Mountain biking!  Fast or slow, technical or flowy, beginner or experienced.  Weekday, weekends, overnighters...it's all here: Triangle Off Road Cyclists' (TORC) Meetup group is paid for and maintained by TORC.  Membership is free and open to anyone interested in joining us for a ride, event or trail workday.  Membership in TORC's Meetup does not mean you are a TORC IMBA club member.  If interested in becoming a TORC IMBA member, contact the organizer. Triangle Off Road Cyclists (TORC) is a volu …

The Organicality Meetup is focused on helping women transform into conscious consumers by giving them the tools and support they need to influence human health and the environment.

WE'RE BUILDING A CREATIVE BUSINESS NETWORK ACROSS THE ARTS DISCIPLINES IN THE GREATER TRIANGLE, NC! Mixing creative disciplines brings a new dimension to brainstorming.  For example, painters bring different viewpoints to writers.  Musicians connect well with dancers.  Dancers inspire painters (and so on). We all want our creative expressions to be valued, and realistically have to make a living. Creative professionals benefit from a supportive environment to brainstorm & collaborate. If you a …

Living sustainably in the Triangle. Homes consume roughly half of the nation's energy. The purpose of the group is to learn about energy efficiency, how to make improvements to existing homes, and see examples of homes that use less energy.

This group is for open-minded parents interested in any (not necessarily all) aspects of Attachment Parenting, including: thoughtful preparation for parenthood, breastfeeding and child-led weaning, babywearing, co-sleeping, building a relationship with one’s child based on trust and respect, and positive/gentle discipline. And while many may also share interests in cloth diapering, elimination communication, child-led potty learning, alternative education options, natural family living and birth …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

Approximately four years ago, the City of Raleigh launched a major initiative to update its comprehensive plan and development regulations. During the fall of 2009, the City Council approved the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, a document that provides a vision and policies for future growth and development in Raleigh. Work then began on the updating of the City's new development regulations, the actual laws that will regulate future development. This document has been labeled the Unified Development Or …

Achieving and sustaining greater physical, emotional & financial health through the support of a like-minded community. This group was started to build a community that supports each other through all of life's dramas and tornado's. "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass . . . it's about learning to dance in the rain." It's not that hard to take the first steps in making a life change - the first step is DESIRE. We desire to eat healthier, to exercise more, to have enough income to pa …

The Political Committee of the Capital Group plays a critical role in protecting our environment in NC - by endorsing and supporting city, county and state candidates who are committed to conservation and sustainability. The Political Committee is nonpartisan. The Committee includes and welcomes both those who are politically experienced and those who are not; we will work together to provide guidance to those new to the political realm. Candidate questionnaires, endorsement forms, interviews a …

Insight (Vipassana) meditation is the simple and direct practice of moment-to-moment mindfulness. Through careful and sustained observation, we experience for ourselves the ever-changing flow of the mind/body process. This awareness leads us to accept more fully the pleasure and pain, fear and joy, sadness and happiness that life inevitably brings. As insight deepens, we develop greater equanimity and peace in the face of change, and wisdom and compassion increasingly become the guiding principl …

PLEASE READ ALL THE FOLLOWING BELOW BEFORE JOINING THIS MEETUP: POLYAMORY: Having multiple honest, loving, intimate relationships with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved. This group is for local polyamorists and sincerely interested folks of all ages and demographics in the Raleigh, Durham, & Chapel Hill metro! Polyamory means "Many Loves". Many people have both the capacity & the need to love more than one partner, and be able to sustain loving relationships with more than one. …

A group for young adult members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and other young adults from any faith (or non-faith) background who are interested in Quakerism. We define young adult as roughly 18 - 35, and our goal is to have fun, build relationships among younger Friends, participate in the life of local Friends Meetings and the wider Quaker community, and support each other in exploring how we live out our beliefs in the world. Events posted to this meetup may include local and …

About us EWB-USA supports community-driven development programs worldwide by collaborating with local partners to design and implement sustainable engineering projects, while creating transformative experiences and responsible leaders. Our vision is a world in which the communities we serve have the capacity to sustainably meet their basic human needs, and that our members have enriched global perspectives through the innovative professional educational opportunities that the EWB-USA program pro …

Growing the Entrepreneurial Mindset is headed by the CEO of a Nationwide Financial Firm and Motivational Speaker who works with individuals and companies to maximize the success of employees and partners, as well as help to develop the mindset for leadership, in order to motivate their personal happiness, and wealth expansion.  We will focus on several important factors; Playing and Winning the Game:Learn the rules and set yourself up to win The Ultimate Game of Life Goal Setting and Achieving:S …

Bushcraft is about learning, sharing and practicing both traditional and modern outdoor and survival skills.  It borrows equipment and skills from a number of native cultures from around the world as well as from historical explorers, pioneers and woodsmen. This traditional approach can be updated with appropriate modern technology, resulting in a kit and a skill set that includes the best of all worlds.

This group is intended to share information about biodiesel! Folks that are currently processing, folks that want to learn, folks that want to help one another.

Survival, Preparedness, and Sustainable Living organization for Raleigh, NC and the surrounding areas

CommuniFilm is an innovative community-cenered approach to a sustainable film industry in North Carolina. Our focus is on making quality short films and documentaries that matter, get seen, and get their creators professional experience in filmmaking. If you want to be involved in our film projects, join the group and RSVP for projects that interest you.

The Gardeners of Wake County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide gardening education and horticultural information to our members and the gardening public. Joining the GWC meetup group provides everyone information about the Gardeners of Wake County, Inc, but does not imply membership in the Gardeners of Wake County, Inc. Membership in Gardeners of Wake County, Inc. can be achieved by following the information at http://gardenersofwakecounty.org/about_us.html. The Gardeners …