The Transition Towns and Permaculture movements are positive, creative, community-led responses to the challenges of climate change, economic uncertainty, and the pressing need for sustainable energy. The momentum began building with the advent of Permaculture in the seventies. Permaculture isthe design science rooted in the observation of nature’s eco-systems. Its purpose is to create an approach to living that emulatesthe enduranceand resilience of those natural systems. While Permaculture is …

Welcome to our Back-to-Basics Study Group! Here you can meet other individuals interested in co-creating a new world, back to basic alignment with the original organic version of Earth in it's PRISTINE  PURE  un-adulterated state. Yes, there are many challenges which we can no longer ignore, such as those discussed in the videos which will come up if you click on the links below. (If some are preceded by short commercials, you can click to bypass that part.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI-BIV …

This group is designed for anyone who wants to do "stuff" together! It is NOT a "singles/date-fascilitating" group though singles are welcome! What we do: 1. Have fun! Hike, bike, paddle, camp, sled, skate... learn, teach... explore 2. Support each other! We organize and coordinate group/family activities that have basis in REAL LIFE needs: - PETS; Pet sitting/walking/socializing because sometimes you just don't have the time. We have a number of dog-sitting/socialization settings including dogg …

Community. Local skills. Local Food. Adapting in place. But self-reliant, no. We are in this together. In these unsure times of climate change, peak oil, and economic instability, the one thing we do have is each other. To quote Toby Hemenway, "When we create a web of interdependencies, we grow richer, stronger, safer, and wiser." Permaculture is a means to develop life skills and enhancements for sustainable living and beyond. "To practice permaculture is to actively create a positi …

The Lewiston Auburn area Transition Town and Permaculture Meetup is to help you become more self-sufficient. Our goal is to reduce our use of fossile fuels, and to develop a self-sustaining community in the Lewiston/Auburn area. We will learn from each other ways to effectively increase our resilience in food production, use of local resources, the manufacturing of needed items. Most importantly, we will develop a tight community where we can rely on each other's talents and gifts.

I have been a general contractor for nearly twenty five years specializing in residential renovations. I started teaching woodworking to girls many years ago all over New England. After teaching thousands of girls I feel it is time to reach out to women and provide them with the same empowering opportunity. If you have ever had an interest in learning how to build or how to use power tools safely, then here is your chance! Step out of your box and join us, it's fun, empowering and very rewarding …

Looking to visit outstanding public and private gardens in E Mass. region. Some may be open just one day per year through Garden Conservancy or other open garden days. Should be great opportunities for learning and photography.

I attended the three weekend Permaculture workshops in the Fall of 2010 and now I'm fully hooked. As Charles Yelton is fond of saying about certain things, "Once you go down the rabbit hole you can't ever go back." And that is certainly true for me and my love of Permaculture. I didn't just go down the rabbit hole, I shot down it like my last meal was in there somewhere. We are beginning the process of turning this one acre into a Permaculture Demonstration Site, so that friends, community, fam …

The Central New Hampshire Permaculture Meetup Group is dedicated to creating real, face-to-face community, as well as an online calendar of events and Permaculture information & discussions. Permaculture is the practice and theory that builds permanent agricultural and human systems based on patterns in nature. Through permaculture, we learn essential skills that help us design a way of life that is in harmony with the natural world, including: Sustainability organic, regenerative farming & gar …

Seacoast Skill Sharing is all about building community self-reliance and is based on the simple idea that we can teach and learn from each other. It’s about getting together to experience the wealth of local knowledge; to learn how to do, make, and repair. Over the coming months, Seacoast Skill Sharing will host a series of workshops featuring the skills of….. YOU! So, what is something that you would like to learn? to share with others? Some possible ideas for workshops include: • Organic Garde …

The Mission of the Capital City Organic Gardeners is to collectively share, learn and teach organic vegetable gardening methods, encouraging members of our community to grow healthy food and reduce their environmental impact. Anyone interested in organic vegetable gardening is invited to join the group.

Are you looking to find other parents (or parents to be) that share your love of the natural world? With so much happening around us, this group is for those who would like to slow down and unwind with others to socialize while sharing a passion for exploration and curiosity. Activities include taking our children (or ourselves with children to be) out into nature and our communities to play and explore through our loving guidance, meeting on location twice to three times a month. Picnicking at …

This is a new group forming to activate the Transition Movement in Portland and to be a resource for Transition-minded folks who want to work together to start an initiative in their neighborhood. This group is currently focusing on community-building meetups to further the development of a core group of leaders who will eventually host support a local Transition Initiative. Transition Towns is a local response to three global realities: Climate change, peak oil, and economic crisis. It is an-al …

Here in New Hampshire, where town-meeting local government, Yankee ingenuity and frugality are part of our heritage, finding local solutions to larger societal problems may be in our genes. A question worth asking in these difficult economic times is how can we tap these age-old community values to address new problems such as the ever-increasing cost of energy, the reliance on distant and anonymous suppliers to meet our local needs, and our ability to help one another through times of stress an …

Our Meetup brings together individuals throughout Eastern Cumberland County,(from Cumberland, to NewGloucester, Yarmouth to Brunswick, Maine), who are interested in Permaculture and self sustainability not only individually, but as a community. Everyone has an important role to play and we all can do this by re skilling one another and help encourage more people within our communities to become apart of a solution for environmental, economic or social change. Permaculture is a holistic approach …

What happens when a large apple orchard is unmaintained for more then 3 years? Weeds take over, vines grow on trees, and it is almost impossible to reclaim the farm that once was. But not without your help! And the help of a dedicated few who are willing to come out to Standish, Maine to volunteer for 4 – 6 hours on helping us preserve this great new England tradition. Bring the family. Bring friends. We’re having a farm mob on two consecutive Saturdays. We bring lunch, you bring the strong back …