The Whys and Hows of Food Waste Reduction and Composting (Bend)

The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR

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.

Free

The Whys and Hows of Food Waste and Composting (Redmond)

Becky Johnson Community Center 412 SW 8th St, Redmond, OR 97756, Redmond, OR, 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!

Free

Fall Repair Café at the Firehouse Community Hall in Sisters(bilingüe)

Sisters Firehouse Community Hall 301 S Elm St, Sisters, United States

Join us for our in-person Repair Café on Wednesday, October 11th, 5:30-7:30pm at the Firehouse Community Hall in Sisters with co-host Deschutes Public Library.  Featuring a guest appearance from Kyle Wiens, co-founder and CEO of iFixit and a leader in the Right to Repair movement. Kyle and the pro-repair coalition are working on a bill in…

America Recycles Day on IG LIVE!

Online Event

When: Wednesday, November 15th from 12-1pm  Where: Instagram (LIVE!) Join the Rethink Waste Project and local recycling experts on America (and Deschutes!) Recycles Day for a fun, interactive, Instagram Live Q&A! Get your recycling questions answered and learn how to recycle right. No more wishful recycling OR holding onto things in the hope you'll one…

Free

Rethink Waste Community Innovation Fund Info Session

The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR +1 more

Do you have an idea for reducing waste in your neighborhood, workplace, school, your favorite park or restaurant, or other community space, but aren’t sure how to get started? Apply for the Rethink Waste Community Innovation Fund! Attend an info session in-person at The Environmental Center or Virtually to get your questions answered. SIGN UP…

Free

Food Waste Prevention and Composting Workshop (Virtual)

Zoom

Did you know that wasted food makes up over 25% of waste at Knott Landfill by tonnage - making it the largest category of waste in the landfill? Yet, in Deschutes County, 1 in 8 people is food insecure, meaning they don't always know where their next meal will come from. In addition, the average…

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