Abney Solar Electrix is still installing solar power for rural residents. But instead of powering a small battery, Abney's systems power whole homes and businesses.
Bend's Bear Creek Elementary School introduces the disposal station, including a new lunch composting bin - the first of its kind in Central Oregon schools.
The sunshine has returned just in time for the opening of Bend Broadband's new data center, dubbed "The Vault," which has become a showcase for the latest solar panel technology.
Every year Bend's Environmental Center compiles a directory of Central Oregon's sustainability minded business that is published and distributed throughout the community as The Green Spot.
One of the most ambitious species reintroduction efforts in the United States is happening right here in Central Oregon with the $100-plus million Pelton Round Butte Dam fish passage project.