The Environmental Center

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The Environmental Center advances a healthy, vibrant place to live, work and play – for all of us today and for future generations to inherit.

Photos from The Environmental Center's post 08/06/2026

Yew yew!!! Big thank you to our food lot partners for engaging in the next step towards reuse food ware in Central Oregon! Stay tuned as the wheels get rolling, this is just the beginning ⭐️

Go give these carts some love! 🍽️💕
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08/05/2026

This summer has been filled with community engagement, meetings with Lot and Cart owners, and designing a program that makes reducing waste at food trucks accessible for all! Keeps your eyes open for exciting updates this fall! 😝🥤🍽️🥡

Photos from The Environmental Center's post 07/10/2026

Double post cause y’all are too cute 🥰

Join us for the last Action Night of the summer on August 13th🌻 There may or may not be popsicles 👀

07/10/2026

Thank you for joining us at Action Night! Huge thank you to The Commons Café & Taproom for hosting, and our friends at The Living Room for the amazing tunes!

If you missed last night, you can DM our partners to take action! We had SO many folks show up educating us on really important local topics.
🗳️ Deschutes Defend Our Democracy had petitions to get ranked choice voting
🌞 Latino Community Association provided important information for the community
❄️ Protect Our Winters was defending the vote with a joint letter to decisions makers
🏐 High Desert Volleyball Association had a petition to get more sand courts at Pine Nursery
⚡️ energize bend was collecting input on what the Climate Impact Fund should be used for
🦔 Oregon Wild wrote letters about the Roadless Rule for senators
🌲 Oregon Sierra Club educated the community about wild places

So many great groups doing cool things to protect people and the planet! Join us ONE LAST TIME on August 13th for Action Night at The Commons!

07/07/2026

Action night is THIS Thursday July 9th from 4:30-6:30. Come whenever you want— the tamales will be flowing!

Our special guest this month is Protect Our Winters who will be sharing their new campaign, Defend The Vote. Sign onto this organized letter to decisions makers advocating for every American’s right to vote.

We are so grateful to The Commons Café & Taproom for hosting and excited to have The Living Room perform! You can write your letters, sign petitions, and boogie!

Photos from The Environmental Center's post 07/01/2026

Intern season!!!

Meet Casey, Riley, Star, and Tatum! This summer we have four rockstar interns helping us with the chaos that comes in the warmer months.

Riley and Casey will be working with energize bend to gather community input on the recently passed Climate Impact Fee.

Star and Tatum will be working with our summer camps to keep kiddos safe and happy as they run around Central Oregon!

If you see them biking around Central Oregon or working at an event, come say hi! 👋

06/30/2026

Action night is July 9th at 4:30-6:30pm! Join whenever you’d like, grab a free tamale 🫔, and listen to music from The Living Room while you fill out this months actions!

We will be focused on….
❄️ the right to vote with Protect Our Winters
🚗 the Roadless Rule with Oregon Wild
🌲 wilderness places with Oregon Sierra Club
⚡️ what to do with the money raised from the a Climate Impact Fee with energize bend

Join an evening of collective action, joy, and discounted beverages from The Commons Café & Taproom 🍻 🎉

06/29/2026

Oh the be a child in the summer 🌻🌱 Summer Camps at The Environmental Center are the perfect blend of playing in the mud, riding bikes, and frolicking through the forest all while learning about the planet and how humans can care for her 🌍

Big shoutout to Commute Options for getting the kiddos set up with bikes!

Our Redmond Camps are still open and we have several scholarship options available! Email [email protected] for questions 💕

Photos from The Environmental Center's post 06/24/2026

Nothing like a hot day at our Summer camps! Our kiddos spent the day learning about bike safety, how to use the bus system, toured the new Deschutes Public Library and biked to The Gear Fix to learn about repair culture. While the kiddos took a dip in the river to make mud hot tubs, our rockstar educator Kat fixed up the bikes and chains!

Our Redmond camps still have spots available! Wanna get your kiddos out and about, exploring and learning about the world? Sign them up today! We have scholarships available 🌻🌱

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Bend, OR
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