Week of Events
Nature Journaling at Whychus Canyon Preserve
Nature Journaling at Whychus Canyon Preserve
Interested in learning how to combine outdoor writing and sketching with your joy of exploring nature? Join Deschutes Land Trust volunteer and passionate journaler, Kolby Kirk, for a morning of learning tips and techniques for keeping a journal while exploring Whychus Canyon Preserve's hiking trails! We'll discuss ways of seeing and recording the landscape, explore…
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…
Tree-Mendous Victory Party
Tree-Mendous Victory Party
Come celebrate a momentous legal victory that preserved large and mature trees across 7 million acres of Oregon's and Washington’s eastside forests with live reggae from Rubbah Tree and many tree-themed activities! Hosted by Worthy Brewing, featuring activities from Central Oregon LandWatch, Crag Law Center, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Greater Hells Canyon Council, Oregon…
Repair Café at SCP Redmond
Repair Café at SCP Redmond
Join us for Repair Café with host SCP Redmond Hotel! Please RSVP here to let us know if you plan to join us! Got a broken something? Bring it to one of our Repair Cafés! The Environmental Center's Rethink Waste Project coordinates with an amazing group of volunteer fixers to host Repair Cafés every few months.…
Designing a Plastic-Free Future with Regenerative Materials
Designing a Plastic-Free Future with Regenerative Materials
The urgency of our plastic pollution crisis requires a substantial shift in the way products are designed, manufactured, used, and recirculated. From textiles and food containers to sachets and protective shipping packaging, plastic continues to dominate across industries and persist, polluting people and the planet at every stage of its existence. As we create a more circular economy, what exciting bio-based…
Howdy Do: Neighbors Helping Neighbors!
Howdy Do: Neighbors Helping Neighbors!
Join your neighbors, School of Ranch, High Desert Food and Farm Alliance, and Pine Meadow Ranch and Nate Stacey, Small Farm Agent for OSU Extension, for our first Howdy Do! Share your best ideas, experiences, ask questions, and let the wisdom of the crowd guide you to a more productive future. There's nothing like kicking…