Workshops and Courses
Our hands-on community workshops are fun, engaging, and full of practical resources to help you integrate sustainability into your daily life. Below, you’ll find workshops we regularly offer, but we also host one-time events and special workshops. Explore our full events calendar to see everything coming up!
Regular Workshop Offerings
Get involved in sustainability through one of our workshops.
Compost Workshops
Discover composting methods that work for any space – including apartments. Find out how to recycle kitchen scraps and plant waste to enrich your garden soil, conserve water, and reduce waste!
Deconstruction Trainings
Deconstruction, also referred to as salvage, is a cost-effective and environmentally responsible alternative to conventional building demolition. Learn step-by-step techniques to dismantle buildings sustainably, maximizing material recovery for reuse and recycling.
Participants who complete this training will receive certificates and will be eligible to be listed in a database of available deconstruction workers.
Fixit Clinics
Join us for a fun, community-based Fixit Clinic where volunteer coaches will help you repair broken household items such as electronics, appliances, toys, and more. We’ll provide a workspace and specialty tools to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance.
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Fixit Clinics are fun community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items. We’ll provide a workspace, specialty tools, and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance to your household items and appliances! Register at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin.
Interested in being a Fixit Coach?
It’s easy! Provide participants with 1) guidance on tools and 2) encouragement to investigate their broken item. Let them talk about how they used it and how it broke. That often provides valuable hints as to what’s wrong. See how much you can do without actually handling the item. Empower the item’s owner to do the troubleshooting and disassembly. Register to be a Fixit Coach here.
This event is hosted in partnership with the San Mateo County Libraries.