Sustainable Fashion Circle of Entrepreneurs This month’s topic : Silk Screening for Fashion Businesses Learn through hands on demos how to screen hang tags, thank you cards, t-shirts and fabric yardage for your business.This event will be hosted at the Candy Coated studio school 118. N. 3rd Street, 4th Floor, walk-up space is limited priority is given to fashion related businesses This event is hosted by National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers in partnership with the Sustainable Bu …

With the help of a group of close friends, I identified the need for grassroots education on issues of local food, and systems sustainability. Menu for the Future is the local resource for creating small, intimate discussions around what we eat, where our food comes from, food safety, food insecurity, creating edible schoolyards in our neighborhoods, and supporting or even become local food growers. We meet, we read, we think, we choose, we act. If you are interested in bridging the gap betwee …

Meet other local people who support Permaculture design for creating more-sustainable human environments. Everyone welcome, including all regional residents, friends & supporters! Permaculture offers practical solutions to many of the problems facing the world by using ecology as the basis of organizing systems of food production, housing, technology, economics and community. Please join us as we cultivate a beautiful, delicious and healthy tomorrow! Activities include discussion groups, tours, …

Hello there! Do you own a small*, LOCAL company based within 50 miles of Philadelphia? If you own a franchise, do you keep more than ~75% of the profits? If you sell/distribute products, do at least ~25% of your supplies come from LOCAL companies? If you sell/offer services, are at least ~25% of your clients also LOCAL?   OR, do you consider yourself to be a LOCAL entrepreneur or independent consultant? If you're a network marketing affiliate, do you keep more than ~50% of all your sales? …

The purpose of the Sustainable Fashion Designers Philadelphia meetup is to assist entrepreneurs with growing fashion related businesses that create social change and respect the environment. The National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers provides specialized triple bottom line education, training, and access to tools and industry resources that advance creative, innovative and high impact businesses. Learn more at www.sustainabledesigners.org

Conservation. Sustainability. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Start with small changes, learn from others, raise your awareness, reduce your footprint. Let's work towards making this group a collaboration of environmental education, activities and change in the Greater Philadelphia Area. More events, links and information coming soon! Have an idea for an event? Post it below!

This meetup group is for the socially concious who wish to "be the change they want to see in the world". We hope to provide an avenue for individuals to come together and learn about key issues related to creating a more just and equitable society. Our focus will be India, the 2nd most populous country in the world. We will take a "holistic" approach and touch on a wide range of issues such as, livelihood generation, education, health, sustainable agriculture, human rights, energy and environme …

The Spiritual Embodiment Collective is an evolutionary community that spans across South Jersey & Philadelphia. We have come together to embody who we are, connect to our passions, and manifest our vision for our lives. We invite people of all backgrounds to join our community focused on spirituality, healing, metaphysical exploration, sustainability, spontaneity, group synergy, nature, and learning to live in collective harmony. SEC holds weekly Healing Circles & Discussion Nights. Members play …

There's Something Fresh Happening in Doylestown!   We are moving full steam ahead with plans for a Doylestown-based food cooperative. What we envision is a community-owned and managed food market that supports sustainable agriculture and our local farmers, where you’ll find delicious, locally produced food and have a say in how it’s run. The focus of the Doylestown Food Co-op is to support our local farmers by providing a direct connection between our farmers/producers and our conscientious con …

The Henry George School of Social Science was founded to acquaint the public with concepts presented in the writings of the great American political economist, Henry George, author of the classic, Progress and Poverty. Henry George reconciled the great paradox facing all civilizations: In spite of all our progress, why are there fewer jobs than there are workers? How is it that so many who are willing and able to work, unable to find gainful employment? At the end of his investigations, Henry Ge …

A meetup for people who are committed to bringing natural building into and around Philadelphia

I'd like to find people with which to discuss new technologies in nuclear energy in my area. Preferably over a lunch or beer. If you're fascinated by - rather than afraid of - nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and technological advances in this area, come chat with us.

This meetup is for woman in the Bucks County, PA and Central Jersey area who are interested in greening the environment and refreshing their wardrobe by swapping clothing and upcycling other's discarded wardrobe into newfound wearable treasures!

hi all   ok, let's keep this short & sweet. my name is chrissandra. some of u know me, some of u don't. i've been reasonably active w/this group since '06. i've enjoyed the meetups and the friends i've made so i didn't want to see this meetup end. i also don't really have the time to organize all the meetups so bottom line two (2) things will change regarding the group:   1) all members will also be organizers. now i can't make everyone co-organizers on the site but if u have an idea post i …

The idea is to know the city of Philadelphia inside out - how we have shaped it and how it in turn shapes us - knowing its people, communities, neighborhoods, cultures, histories and all that influence this urban experiences and perceptions of it. More coming soon...

Note: Effective December 14, 2011 - our primary means of communicating with our active/paid members and friends of Women Still Standing will be via our virtual network: www.womenstillstanding.ning.com. While meetup.com will still exist primarily to list our events and activities, you will find our virtual network contains several interactive groups conducive for productive and positive discussion among sisters on various topics, opportunities to create your own targeted business network, blog, r …