We are eco-aware nature lovers and food growers who want to surround ourselves with beautiful, productive landscapes that support an abundance of wonderful life forms. A deep nature garden is a human-managed ecosystem that constantly evolves, designed primarily for beauty and diversity, and also for production of food and other useful products. An enclosed eco-farm is a human-managed ecosystem designed primarily for production of food and other useful products, and also for enjoyment of its beau …

Meet like-minded organic gardeners, food growers, and urban farmers who are using their backyards, gardens, patios, and community spaces to grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs that they can cultivate and eat themselves. We’ll share specific ways to help you get your garden planned, started, and yielding healthy fruitful crops. Plus, you’ll have a chance to meet others and share food, recipes, and tips on organic gardening. Whether you must grow your own food for health reasons, you simply desi …

Planning a backyard (or front yard) garden? Want to meet likeminded urban gardeners to get advice, swap stories, seeds, get inspiration from the gardens of your neighbors? SF has many unique microclimates so we're particularly looking for folks in the Outer or Inner Sunset or Richmond Districts. All ages welcome, from kids and college students to grandparents! We can help each other get the home and container gardens and farms going, rotate locations for variety and inspiration. Will start by me …

The purpose of the group is to spread knowledge of homesteading and backyard/urban gardening. The goal is to have meetings about twice a month. Here is list of things we would want to try to do, but not all at once: Workshops Soap making Candle making Making Lye from ashes Worm bins Container gardening Making beer/wine Other fermented drinks Sewing Leather working Food storage Canning Topics Garden Pests Composting Permaculture Survivalism Peak Oil Book club Animals (chickens, …

We are transforming a vacant lot into an attractive and productive community garden. We will use the garden to bring the community together, improve the neighborhood, educate children about healthy food, and donate the food we grow to local charities to feed those in need.

Locally Oakley Permaculture Garden Meetup is the place to meet other locals for environmental networking, education, demos, practical test gardens and more! Let us show you how maximizing biodiversity creates sustainable energy-efficient, intensive living systems for healthy foods and a renewed environment. "Earth care,  People care,  Surplus share"

I started this group because "Scientific Organic Veganism" frames the cause and effect relationship of human behavior to ourselves, to one another, to animal species, and to the planet. The purpose of the group is: 1) To explore our relationship to our individual and collective life goals and purposes for being alive in relation to what we eat 2) To listen to one another on successes, failures, tips, hints, foods, recipes, gardens, farms, food preparation methods, and more. 3) To support events …

Would you be TOTALLY excited to see water-guzzling, pollution-producing, "seen-and-not-touched" lawns, replaced by edible gardens and drought-tolerant native plant landscaping? Do you believe, like I do, that if one or two of those GIANT homes in upscale neighborhoods (or tiny homes in the flats) were to replace most of their front and back lawns with gorgeously eco-scaped edible gardens, other neighbors would follow suit...? Especially if there was a massive PR campaign highlighting the transfo …

We are all descendants of farmers who worked their available land to produce the most nutritious food needed for health and survival. Today we are technically evolved yet disconnected from the farming process.  As a result our food supply has been jeopardized by a large centralized system that we are paying for with higher food costs, lower nutritional value and poorer overall health.  It is now time to seek  the knowledge of our farming ancestors by taking a different look at how our communitie …

This group is for people growing vegetables in the Oakland area (all locals welcome!) to get together and share techniques, experiences, seeds, methods, material, etc. so that we can all grow more vegetables! By vegetables, I mean all sorts of edible plants: Fruits, Tubers, Nuts, Seeds, Greens, Mushrooms, Herbs, Spices, etc. I hope to attract people with at least some experience so that we can all learn from one another. Meetups will mostly include meeting in a garden and discussing all sorts of …

If you live in or around Fairfax and grow food - and sometimes have too much, join us! With a lot or a little to offer, we will divide up our spoils and send everyone home with a variety of garden grown or foraged edibles.

My name is Sundown Hazen. I am passionate about growing food and contributing to health and sustainability of his local community. I am using my backyard to grow fruits and vegatables traditionally, raise chickens, and raise fish and produce in an aquaponics system. I am also in the process of starting Pirate Produce, a business providing consulting services to home owners and small community groups and schools in sustainable food production. This group is a way for me to share my experiences an …

Let's use technology to live 'bright green' lives! This group is for sharing tools to live more sustainably, including but not limited to: -growing more food on less land through permaculture design -using low-cost electronics to automate your garden -building 'shared ownership' systems to pool resources All skill levels are welcome; just be ready to learn and share!

