Listen
Understand
Imagine
Create
Design
Hope
Act
Listen Understand Imagine Create Design Hope Act
How do we create a more sustainable and equitable future for all?
“There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.”
This autumn, we’ll be exploring the qualities that make Central Oregon unique and how our collective action can preserve these features for the future.
Each Livable Future Forum event will feature a LandWatch program director in conversation with fellow local experts covering a range of topics on land use and regional livability.
Grab tickets now for these thought-provoking conversations.
We’re excited to see you, to hear your questions and tap into your ideas!
ALL EVENTS AT OPEN SPACE EVENT STUDIOS, 7 TO 9 PM. TICKETS: $10 EACH / $25 SERIES
October 3, 2024
A Mule Deer’s Life
You probably know far less about this shy animal than you realize.
Come along as Jon Nelson, Curator of Wildlife at the High Desert Museum, shares the biological characteristics that make mule deer unique and the key factors that have imperiled our local herds. LandWatch’s Wild Lands and Water Program Director Jeremy Austin will highlight the solutions needed if we want to keep this majestic species in our midst.
Photo: Jon Nelson
October 23, 2024
Farming in the High Desert
Local farmers Megan Kellner-Rode and Cate Havstad-Casad and LandWatch's Rural Lands Program Director Rory Isbell talk about the future that's possible thanks to Oregon's land use system and its emphasis on preserving agricultural lands and water.
November 13, 2024
Act Local
How do we create Complete Communities?
Let’s delve into the meaningful actions that can make this place we call home more equitable, climate-resilient, and livable.
With guests including:
Bend City Councilor Anthony Broadman
RootedHomes Deputy Director Karl Dinkelspiel
Cities & Towns Program Director Corie Harlan
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR BUSINESS MEMBERS
Worthy Brewing, MiiR Drinkware
Foghorn Labs, Visit Bend
Backporch Coffee, North Forty Two Fiduciary Wealth Management, Nolte Brothers Construction