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.
Sunday, January 8th, 3pm: Sunnyvale Library
No registration necessary. Go here for more information.
Tuesday, January 10th, 7pm: Los Altos Library
Go here to register for this in-person talk at the Los Altos Library, organized by Green Town Los Altos.
Saturday, January 14th, 2pm: Camarillo Public Library
Go here for more information about this in-person talk in Southern California.
Friday, February 10th: Eleanor’s 9th Birthday Party! Sourdough Starter Workshop, 9am PT/12pm ET
All you need to make your own sourdough starter are flour, water and a bit of patience. In this class, I will show you how to start a starter culture and how to keep it alive. Bring your flour, water, jar and questions and I’ll answer as many as I can after we start our starters together. Register here.

2022 Previous 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