April 7 to June 1 2013 The skills you will be learning and developing come from the Buddhist meditative traditionwhere it has been known for centuries that the sustained practice of mindfulness can have profoundly healing and transformative effects in one's life. This program offers you the opportunity to learn mindfulness meditation skills without needing to engage with the cultural or religious aspects of Buddhism. This course is based on a program originallydeveloped by Jon Kabat-Zinn and c …

Please join us in our journey to get back to our Founding Fathers' Principles; back to our United States Constitution; to educate, unite, and be accountable for not only the things we do now, but what we are leaving for our children and grandchildren. Please join us in "Faith", "Truth", and "Charity"...if not now, when?  NOW is the time! AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL The need to be free is a basic element that lives within all human beings. The freedom to speak out, the freedom to move about at will …

Please join us in forming a circle of friends interested in working together to live a safer, more natural, fulfilling, healthier, lifestyle where we can share knowledge, ideas, skills, and all types of other resources. Let’s build a local network (Beaver County/Cranberry Twp. area) of like-minded people. This may end up a few different groups because of the variety of listed topics/interests. Please contact me with interest in this meet up and specific topics ASAP so that we can discuss the pos …

This is the Pittsburgh Meetup Group of the Quantified Self. Like other Quantified Self groups, we discuss topics related to tracking information about oneself to gain more self-knowledge. Come share what you are doing, and learn from others. Topics include, but are not limited to: Self-tracking / self-monitoring Life-logging Visualizations of personal information Self-experimentation Location tracking Sustainability Diabetes tracking Aging Your host is Ian Li (ianli at ianli dot com). …

Libertarians live by a very simple code, the respect of property rights, and thus the non-aggression axiom. Because civilization, wealth and security are built on social cooperation and because social cooperation is made possible by the clear delineation and respect of property rights - property rights are sacred to us. Entrepreneurs are the highly creative and energetic members of society who seek to properly predict the future state of consumer desires and search for the most innovative and …

Northern Ohio Outdoor Network- Back to Basics Hello, My name is Christopher Storm. I am starting a new group dedicated to Mutual Aid, Prepping and Friendship. I am welcoming All American Citizens who are concerned about the Future of the Country, State, Economy, etc, and are concerned for the Welfare of their Families and Friends during times and/or events that qualify as a Local or National Emergencies/ Disasters. Examples- Tornado, Flood, Earthquake, Terrorist attack, Economic Depression- basi …

Hi ! Welcome to our Meetup Page for the emerging Age of Limits. A place for conversations and developing community around the issues of Limits to Growth, ecological overshoot, decline and collapse of the Global Industrial Model. Here, we hope to develop a family of weekend long events, day-long workshops and evening "Living room Conversations" across our MidAtlantic bio-region. Issues that address what individuals can do in their daily lives, such as sustainable living, permaculture, personal …

Share ideas and knowledge about organic gardening. Share plant cuttings, seeds and seedlings. Visit public gardens and attend gardening events.

This group are for those who have interest in learning and sharing what they know about permaculture, in this climate in particular, natural building, organic gardening for home and profit. I am working on getting an earthbag home built and encourage anyone interested in learning and perhaps helping to join in and follow its progress. We will me as often as desired by the group and as we have topics to share.

This is a group for folks looking to learn all the myriad of ways to live a sustainable, community-focused lifestyle. This could include eating and sourcing locally made goods, supporting local, small businesses, organic gardening, natural building techniques, to name a few. I started this group because I would love to meet like-minded individuals in the area who are living a self-sufficient lifestyle, or would like to learn more about how to do so.