Hi! I wanted to start a group for all the people out there who are interested in learning to live a frugal, sustainable, self suffiecient type lifestyle in the Bay Area! I like to coupon, but have found that I want to clean out the chemicals in my home, use less paper goods, and learn how to garden organically in a small space, and perserve the fruits (wink) of my labors! I am a crochet and crafting person, so I'd also like to get together, with anyone interested, and do projects that center aro …

Welcome to the Delta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group! The Delta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is for people who have, or are interested in having a small backyard flock of chickens for pets, eggs, composting, fertilizer, insect control, and meat, as well as for folks interested in learning more about living a self-sustaining lifestyle. Inspired by the successful Atlanta, GA Backyard Poultry Meetup group (started by the Chicken Whisperer), our goal is to get together each month in various locations …

We want to raise the issues of a healthy, sustainable food supply.  We'll discuss food labeling; food access, genetically engineered food, local sources of food, agriculture's role in climate change, and other food/policy-related issues. We may meet in a coffeehouse, a church, a home near you, or for happy hour or a picnic.  We could arrange speakers, films, workshops, literature, and strategize creatively.  We will enjoy each others’ company, eat, laugh, and take home a better understanding of …

We are a community of spiritual seekers with diverse religious/non-religious backgrounds seeking to grow in our ability to live authentically from the "inside out" (meaning we seek to follow our individual heart and soul callings) rather than look to a leader to tell us what is "right or wrong." In fact we don't look at life so much from a "right or wrong" perspective, but more from a "is this for the highest good of all" point of view. We offer a wide variety of classes and workshops on topics …

Urban homesteading can be a fun and fulfilling way to decrease your carbon footprint while learning useful methods for producing your own wholesome home staples. We will be exploring canning & preserving, animal husbandry and beekeeping, gardening and mycology, foraging and gleaning, home crafting and sewing, permaculture practices, and the use of native plants for both culinary and medicinal uses.

In Japanese, "ai" means "love" ... so "ai explore" in this case translates to "I LOVE to explore!" What do we explore? Experiences! What kind of experiences? Ones that inspire love, optimism, fulfillment, interpersonal connection, and community-in-action. Ai Explore is the explorer's club dedicated to uncovering the optimism in everyone, everywhere. JOIN US in exploring, uncovering, and participating in the fullness Earth has to offer! We explore experiences like … Volunteerism - Animal shelters …

December 22, 2012 Today was the day to bring lesbians together of all ages who would like to go to dinners, movies, walks, breakfast, start a book group, picnics, good Theater, or classical music and even the opera. As I was perusing the various groups I clearly noticed, that lesbians of all ages were left out of the picture. Hey, I know I'm still active and I bet all of you are too. No point counting the years when the fun will go away, let's enjoy these years to the fullest and get back into l …

We are a group that meets on the first Sunday of Every month. Our main purposes are to explore alternative economies, divert unnecessary landfill waste, connect with our neighbors, and have fun doing it! We are like freecycle.org, but at a Location! As a community we have many more resources than we do as individuals. If we share our resources we won't need to buy as many new ones. This uses fewer of the Earth's resources, and fewer of our working hours, leaving us more time to devote to ourselv …

Hi! I am starting this group in the hopes of finding some fellow foragers and urban gleaners to go on some outings with out here in Contra Costa and in the East Bay. We will forage for wild edibles fruits and vegetables, fungi, and wild herbs and greens.  We will research and plan outings for foraging in public lands and parks, untended residential lots, and whatever other fruit we can gain access to without violating good etiquette and ethics. Note: Due to the logistics and such of organizing …

This group is for moms who are interested in living a more a "green" lifestyle. Share ideas and learn more about everything from sustainable food choices, safe baby and kid products, green home remodeling, organic and native gardening, hiking and camping ideas, car choices, and more. Everyone is welcome- those who already have taken steps towards greener living along with those who just want to learn more. Connect and meet new friends in a fun, non-judgmental atmosphere. We can do moms nights ou …

Plant the seeds of green gourmet growing and cooking. Explore, preserve, and share slow food cultural diversity and heirloom (especially tomato) heritage. Trade advice, tips, and seeds of local, organic veggies, specifically tomatoes and green practices in general. Share our collective wisdom for cheap and easy sustainable living!

Are you as interested in herbs as I am? I am fairly new to gardening with herbs and have found that I really enjoy it. I would greatly enjoy getting together with others who are interested in sharing recipes, gardening tips, historical aspects of herbs, ways of harvesting and preserving herbs, etc. Let's get together and figure out how to create an enjoyable and informative herbal society.

The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW) is a Contra Costa County community organization whose mission is to protect, conserve, and restore Marsh Creek and its tributaries, and to inspire appreciation and conservation of the Marsh Creek Watershed.

This group is for the rare Silicon Valley resident that has come from a farming background, is curious about modern agriculture or is interested in becoming involved in agriculture. The purpose of the group is for like-minded individuals to meet and discuss ideas, propose innovative ideas and otherwise hash out what the interaction of California's two strongest industries "could be". You should join if you are interested in: *sustainable agriculture *organic farming *conventional farming *the us …

This group is for novice Survival and Sustainability enthusiasts. We are urban and suburban dwellers excited about learning the benefits of homesteading through the skilled trades. Eventually, we want to collaborate on meaningful community projects and share enough knowledge to start businesses. Here are some possibilities out there for innovative Homesteaders who want to survive, sustain, and prosper: -Permaculture -Landscaping -Horticulture/Gardening -Aquaculture -Hydroponics and Aeroponics -V …