Urban homesteading can be a fun and fulfilling way to decrease your carbon footprint while learning useful methods for producing your own wholesome home staples.   We will be exploring canning & preserving, animal husbandry and beekeeping, gardening and mycology, foraging and gleaning, home crafting and sewing, permaculture practices, and the use of native plants for both culinary and medicinal uses.

Shanon Dean and Rebecca Miller are the original duo behind the 30 Something Dames. We’re just a couple of young crafty, thrifty and adventurous ladies.  Shanon puts “Suzy Homemaker” to shame and Rebecca is often referred to as “Becky Crocker”. Shanon has also started an Urban Homestead with her husband and they have 27 laying chickens, 20 meat chickens, rabbits, and well on their way to getting goats, muscovy ducks, and bees. There are 34 fruit trees, veggie gardens galore and composting bin …

We did our first meetup to improve a pathway in Oakland on Sunday, May 20th, and it was a success. Three days before the meetup I was the only "Yes" RSVP and was ready to cancel the event. However, then 2 others signed up and showed up. Then someone we did not know, but is a close neighbor saw us and joined us in removing the weeds. Our team of 4 did a great job as you may see in our photos. We hope to fill Oakland's need to improve the city's many hidden pathways and stairways. At first we will …

We're a social group of people that are interested in getting together once a month to chat about honeybees, share books and ideas about honey, community, and wax! This is a brand new group to get people excited about urban beekeeping and to increase the honeybee population in San Francisco and the entire Bay Area. Right now honeybees are threatened by disease and "colony collapse disorder", we need to learn more about bees and how to help them, and make sure they are here to pollinate the f …

Lets sing inspirational, simple chants, songs with simple instruments to lift our hearts, spirits and bring light to Bay area events. Meet at my beautiful store and garden in Pt. Richmond, Flowersong Store and Sacred Garden on Tuesday evenings.

WELCOME! Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! We are about expanding our circle of friends, meeting new single people and venturing on exciting activities along with good company.  Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they often have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of XY and Z.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay …

Design Salon Workshops for the Do-It-Yourselfer! Hosts: Lori Pepe-Lunché, Principal Interior Designer of Design Salon Janelle Renée, Design Salon Blog Editor http://www.designsalononline.com/ So far, we have these workshops in the works: - reupholster your ottoman- making simple and elegant covered tables and shelves- making and wiring your own chic table lamps- creating stylish branch lights- making your own design inspiration board just like a professional interior designer- creating …

I started this group because "Scientific Organic Veganism" frames the cause and effect relationship of human behavior to ourselves, to one another, to animal species, and to the planet. The purpose of the group is: 1) To explore our relationship to our individual and collective life goals and purposes for being alive in relation to what we eat 2) To listen to one another on successes, failures, tips, hints, foods, recipes, gardens, farms, food preparation methods, and more. 3) To support events …

Now that the myths about ethanol, (food v fuel, more energy in than out, polluting, bhah blah blah...), have been soundly refuted, let's have a serious discussion about getting off of oil. You can fuel your car on CO2-sequestering, jobs-producing, war-free, ethanol TODAY! There are pumps in your area. 'Alcohol Can Be a Gas' will be our guide book for this serious revolution. alcoholcanbeagas dot com. This meetup is for those interested in environmentalism, green issues, conservation, alternative …

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.

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 organ …

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 …

“Wherever we set foot, it was Your street.       Whatever corner we turned, it was Your name in the air. We said: ‘Surely there must be a road leading elsewhere?’       But every road we found, it led to You.” - Ismail Anqarawari, follower of Ibn Arabi and Rumi   One of Ibn Arabi's poems expresses the focus of this group: "O Marvel! A garden amidst the flames! My heart has become capable of every form. It is a pasture for Gazelles, A convent for Christian monks, A temple for idols and th …

Walking or hiking. Meet other local people who are interested in walking or hiking for fitness and learning about San Francisco's history, including its movie history. This walking group is unique. We put health 1st and history 2nd. We keep our group together. We go on many different urban walks, in the best areas, that vary greatly in distance, stair climbing, and amount of history facts. We walk at a leisurely pace to enjoy the scenery. Sometimes at a walk's end we have an optional dinner tog …

We will be building things together. So get your dream hats on and your crafty paws ready to make the greatest thing ever! We'll use power tools and raw materials to make awesome creations.