CEC Bend

How is addressed in the Circular Economy? Join us next Wednesday for an afternoon mixer and learn from anti-racism leader Nadi 🙋🏾‍♀️ Fantastic and Kamal Patel how to build a fundamental framework of social capital, as part of by the Circular Economy Club.

Wed October 28, 3-5 pm PST
Agenda:
3-4pm Keynote Presentations and Discussion
4-5pm Breakout Discussions and Group Mixer
More information available at www.circularpnw.com and registration link in bio! Please join us for a lively event and learn what this is all about!

Do you have a good idea to help reduce waste and need a little funding to help you get there?

Check out the Rethink Waste Community Grant opportunity for any individual, business, or organization in Deschutes County. They’re giving away a total of $7,000. Applications are due November 13. Please share!
While there are some project stipulations, such as measurable results and the ability to last beyond the funding period, they encourage anyone with a waste prevention idea to apply. https://envirocenter.org/communitygrants2020/

Bend’s own AOS Skincare & Wellness Spa has long embraced concepts of the by allowing customers to bring back containers for reuse! Big props to aos for keeping materials in use - and for handcrafting products right here in Bend. “Waste isn’t waste until we waste it”! will.i.am 

Reusable containers for to-go food 👍

Bay Area startup pioneers zero waste restaurant delivery with reusable containers ZERO WASTE TAKEOUT: A Bay Area startup delivers restaurant meals in reusable containers, then picks up the dirty dishes from your home to be cleaned and used again.

How we can keep e-waste in use is the focus of our workshop this Thursday, as part of our Pacific Northwest Circular Economy Club summer workshop series.

Workshop topics are around the impact of Circular Economy designs for Technology, Bio, and Textile products. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gxdAKi8

Please join us for the events and/or spread the word about our workshop series!

Thank you for your support - take care!

Join us for our second online workshop, this one on circularity in technology! We'll explore the technology that we use in our businesses and lives, and find meaningful ways of using technology in a circular economy. Speakers Lauren Phipps of GreenBiz and Aaron Feaver of JCDREAM will each present on different aspects of circular tech. Then, there will be breakout sessions where you can discuss and connect. The event will culminate in a Q&A with the speakers.

Learn about circularity. Connect with others interested or working in the circular economy. Act to advance circularity in your community.

http://www.circularpnw.com/technology

The Pacific Northwest Circular Economy Club chapters are coming together to host an exciting new virtual event: Circular Economy Cities Pacific Northwest. This is an opportunity to learn about circularity; connect with others interested or working in the circular economy; and commit to actions to advance circularity in our region.

There will be speakers from organizations of all sizes who are exploring or embodying circular business practices. The event will be centered around a theme of exploring the raw materials/inputs we use in our cities and how to find circular alternatives. Visit www.circularpnw.com for more information and to purchase tickets. Tickets are $10. Link also in bio. Let’s get connected in to Pacific Northwest region.

OnTo Technology in Bend offers advanced battery recycling solutions to reduce cost and improve safety for the lithium-ion battery industry. OnTo has the only patented technology to produce manufacturing quality electrode materials from recycled batteries. OnTo is ready to integrate advanced battery recycling with industrial partners working to improve safety and sustainability (both environmental and economic) of advanced batteries. Thank you Steve Sloop, President, for your engaging recent virtual by !

Welcome to the Circular Economy Club of Bend! Where we will help Bend's economy transition to one that is sustainable for generations to come, locally interpreting the concept that economies can be regenerative for the earth. 🌎