading Ijeoma Oluo’s “So You Want to Talk About Race.” Meeting and reading schedule…
16th annual Haulin’ Aspen
The Haulin’ Aspen is Central Oregon’s only full trail marathon and is part of the Pacific NW Full and Half Marathon Series. The cool mountain air, the intoxicating smell of pine and fir needles all set the scene for the Haulin’ Aspen Trail races. Starting in the Deschutes National Forest at Wanoga Sno-Park, just outside…