Sustainability
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Redmond Library Gets Nod for ‘Superior Sustainability’

Hub City’s new public facility recognized in national and regional awards 
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

The new Redmond Library, opened in January, cuts an imposing figure: Two stories of glass, wood and steel comprise a 40,000-square-foot facility that generates all its own energy, conserves water and has a lower carbon footprint compared to other buildings of its size. And for all that, the new downtown facility on SW Deschutes Avenue […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 8/29/19

Sustainable Schools, Expansion of Brown Owl and the Left Coast Burger Company Opens Soon.
Tyler Anderson

The Source Weekly Update Podcast! Back to School! Tune in this week on what schools are doing to become more sustainable, the Expansion of Brown Owl in the Box Factory and an update on the Left Coast Burger Company opening soon — in the August 29, 2019 edition of the podcast. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple […]

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Wasted in Bend: Sustainable Schools

Green schools reduce waste and improve energy use
Suzanne Johnson

Every parent of school-age kids has a similar shopping list this month: Pencils, glue sticks, highlighters, notebooks, dry-erase markers, crayons, sharpies and erasable pens… and don’t forget the earbuds and iPad stylus. Most items are not recyclable, or biodegrable, and represent just a fraction of the resources that go into educating kids. Schools create a […]

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Bend Changes Bulbs as Climate Plans Take Shape

City switches street lights to more efficient bulbs; community tackles bigger tasks
Hilary Corrigan

Bend begins switching its street lights to LEDs this week—part of a broader effort to reduce the city’s fossil fuel use and grow more resilient in a warming climate. The move changes the light fixtures of about 2,300 street lights on public roads to light-emitting diode fixtures. The new LED lights use up to 50% […]

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Climate + Education

Local high schools sign resolution around climate change, among other student-led efforts
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

“The more we increase the active participation and partnership with young people, the better we serve them. … And the more comprehensively we work with them as service partners, the more we increase our public value to the entire community.” — Carmen Martinez, former director, Oakland Public Library Don’t make the mistake of believing that […]

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Humans caused—and then fixed—a climate threat under a Republican president. We can do it again

The Source Staff

Each year, we dedicate the issue that falls on Earth Day to examining issues around sustainability and the environment. The notion of sustainability is often thought of as a realm only visited by progressives—environmentalists waving a partisan banner in favor of going green for going green’s sake. But discussions of sustainability and the human impact […]

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Letters 2/17-2/24

The Source Staff

IN REPLY TO “FIDELITY SELLS SKYLINE FOREST TO SINGAPORE-BASED COMPANY” (2/20) We can only move forward with what we have or give up. Stay the course Brad, we have your back. —Mark Davis via bendsource.com Words can’t even describe my disappointment in this sale. The slow and methodical takeover of our lands and resources by […]

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