Since the Bay Area Climbing group is focused mainly on SF and East Bay climbing, thought I'd put this out there as an alternative way for people from the South bay/SJ/Campbell/Sunnyvale/MTN View Areas to hook up and climb together. There are amazing places to go climbing in the south bay and north bay, indoor and outdoor. Planet granite has a beautiful facility in SF and Sunnyvale. Supposedly there are some new places popping up as well. Castle Rock and the Pinnacles are not far from here. The …

The purpose of this meetup is to bring together people interested in the principles of Permaculture Design: Care of the Earth, Care of People, Share the Surplus. I have no preconceived idea of how it will evolve. My hopes are to create a place where ideas and action can come together to promote a resilient, compassionate and sustainable community.

Water is critical to life. We are faced with a looming crisis with respect to the availability of water to sustain life. There are many smart people developing amazing technologies to address the numerous challenges relating to the use and re-use of water. PURPOSE: We are a catalyst for entrepreneurs focussed on water. We provide a forum for inventors, innovators and investors to showcase their solutions and look for consumers. We aim to help connect the dots.

Events that focus on Technology, Art, Green and Sustainability (TAGS). Demo's, speakers, tours and other fun events will be put together by this group. Open discussions on these topics, connections to other events related to these topics and film/video of related topics will be part of this groups core.

This is a netwroking group is for people who are involved in, or support, a green and socially responsible business. The purpose of this group is to network, share ideas, learn from each other and make some good business contacts. We guarantee this will be an active group! We will hold regular meetings and invite speakers but will always make sure to involve a period of time for business networking. Ideal members for this group are those who have a "green" business or have an interest in suppor …

Libertarians: We are not primarily political, we simply respect property rights and thus live by a code of non-aggression. Property rights are sacred to us because civilization is built on social cooperation and social cooperation is only made possible by the clear delineation and respect of property rights. Entrepreneurs: in a general sense, we are the creative and energetic members of society seeking to produce value; weather it be economic, social or personal. The Society of Libertari …

Welcome to the Santa Cruz group of the Sierra Club! Here you will find a listing of some of the Santa Cruz Group activities as well as information about the Sierra Club. We welcome everyone to participate and encourage all to become members. ABOUT THE SIERRA CLUB: John Muir co-founded the Sierra Club in 1892 to share his love of nature. Since then, the Club has matured into the nation's largest and most influential environmental organization. The Club’s mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect …

TechRaising was founded in 2011 to support local communities efforts in sustaining tech ecosystems. We aim to provide the space and support for individuals to gather, collaborate, and build their ideas. It is the melding of experience, expertise and execution that allows tech projects to flourish. The innaugaral TechRaising was held in May 2011 at Cruzio. Over 100 people participated, 38 ideas were pitched, 8 were built in 48 hours, and 2 received funding. Tech icon Scott McNealy gave a thought …

Our mission is to provide an intellectual gateway to science beyond the convention. This opening includes the work of people such as Janine Benyus, Rianne Eisler, Bruce Lipton, Jim Oschmann, and others.   I hope astronomers, anthropologists, writers, nurses, physicians, acupuncturists, mystics, intuitives, sages, engineers, healers and all those with a keen inquisitive mind will join. It is inspired by the International Society of Subtle Energies and Medicine and the Institute of Noetic Sciences …

This is group is for anyone who has a passion for raising chickens - whether on a farm or in your own backyard. We also enjoy farming such as growing gardens, bee keeping, raising livestock, etc. Getting back to the basics - the simple way of life.

Solar Marketerers is for solar business owners and solar marketing professionals to come and share ideas about how to market their businesses/clients.

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 …

Environmental design, landscape, and horticulture/agriculture issues will continue to be a growing field! I'm seeking members who want to balance both practice and theory to engage in meaningful projects that either build our skills, or make a profit. I believe this approach is the best way for communities to prosper. A good way to achieve this would be to use environmental design programs, such as Foothill and UC Berkeley as templates. Here are some careers that these programs influence; Arbori …

A forum to discuss and share information about UFO, E.T.,  conspiracy, occult, alternative energy, and other topics that fall outside of the often mainstream field of discussion. Strategies for sharing awareness and dealing with these realities in a productive, practical, and supportive manner. Donations Welcome!

