We are starting this group in order to bring to our community organic concepts, instructional lectures and demonstrations. Our goal is to promote health, nutrition and knowledge regarding the benefits of organics. Anyone interested in organic gardening, homesteading, food for health and protecting our environment will be excited to join this group.

Sacramento Valley has its own unique gardening conditions: hot summers, cold winters (well ... sort of cold). What grows in Maine or Arizona or England, doesn't necessarily grow here. We need to embrace our own piece of earth in order to have gardening success! This group can chat, have garden adventures and share helpful advice with each other. Sound like fun? Let's go! A pretty spot in the backyard of a homeowner featured in the recent Elk Grove Sustainable Garden Tour If you have questions, …

This is a group for anyone interested in gardening. I wanted to create someplace where gardeners could meet and share their experiences with others. We can learn and teach each other while having fun. All skill levels are welcome. We can meet at the Greenouse and plant together, drink coffee or tea together, discuss growing or pest issues, or meet for breakfast. Maybe we can even share extra produce with others.

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 …

What if there was way to produce an abundance of organic food using up to 90% less water, while producing up to ten times more food in the same amount of area and time? What if you could achieve this using 1/4 the amount of energy, in a system that is totally scaleable, does not require fertile soil, saves you time and labor, makes you a good living and is incredibly sustainable? Well the exciting news is that such a system of farming exists... it’s called Aquaponics. WHAT IS AQUAPONICS? Aquapo …

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 …

This group is for those who long for a sense of permanence. It is for those who believe in the interconnectedness between culture, community, self, soil and food. It is for the nurturerers, the backyard farmers, the worm watchers. If you were raised in the modern suburb and cried the first time you tasted a tomato that came from a garden and not a store, you'll find friends here. If you are a scavenger, a mud builder, a farmer, a guerrilla gardener, an artist, a naturalist, an environmentalis …

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.

This is a meetup group for people interested in learning, discussing, brainstorming, practical ideas on sustainable living. Topics include, reducing carbon footprint, reducing garbage, recycling, reducing greenhouse gas, reducing pollution, reducing fossil fuel dependence, gardening, organic food, non-GMO food, food canning, sustainable clothing, energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles, clean water, clean air and etcetera. What kind of practical grassroots things can we do to help …

This is the place to get connected to all things sustainable! The homegrown local food movement in our neighborhoods is growing friendships through educational, "hands on" workshops. Join us and share your interests and talents. Teach a class or come and learn how to grow organic food, compost, build a worm bin, raise chickens, cook from scratch, make jam or.....? Plan a sustainable party! We rally to support our local farmers and create family kid friendly events that promote a lifestyle that i …

We are an enthusiastic group of health conscious, environmentally friendly folks who enjoy taking Wild Food Foraging field trips in the Northern California area. If you are interested in Permaculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Holistic Healing Arts, Herbology, Nutrient Dense Nutrition - you will be happy with joining our group. We invite Botanists, Naturalists and Herbalists who have extensive training to lead our group on nature walks and forage for food. Plant identification, taxonomy, botany - …

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 …

This is a group for women who are old fashioned at heart and are interested in reclaimed almost lost traditions such as canning, sewing, and folk magic. A place to discuss and gather with our children and include them in our traditions. We will be learning and discussing American Folk Magic traditions such as Pennsylvania dutch pow wow, Appalachian mountain magic, kitchen/cottage/hedge witcheries. This group is very different then a traditional wiccan coven in that there is no hierarchy within t …

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.

This group is for folks who love the views, wildlife, wildflowers, nature walks, conservation projects and hiking on the Mayacamas Mountains Sanctuary - a private Nature Preserve owned and managed by Audubon Canyon Ranch (ACR). Hiking is with ACR’s guided programs or by permit ONLY, but you are welcome any time to enjoy birding and views from the pullouts along Pine Flat Road, which climbs a steep ridge thru the length of the Preserve. Come drive the road, but please drive slowly and carefully - …

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 …

The Sacramento Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is for people who have small backyard flocks of poultry for pets, eggs, and meat. You just might be suprised at how many people living in your neighborhood have pet chickens! There is nothing quite like walking outside in the morning to gather fresh organic eggs for your breakfast! We welcome everyone that has a small backyard flock of poultry, and those that are interested in getting started. We get together most every month at our "Poultry Peopl …

This is a group for people in the Northern California area that are interested in learning about, sharing and using herbs. Our mission is to empower people by providing information via dialog  which encourage them to use or grow herbs and vegetables in their own backyard, or forage for them locally in a sustainable manner. Part of this groups goal is to meet other local Herbalists, Healers, Chefs, Cooks and people who are interested in working with herbs for purposes such as  health, medicine, c …

We're all about living active lifestyles and having fun doing it.  Anyone interested in working out, attending play dates at the park, organizing a hiking trip, doing a night out or anything else that requires leaving the living room is more than welcome to join.

The Sierra 2 Center for the Arts & Community present Best Friend Fridays on the 2nd and 4th Fridays each month, an ongoing social gathering at which attendess meet new people, enjoy terrific food and drinks, and learn new things about their community. The events are held in the enchanting Garden Room and Courtyard, creating a wonderful environment for connecting with friends, kick-starting the weekend, and meeting new people.

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.

Outdoor Afro is a community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing — and more! Outdoor Afro uses social media to create interest communities, events, and to partner with regional and national organizations that support diverse participation in the Great Outdoors. Here is where you can start locally connecting with people who share your outdoor interests!

We are a network of groups and individuals who share in community and social activities. Meetings & Events are held once a month on the third Friday of each month (October has two meetings.) at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa. Doors open at 7 pm. Wheelchair Accessible. The Sonoma County Pagan Network was founded in November of 2000 to help fill the need of having a centralized point of contact for the North Coast Pagan community. It has been very difficult …

Founded in 2011, our group now has over 150 members, and this is SOME of what they do: making collaborative sculpture, making music, crafting, making video and film, making art in the environment, dancing, contact improvisation dancing, creating dances, being a bodyworker, creating collages, creating 3D illustration, writing plays, writing poetry, writing screenplays, cooking, making ceramics, , knitting , painting, drawing, tinkering, being silly, playing, making music, making rhythm, drumming, …