How to prepare and preserve food using a free and unlimited source of energy? Taking advantage of Lisbon’s sunny conditions, this workshop invites participants to “cook with the weather”. Through a low-tech installation, participants will discover how to create tools to harvest renewable energy, such as solar power and human force, and set up a slow kitchen, experimenting with different devices to convert sunlight into heat. In this hands-on and immersive workshop, participants will learn how solar cooking works, how to use different types of solar ovens, and how to include these practices in their daily lives: use cases; safety measures; advantages; solar cooking recipes; food preparation; and temperature control. In addition to solar power, participants will be using a bike generator to generate mechanical and electrical energy. At the end of the workshop, participants will prepare a meal with locally grown food and enjoy it together during the Solar brunch.

The food will be entirely vegetarian with gluten-free options.

Audrey Belliot (founder of Slow Lab) and Marie Verdeil (designer at Low-tech Magazine) practices focus on imagining desirable ways of living in a less-abundant future. They host solar events, give workshops and design low-tech prototypes. For Gentler Futures Festival, they collaborate in an open format to present experimental prototypes running with the weather.