Locally Oakley Permaculture Garden Meetup is the place to meet other locals for environmental networking, education, demos, practical test gardens and more! Let us show you how maximizing biodiversity creates sustainable energy-efficient, intensive living systems for healthy foods and a renewed environment. "Earth care,  People care,  Surplus share"

This group is for people growing vegetables in the Oakland area (all locals welcome!) to get together and share techniques, experiences, seeds, methods, material, etc. so that we can all grow more vegetables! By vegetables, I mean all sorts of edible plants: Fruits, Tubers, Nuts, Seeds, Greens, Mushrooms, Herbs, Spices, etc. I hope to attract people with at least some experience so that we can all learn from one another. Meetups will mostly include meeting in a garden and discussing all sorts of …

Hi! I wanted to start a group for all the people out there who are interested in learning to live a frugal, sustainable, self suffiecient type lifestyle in the Bay Area! I like to coupon, but have found that I want to clean out the chemicals in my home, use less paper goods, and learn how to garden organically in a small space, and perserve the fruits (wink) of my labors! I am a crochet and crafting person, so I'd also like to get together, with anyone interested, and do projects that center aro …

Uhuru Foods & Pies operates food concessions at festivals and farmer’s markets and bakes thousands of pies for the annual Uhuru Holiday Pies fundraiser. All funds support African community economic development. "Uhuru" means freedom in Swahili. We welcome volunteers who are interesting in social justice in the black community and want to see thriving, sustainable and just economic development. This year, Uhuru Foods & Pies is involved in fundraising and winning support for Uhuru Jiko, a communit …

We protect and enjoy California native plants together -- go on field trips, enjoy lectures and local hikes. Learn about native plants of the East Bay and beyond with us !

We hope to fill Oakland's need to improve the city's many hidden pathways/stairways. At first we will remove the plant growth that is harming the pathways. Later we can do other things to improve them by such things as planting flowering plants. It is time to get local people together to improve Oakland. We have already greatly improved 3 pathway/stairways in Oakland's Lakeshore Neighborhood plus one in the Rockridge Neighborhood. We did our first improvement to a pathway in Oakland on Sunday, M …

Fellow hardwarians, it's time the Trivalley had some hardware startup meetups. Robot Garden is a new robotics hackerspace and group located at the iGate Innovation Hub business accelerator in Livermore. We love starting hardware stuff! There are more meetups and access hours on the Robot Garden Meetup and website robotgarden.org but we want the hardware startup meetup to stand alone.

Founded in 2011, our group now has over 150 members, and this is SOME of what they do: making collaborative sculpture, making music, crafting, making video and film, making art in the environment, dancing, contact improvisation dancing, creating dances, being a bodyworker, creating collages, creating 3D illustration, writing plays, writing poetry, writing screenplays, cooking, making ceramics, , knitting , painting, drawing, tinkering, being silly, playing, making music, making rhythm, drumming, …

Hi! I am starting this group in the hopes of finding some fellow foragers and urban gleaners to go on some outings with out here in Contra Costa and in the East Bay. We will forage for wild edibles fruits and vegetables, fungi, and wild herbs and greens.  We will research and plan outings for foraging in public lands and parks, untended residential lots, and whatever other fruit we can gain access to without violating good etiquette and ethics. Note: Due to the logistics and such of organizing …

Outdoor Afro is a community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing — and more! Outdoor Afro uses social media to create interest communities, events, and to partner with regional and national organizations that support diverse participation in the Great Outdoors. Here is where you can start locally connecting with people who share your outdoor interests!

Meet, greet, draw, paint and sketch at parks, gardens, museums and cafes. Occasionally we might take a trip to San Francisco, but primarily, this will be centered in the East Bay.

The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW) is a Contra Costa County community organization whose mission is to protect, conserve, and restore Marsh Creek and its tributaries, and to inspire appreciation and conservation of the Marsh Creek Watershed.

We are excited to share our Lunar Creativity Circle Saturday, March 23, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Garden Gate Creativity Circle 2911 Claremont Avenue. Berkeley, CA $20 pre-registration/$25 door celebrating the Full Moon, the first in a series, for women to explore, share and support our artistic, radical and ground-breaking endeavors within a community of like-minded women. As artists, innovators, entrepreneurs and activists we seek to channel our powerful selves towards improving the world we live in. T …

Lets learn from the plant spirits who have it all figured out: Build sustainable networks, transform towards a life sustaining environment. Lets together plant the seeds for a better future. This group planted the seed for the "Avocado Institute", a community project still in birthing phase focusing on raising awareness through planting seeds. This is an Open Meetup Group, become an organizer, suggest/host Meetups, (The Open Fine Art Gallery hosts Meetups for free), volunteer or just let us know …

Celebrating the joys of robots, rockets and reprap. Do you love building robots or want somewhere for your kids to learn robotics? Do you love Maker Faire but hate driving around the Bay Area for techshops, hacker dojos, cowork spaces and other workshops? The more people sign up here, the faster we can open a TriValley robot hacker maker space. ... We are planning on opening early 2013 at iGate Innovation Hub in Livermore!

This group is for all women who like to travel, want to learn about a different culture and explore their dreams. Our members come from all around the general Bay Area. We are interested in adventure, food and wine, spas, creative endeavors, photography, shopping, design, gardening and much more.  Come and join us to: share your pictures,  share your travel stories, meet like minded traveling companions, get ideas about where to travel, talk  with women who have the same interests as you do, etc …

This is a group for parents who are looking for a fun, peaceful, and encouraging environment for their children! We often encounter children who use violence as a source of entertainment, and for those of us who have chosen to avoid those sources, it can be hard to find like-minded friends to connect with. Children in The Peaceful Playgroup will feel comfortable and confident connecting with friends who desire an enjoyable, positive, and gentle social experience free of weapon-play, fighting, …

Hello and Welcome to OMG Design. We specialize in residential, commerical, marine interior design, furniture acquisition and project implementation. We started this group to meet and help people resolve their design issues, answer design questions and alay concerns about concepts, budgets and general questions about the industry. We are here to answer as many questions as we can online at no charge. If would like to our personal attention, we would be happy to arrange an In-Home consulatio …

The Transformation Collaborative is a group of about 20 folks of various ages, races, ethnicities, nationalities, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, socio-economic statuses, religious/spiritual beliefs, educational backgrounds, and work and life experiences with the common experience that pairing transformational education with conscious business/ community/ family is the most exciting, fulfilling, and financially rewarding work to be done in our world right now. It's what we love and what …

A developer proposed to build 1,500 high-density homes fronting the Union City hills, Dry Creek Cottage and Gardens, an historic site, and proposed to eliminate 60 acres of agricultural land in the Tri-City area. Save Our Hills wants to educate the community about how to make a difference in saving these areas from being changed to housing or other similar use. Friends of the Save Our Hills are committed to protecting our parks, history and open space, so please join us if you are interested in …

Join us for our monthly "Mindful Photography" workshop Saturday, May 25th (and every 4th Saturday) hosted by Ouida Joi and Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn, The Photographer Physician. This month, we will meet at The Home of Truth Spiritual Center in Alameda and will take photos in and around their beautiful garden and grounds. We start with a brief meditation, then you create your own "Photo Prescription", and set out taking photos. There will be time for sharing and discussion. Please bring a notebook, …