Transplanting Forest Seedlings
Deschutes Brewery Public House 1044 NW Bond St, BendWeek of Events
Twilight Talks
Join members of the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory team as they share their passion for science through a series of engaging twilight talks throughout the fall. Talks will take place outdoors in the amphitheater and a different topic will be presented each night. Questions are always welcome and lively discussion is encouraged! SNCO Members…
Twilight Talks
Join members of the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory team as they share their passion for science through a series of engaging twilight talks throughout the fall. Talks will take place outdoors in the amphitheater and a different topic will be presented each night. Questions are always welcome and lively discussion is encouraged! SNCO Members…
Transplanting Forest Seedlings
Join Lee Stevenson, founder of Project Ponderosa, for a hands-on workshop to learn how to identify and transplant a variety of native forest seedlings, including Grand Fir, White Fir, Mountain Hemlock, Snowbush, Manzanita, Mahala Mat, Kinnikinnnick, Paintbrush and more. You’ll learn where to find these native species locally and how to successfully collect and incorporate…
Virtual Farmer Chats: Food and Racial Justice.
Explore some of the emergent themes from previous talks including land access, equitable treatment in government programs and services to help farmers, building your local community, and the possibility of a statewide farmer-ally directory. This is also a space for the agricultural community to discuss current events as they relate to this topic, and how…
Community Tree Planting
Help reforest our community! Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory will be planting Ponderosa seedlings throughout Sunriver and would love your help. For more details or to volunteer for this event, email: programs@snco.org.
Environmental Justice Shared Learning Space
Central Oregon Womxn in Conservation is offering a focused space to help people hold themselves accountable in what is intended to be a primarily self-led learning experience around justice and equity within conservation. COWC will be convening monthly, from 6:00-7:30pm on: Call 1: Tuesday, October 20 Call 2: Tuesday, November 17 Call 3: Tuesday, December 15 Call 4: Tuesday,…
Cascadia: The Next Big Earthquake and Tsunami
A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone will have far-reaching impacts throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Central Oregon. Are we prepared for an event like this? Join Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory in conversation with Dr. Daniele McKay to discuss how an event like this could affect us in Central Oregon and review the…
Decluttering with the KonMari Method: COCC Continuing Education
COCC's Continuing Education Program is running a 5-class series with Marie Kondo's trademarked method of decluttering expanded from her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. One method of reducing waste and being environmentally friendly can be to minimize the amount of stuff that surrounds you. It can help your mind, your wallet, and your…
CRISIS AND OPPORTUNITY: THE ONCOMING RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLUTION
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oregon (OLLI-UO) is pleased to announce a timely virtual lecture with Dr. John Perona, PhD, LLM, Professor of Environmental Biochemistry, Portland State University and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. John Perona examines new work by climate scientists…
Crisis and Opportunity: The Oncoming Renewable Energy Revolution
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Oregon (OLLI-UO) is pleased to announce a timely virtual lecture with Dr. John Perona, PhD, LLM, Professor of Environmental Biochemistry, Portland State University and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Oregon Health & Science University. Please email osher@uoregon.edu to receive the Zoom meeting link. Dr. John Perona…
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…
InFARMation: Equitable Food Access – How to Contribute to Oregon’s Food Sovereignty Network
Now that you’ve gathered a few ideas from listening to the experience and needs of BIPOC Farmers, where do you fit in? What can you do that’s tangible, meaningful, and immediate beyond the basics of communicating with your representatives and singing a petition? FoFF will explore practical examples of financially sustainable ways to make locally…
2020 Planet Forward Virtual Summit
Climate change is the story of our generation, and what defines that story is how we tell it — and the action we take because of it. All around the world, new voices — emerging as powerful changemakers — are running against the clock to prevent irreversible shifts to our global climate. These are the…
Food systems in the time of COVID-19: North American perspectives on how the FAO can contribute to greater resilience
COVID-19 has disrupted nearly every element of every food system on earth. From international commodity markets to local cooperatives, from consumption patterns to transport protocols, from access to farm labour to reforming the retail sector – the pandemic is stress-testing every element of global and local food systems. The FAO defines resilience as, “the ability…
Sunday, October 18, 2020
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Monday, October 19, 2020
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
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Friday, October 23, 2020
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Saturday, October 24, 2020
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