We're focused on establishing a comprehensive sustainability rating for restaurants which factors in social as well as ecological sustainability. Aims include: > Provide customers with information so they can eat out without compromising their values. > Elevate the status of existing sustainable restaurants. > Connect restaurants with sustainable suppliers. If you'd like to join the conversation to help shape the Good Egg Guide, add yourself to this meetup group and swing by our next meeting!

WHO is GreenUps for?  Our events are for people with an interest / passion / concern for the environment and sustainability. No matter what your profession. GreenUps is about creating connections across a range of different sectors. Whether you work in business, science, education, design, the media, the arts, the law, government, NGO’s, IT, you name it. We’d like to hear over a beer what you’re doing. Or what you think should be happening in Sydney or in your area of work when it comes to susta …

… By visiting a local meetup, you meet like minded folks; discuss living a healthy lifestyles and people passionate about sustainability. Our members have many different food diets, from Non Veg to Living Foodies. We actively find and support V Star venues and products.   So Why V Star? V is the roman symbol for FIVE. Many ancient cultures valued the world being made of 5 Classical Elements like; Earth, Wind, Water, Fire and Aether. To lead a life of balance, all these elements need to b …

FairShare International (FSI) is about actively working towards a world in which everyone on the planet can benefit from the good things in life. This is a chance for you to be part of the change you want to see in the world! FSI provides a formula for ethical living to create a sustainable world with strong communities where financial wealth is more equitably shared. The FairShare community uses the formula 5.10.5.10 to plan action and evaluate personal progress. Here's how it works: 5.   Lesse …

“What's mine is yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption” is one of the most ground-breaking business book of the recent times. Similarly Rachel Botsman's speech The Case for Collaborative Consumption on TED.com had excellent reception. Collaborative Consumption is defined by Wikipedia as an economic model based on sharing, swapping, bartering, trading or renting access to products as opposed to ownership. This group is around the concept of Collaborative Consumption. In our meetings, we’ll …

We are living and working in an uncertain, tumultuous and rapidly changing world. The rules of the game have changed and yet we are still chained to our current mentality, which is stopping us from thriving and evolving into the future. How can we gear ourselves to meet these challenging changes now so that we are empowered to shape a more sustainable future? The SWAG (Sydney Work Action Group) provides you with access to ideas and information, knowledge, support and a network to help you develo …

Are you passionate about social change but love your day job? Are you driven to use your business to deliver practical solutions to social and environmental challenges? Do you want to use your professional powers for good? This is the group for you! We recognize that social intrapreneurs face unique challenges in pursuing their vision, and aim to build a community of like-minded innovators to share ideas and advice. We welcome intrapreneurs at all levels of experience from all sectors: innovatio …

Sydney LETS (Local Energy Trading System) is an alternative trading network made up of individuals who trade goods and services using a community currency called "Operas" instead of federal dollars. You need to be a member of LETS to trade, but new people are welcome to come along to see what's on offer. Find out more about Sydney & Illawarra LETS: http://www.auslets.org/sydney/home/ What's on OFFER? http://www.community-exchange.org/offerings.asp?xid=syce&cat=month What do other members WANT? …

The clothing exchange brings fashionistas, vintage connoisseurs and op-shopping veterans together to swap clothes in order to update their wardrobes and save the planet! The clothing exchange team hosts a monthly clothing exchange events where people swap clothes they no longer wear for those they will. Additionally, The Clothing Exchange sporadically holds events for Fashionable Families, Fashionistas with designer tastes and the well dressed gentlemen of Sydney. Over the last few years, p …

… The goal of the collective Fire the Grid events is to restore the earth and humanity to a state of health and sustainability by creating a huge surge of positive energy through a collective and simultaneous worldwide meditation/prayer. Over the next two years, we are looking forward to reaching each of you and invite you to participate in this one hour meditation where we will choose our collective path by vibrating at the highest possible frequency, celebrating our Oneness. Together we will cre …

Rhubarb food co-op is the answer to a retail outlet that supplys all your household needs. It will be environmentally aware, organic wholefoods and household goods. We are interested in finding people who are wanting to set up a food co-op in the eastern suburbs. Anyone is welcome to join. We meet every 3rd wednesday of the month at Barrett House Randwick

This group was created as an umbrella for events that encourage a city more connected with each other and our environment. We see creativity and conversation as important parts of moving towadrs sustainability. We also recognise the nourishment that comes from building community and sharing our thoughts about environmental and social issues.

Everybody loves to get a massage!!! Massage is perhaps one of the oldest healing traditions. Many cultures – including the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Chinese and Indians – were convinced of the therapeutic properties of massage and used it to treat a variety of ailments. The skin is the largest organ of the human body and is packed with nerve endings. Massage works by soothing soft tissue and encouraging relaxation. Massage is especially effective in treating ‘vicious cycle’ complaints. For i …

. I sleep peacefully each night in air-conditioned comfort, sealed in steel and safe as houses, or come to think of it safer than houses. Getting people together who believe in Green living and experimenting with converting shipping containers into living units and designing ideas.

Transition Sydney is a group of Sydney people whose concern about the impact that climate change, fossil fuel depletion, and collapsing global trade and financial systems will have on our way of life calls us to do something practical about it. Action is needed at the local level to help communities transition to the new realities these forces will bring and to build their own local resilience. This action starts with a few people getting together and deciding to do something in their local area …

This group is for anyone who is interested in spiritual growth / self development in general and also for those specifically interested in the life changing Ringing Cedars Series and Anastasia's life lessons. Even if you have not read the series please come along to learn what they are about. The series encourages living a more spiritual existence that is closer to nature. It inspires people to live a healthier vegetarian/vegan life and live on their own Space of Love which is their own hectare …