We are focusing on how small changes can have a big effect, how the we can get together with other residents, neighborhoods, and communities of San Jose and gracefully adapt to the challenges of our changing world. We would love to meet with others, work together creatively and celebrate the transition toward a sustainable future Everyone is welcome!

The mission of Eternal Truths is “to evolve the human race”. We do this by providing those who are deserving with the tools they need to find the inner peace and strength to empower themselves to take full control of their own lives. We serve only individuals of high integrity, who are driven by a desire to find happiness for themselves in a fashion that does not cause suffering to others. We are specifically not interested in providing anyone with selfish intent with the tools they need to in …

This is a group for contemporary artists in the Silicon Valley area who desire to meet other artists for the sake of fostering artistic community. Silicon Valley is a tough area to work in as a contemporary artist. With the exception of a few galleries and museums, and some small collegial art programs, meeting other artists so as not to be creating is a vacuum is difficult at best. Engaging with other artists is key to sustaining an art practice, both for the purposes of moral support, getting …

The new “sharing revolution” helps people build community, save money and use fewer resources, benefiting the well-being of both people and the planet. People are involved in sharing skills, cars, houses, and working areas. They’re engaged worldwide in "hour banks," lending clubs, gift circles, free exchanges, and other locally-based projects. The commons is exploding in new ways to share, exchange, or gift skills, tools, food & produce, gardening or meeting spaces, and just about everything els …

This is a group for anyone interested in LOHAS Lifestyles of Health & Sustainability in Individuals, Businesses etc. All interest levels are welcome. SLN is Dedicated to Planetary Sustainability and started this group to create a community of enthusiasts to help build businesses, products & services to promote & enable a sustainable lifestyle in regions worldwide. We look forward to exploring with everybody and progressing forward with sustainability solutions and regional branding on a quarterl …

Attention all tree lovers! We're an environmental nonprofit based in the Silicon Valley that depends heavily on volunteers to plant trees - over 65,000 so far! We also host pruning/tree care workshops, sustainable living courses, and community potlucks. If you're looking for a way to get active in the community and connect with other environmental-minded members, join today! All backgrounds and levels of experience/commitment are welcome and we hope to see you out there making a difference. For …

Welcome! This group is a supportive space for women to connect, converse, and contemplate MONEY and financial matters. Our focus is positive - what's working, what's possible -  as we explore both innovations of the new economy and intricacies of our own inner money journey. Times are changing fast, and women are leading the way to restore our planet, heal people back to health, and create a caring economy through more conscious commerce. Our gatherings appeal to social  entrepreneurs, sustainab …

Heart of Avalon A Growing Community of Support for Health and Wellness If you seek (or want to help others find) a way of living that is healthy, less stressful, more balanced, sustainable, beautiful, more connected to the Earth, more immersed in community support, full of gratitude and celebration, more joyous, and more abundant...then Heart of Avalon is a place for you to find and create all that and more. Heart of Avalon focuses on the local community of Health and Wellness practitioners (in …

Amazon Mycorenewal Project Presents: The Art and Science of Mycorenewal Join us for 10 days of immersion into the world of Mycorenewal! Learn from an array of experienced mycologists and take part in hands-on projects. Gain the skills, knowledge and resources you need to implement a mycorenewal project in your community. Registration is now open! You can register online at http://theartofmycorenewal.pandaform.com/pub/ukb8re/new Please donate to our scholarship and expenses fund so we can spread …

I'd like to start a bike shop/cafe, along the lines of Mojo Bicycle Cafe in San Francisco. Maybe it's just a bike shop, but I'd like to consider the food/drink aspects of well. The important aspects of the business venture will be that it is: run as 'a real business' that makes money so it can pay its bills/salaries/expenses a worker-owned and run cooperative democratically-runa non-destructive retail/restaurant chain (as in the business concept, not the physical bike chain) active and engaged …