Survival Preparedness and Sustainable Living organization for Whittier and surrounding areas.

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living Organization. I lived through the Pinochet Chilean coup d'etat and the Shining Path terrorist years in Peru. So I know what's like to not have water, electricity or food for days. This group is design to help people be prepared for anything mother nature can through at us - specially being in earthquake prone California - to economic collapse to starting a new community to a coup d'etat. If you are just starting and need information or guidance, or …

… Update from Laura Jackson, Mission Viejo resident Laura is working with the city of Mission Viejo on community oriented, green projects to get sustainability information out in the community and engaging its residents to participate in sustainability. Laura has recently gained the City of Mission Viejo’s agreement to include a sustainability program in a city training agenda. The sustainability training program will be developed in collaboration with Chris Lunghino, founder of Community Sustaina …

The Orange County Renewable Energy Society (OC Renewables) is a non-profit member organization and a local chapter of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) founded to promote the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technology through education, outreach, and public policy advocacy.  We have a meeting with a guest speaker every second Thursday of the month at the Duck Club in Irvine (near UCI off Campus Drive).

The purpose of Long Beach Tea is to learn about all aspects of tea, to provide and encourage tea education, and to support the growth of tea businesses in and around Long Beach. We welcome all levels of tea enthusiasts whether you are new to tea or a tea professional. We welcome your input and your help in making Long Beach a city where quality tea is not only drunk, but appreciated. Please share both your knowledge and your questions with us. The content of our Meetups will depend on the intere …

OC Green Business Networking is for professionals in the green industry who want to meet like-minded people who get it. We'll network, discuss our businesses and how to help each other succeed. There will be no agenda, maybe a speaker now and then but this group is casual and unstructured so we can just get to know each other.

The Farm Desk Set is the events calendar for all things green! We are interested in growing, sharing, raising, eating, feeding, restoring, decomposing and learning. Join us for an event! For more information about the project, visit TheFarmDesk.com

  Our Cosmos is a social group whose purpose is to share and inspire a love of science and of learning, and to develop interest in both the Cosmos and intellectual curiosity. It is an artistic enterprise for experiencing the universe.  It encourages exploration into planetary and earth sciences, health, ethics, and society. Various activities include stage and TV venues for science education purposes and trips exploring and learning about our cosmos, such as archaeological digs, tours of planeta …

The Harbor Vision Task Force works to green the environment in San Pedro Bay area, home of the nations two largest ports and several oil refineries, and in the goods movement corridors and facilities that connect to the port. We strive to provide leadership in the Sierra Club to deal with similar goods movement issues in sea and inland ports around the country.

Do you like edible gardening? Do you want to learn how to have an organic garden full of fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables? GryFy is the largest and most active edible gardening Meetup group in Orange County. This group is dedicated to helping you learn how to "GRow Your Food Yourself (aka GryFy) with free monthly classes as well as other events. We emphasize organic growing using green methods that are practical for urban "farms" with little space to grow in.  

We are a family of three Michael (Family Chiropractor/Nutrition) Lael (Full Time Mom) and Kai(20mo) who are passionate about all things Healthy and Beach Related. This group is in Conjuction with Pathways Magazine, http://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/ and his a "Pathways Connect" group. This group is for families and expecting families to meet, and learn, discuss and share on the topics of natural health, and to play and hang out with like minded folks. All views and styles of parenting are w …

1) We are a garden Co-Op; we share our harvests. 2) We like to putter in each others gardens.  It is more fun together and we like to show off our plants. 3) Big harvests give opportunities for Big Cook-Offs.  Join us and make dishes to take home. 4) Learn about Edible Gardening, Natural Pest Control, Permaculture, Green Construction, Ethnic and Veggie Cooking, Computers, and TED. 5) Maybe a little wine and music in the garden as well.   Many of our activities are ADA, elderly, and kid friendly.

Vegan Drinks is back!  Whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or just curious, meet others who share your interest at our next fun and healthy social event.  Non-drinkers are welcome.  All events are free - just pay for your own food and drink.

After talking with someone about your vegan or vegetarian lifestyle, have you ever wished you had been more articulate, more compelling, more engaging, less argumentative; in short, that you had said it better? As vegans/vegetarians, we routinely get questions or comments from others about our lifestyle. These interactions are often great opportunities to educate the uninformed and help animals. Do any of these questions or remarks sound familiar? -- Why are you vegan/vegetarian? -- Where do y …

We get together to create an abnormally high concentration of people who know a thing or two about bikes and are willing to share this knowledge with courtesy and patience.  We then throw in the tools and equipment to get the job done and end up with a pretty excellent situation where you can fix your bike while learning how to do it yourself.  A lot of people find that getting this hands-on experience helps them be more in touch with their mechanical steed, so that the mutually beneficial human …

The mission of the Long Beach Time Exchange is to build and strengthen relationships within the city of Long Beach by connecting people’s unmet needs and untapped resources. We do this through the use of “time banking,” a system in which members give and receive services and skills using “time dollars,” a community currency that uses time as an indicator of value. The concept is simple: One hour equals one time dollar, regardless of the service given, from dog-walking to graphic design, communit …