A place for hands-on learning about sustainability
The Green Kitchen serves as a central component of the Sustainable Living Center’s hands-on education and demonstration site for small-scale sustainable living on the lower campus of UCSC. It is a dynamic learning space with solar technology, a rainwater catchment system, energy efficient appliances, and green building materials. Here students learn about all aspects of food systems sustainability: by growing organic food in the gardens, cooking it together in an ecological kitchen that incorporates alternative renewable energy, and sharing it at the table as a community. The Green Kitchen complements the SLC’s vision to create opportunities for students to engage with sustainability at every step of the food system.
As interest in sustainable living, local food systems, social justice, and community engagement grows on the UCSC campus, the Green Kitchen will become a vital part of a hands-on curriculum in sustainability. It will provide a unique opportunity for faculty and students to research the use and effectiveness of green technologies. Through this sustainable kitchen model we will reduce our carbon footprint and show that food- from how we grow it to how we cook and share in it- can be sustainable.
To help cultivate this vision DONATE now!
Visit UCSC’s online donation form
Make a gift to: Social Sciences
Checkbox: PICA Green Kitchen
Mail a check to:
UC Santa Cruz Foundation
Dept. 44787
PO Box 44000
San Francisco, CA 94144-4787
Please write “for PICA Green Kitchen” on the check
