Sustaining Energy Snacks Workshop!

PICA is hosting a delicious sustainable workshop to energize your mind, body and spirit! Energy Sustaining Snacks with Kathy Cummins is an awesome opportunity to learn new quick and easy nutritious recipes.

When!? Sunday, January 29th from 11am-3pm. 

Where!? F-Quad Kitchen at the Village. 

Menu includes but is not limited to:

Mochi
Smoothies
Granola Bars

This event is for all UCSC students, please RSVP with Lidia at ltropean@ucsc.edu to confirm your spot in the workshop by Monday, January 24th 2012. Spots are limited to 25 people. 

Hope to see you there!

Sri Lankan Cooking Workshop!

What: FREE Sri Lankan Cooking Class

When: Sunday, November 20th, 10:30am-2:30pm 

Where: The F-quad kitchen at the Village

RSVP: Lidia, ltropean@ucsc.edu by Wednesday, November 16th!

Come enjoy the delicious tastes and smells of Sri Lankan cuisine!

Menu includes:

Fresh Coconut Water

Lentil Soup

Cucumber Salad

Fried Rice

Eggplant Curry

*Menu is vegetarian and mostly vegan, also subject to change. Leave with a happy and full belly!! Please, please, please RSVP, spots are limited to 20 people!! 

See you there!

Canning Workshop!

What: Free Canning Workshop
When: Sunday, November 6th, 10:30am-2:30pm
Where: F-Quad Kitchen at The Village

RSVP: Lidia, ltropean@ucsc.edu

Come learn how to can delicious green beans and carrots to enjoy all year long! Pumpkin butter will also made and all these yummy treats will travel home with you! Please make sure to RSVP!

See you there!

Solar Cooking Workshop!

What: Free Solar Cooking Workshop
When: Sunday, October 9th, 12-3 pm
Where: Sustainable Living Center at the A Quad in The Village
RSVP: Mira, mmichel1@ucsc.edu

Come learn how to make delicious and sustainably cooked foods in a solar cooker. Learn the many benefits of solar cooking, from increasing your food's nutrition to reducing your carbon footprint. Materials and yummy snacks provided. Just RSVP and show up! 

Cob Workshops in May at PICA!

Hello folks,

Do you ever find yourself playing in the earth and having fun in the mud? Do you enjoy creating masterpieces with your hands? Do you want to move toward sustainability and building a stronger community? Well, if you answered yes to any of these questions, there is an incredible chance to do just that while learning about a sustainable building technique: cob. Cob is an ancient material made of clay-filled mud, sand, straw, and saw dust mixed together and has been used to make buildings, walls, benches, and ovens.

You are invited to a cob workshop at the Sustainable Living Center with the Student Environmental Center's Green Building Campaign in collaboration with PICA. If you would like to be part of the building process, there will be four Saturday workshops from 11am - 4pm, on May 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. Space is limited!

**RSVP to cbwatts@ucsc.edu and show up at PICA's A-Quad in The Village by 11am on Saturday ready to get down and dirty.**

When you RSVP, you may sign up for one of the workshops and indicate if you would like to attend the others. We would like to make these learning opportunities open to as many people as possible, so going to multiple workshops is only permitted if there is available space. A delicious lunch will be provided and shared with the PICA workdays on every Saturday except May 7th, when SEC's Green Building Campaign will provide the food.

Recycled Papermaking Workshop at PICA

Come participate in a free Papermaking Workshop May 22nd from 1-3pm at the Village Kitchen F-quad.

It will be fun and you will be able to make your own paper from recycled materials such as egg cartons, lint, newspapers, used colored paper, and scraps of really high quality paper from the Cowell Press. Its a chance to get messy and play with pulp. 

This event is currently full, but if you'ld like to get on the waiting list, please e-mail me at algordon@ucsc.edu.

Hope to see you there, Alicia

Spring Garden Party at PICA!

What: First Garden Workday of Spring

Where: PICA, A-Quad at The Village

When: Saturday April 9^th from 10:00-2:00 pm

Come join the first garden workday of spring! Students can learn how to prep a bed for planting, how to turn a compost pile and how to start seeds . It is going to be so much fun and there will be a delicious free lunch provided.

We look forward to seeing you there!

New! Permaculture Workshop at PICA

What: Free Permaculture Workshop
Where: Foundational Roots Garden at PICA, The Village
When: Sunday, May 1st from 10am-2pm
RSVP: Nick at ndslob@gmail.com

"Permaculture is an approach to designing human settlements and agricultural systems that are modeled on the relationships found in natural ecologies. This workshop will be an introduction to the principles, ethics, and applications of Permaculture on a global scale and in your daily life. We will begin with a group conversation and lecture on Permaculture. Afterward we will get our hands dirty in the PICA Garden applying real life applications of Permaculture. Come join us for a great day of learning how to lead a more ecological existence."

Thanks, nick slobodian

Nick is a newly credited UCSC alumni and has kindly offered to lead this awesome
workshop. This workshop will only accommodate 20 people so make your RSVP's soon!
If you're interested, RSVP to Nick at ndslob@gmail.com and remember space is limited. Hope to see you there!