In addition to these events, I give talks and teach workshops for various organizations. Some of these include NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Sierra Club, Plastic-Free July, Target, Facebook, PCC Community Markets, Singapore Writer’s Festival, libraries, waste management companies, corporations implementing more sustainable practices and introducing low-waste concepts to their employees, and so on. To book a speaking engagement, please contact my booking manager, Cecil Ang.
Sept 10th, 10am PT/1pm ET: Sustainable Milton, Low Waste Cooking Talk
Learn tips and tricks that will improve your diet, save you money and help the environment. Register here.
Sept 21st, 4pm PT/7pm ET: Start a Sourdough Starter—and Keep It Alive!
Free online sourdough starter workshop. Register here.

2023 Previous Public Events
- July 22nd: Farmers’ Market Produce Bag Giveaway
- June 22nd: Brew Kombucha for the Climate Fundraising Workshop
- June 17th: CALL Primrose Fundraiser at Filoli
- June 14th: Sunnyvale Library, Scratch Pasta Workshop
- May 27th: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- May 13th: Belvedere Tiburon Library, Author Talk
- April 27th: Mammoth Lakes Library, Author Talk
- April 22nd: Menlo-Atherton Love Earth Festival, Induction Cooking Demo
- April 22nd: San Mateo Library, Induction Cooking Demo
- April 16th: Rainbow Grocery, Book Signing and Produce Bag Making
- April 15th: Sunnyvale Library, Author Talk
- April 7th: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- March 9th: 16th annual Tufts Nutrition Data Symposium, Sustainability Now!
- Feb 10th: Eleanor’s 9th Birthday Party
- Jan 14th: Camarillo Public Library, Author Talk
- Jan 10th: Los Altos Library, Author Talk
- Jan 8th: Sunnyvale Library, Author Talk
2022 Public Events
- Dec 10th: Farmers’ Market Produce Bag Giveaway
- Dec 8th: Pastry for Pakistan
- Nov 19th: Do More Group Talk
- Nov 12th: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- Nov 9th: Homestead High Talk
- Oct 4th: Don’t Ditch Your Discard
- Sept 22nd: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- Sept 21st: Boston Consulting Group Cookalong
- Sept 11th: Fermentation 101, Sunnyvale Library
- Sept 10th: ReMaker Fair, Palo Alto Library
- Aug 18th: Ginger Beer Fundraiser
- Aug 4th: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- June 29th: Mountain View Library Author Talk
- June 16th: Philly Talks Trash, A Virtual Series on Waste
- June 4th: Byrd’s Filling Station Grand Opening
- May 26th: San Mateo Rotary Club Talk
- May 24: Sourdough Starter Workshop
- May 17th: Climate Reality Project Bay Area Cook-Along
- May 11th: Eco-Friendly Challenges, Food Waste Talk
- May 7th: Klickitat County Washington Solid Waste Department Cooking Demo
- May 3rd: Santa Clara Library Author Talk
- April 28th: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cooking Demo
- April 24th: Earth 2050 in Mill Valley
- April 22nd: Stanford Health Care Earth Day Event
- April 21st: Santa Clara Valley Water District Earth Day Talk
- April 14th: Santa Clara County Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission
- April 9th: Sunnyvale Drive Electric: Ride into Earth Month
- April 5th: Mustela Food-Waste Prevention Cook-Along
- April 3rd: Sunnyvale Edibles Gardening Talk
- April 2nd: Sunnyvale Going Native Garden Tour Talk
- March 31st: Acterra Cook-along on Zoom
- March 30th: Solidarity Sauerkraut Cook-Along Fundraiser
- March 24th: Katharine Hayhoe on Instagram Live
- March 15th: Sunnyvale Rotary Club
- March 8th: Make Borscht Not War Cook-Along Fundraiser
- Feb 24th: Make Soup Not Waste Cook-Along Fundraiser
- Feb 10th: Eleanor’s 8th Birthday Sourdough Starter Workshop
- Feb 7th: Green Change’s Regeneration Meetup
- Feb 7th: Live Zero Waste Challenge
- Feb 3rd: Sierra Club Southeast Michigan
- Jan 29th: Santa Clara County Library District Author Talk
- Jan 25th: Mountain View Library Cook-Along
- Jan 14th to 16th: Sourdough Bread Workshop
- Jan 6th: PCC Markets Sourdough Starter Cook-Along