This group is all about empowering the individual to live a more sustainable life. A group committed to bringing a community of local farmers, holistic providers, and consumers together. We will meet to learn about traditional foods and traditional food preparation, meet our farmers and food providers, go on farm tours, share films and books on a wide range of topics all with the intention of living in a more sustainable way.  This group hopes to become a platform for a wide range of lectures an …

If you are a parent in Strafford County (or just beyond), who is nourishing your family with real food in a highly processed world then this group is for you! Whether you have been at this lifestyle for one day or many years, all are welcome on this journey. We have meetups at local farmers markets, various farms, members homes and more. Join us as we  teach our children about real food. We show them where their food comes from, how to grow it, how to harvest it, how to cook with it... how to ap …

This group is about learning and sharing skills and techniques to thrive and survive through the challenges presented by climate change, peak oil, environmental degradation and cultural shifts. There is a place for you here to expand on positive reactions to these challenges whether through edible landscapes, gardening, farming, renewable energy, green building, local currency, rainwater harvesting, composting, mushroom cultivation, local food, forest gardening, herbalism, "green" living, food …

This is a group for anyone interested in meeting and making new friends over coffee and a great breakfast or brunch. We will meet once every two weeks on a weekend morning in the seacoast or surrounding towns at local area eateries. This is a fantastic way to get to know the area's best local restaurants and to also "eat local" and make a lasting contribution to small businesses. Hope you will join us!!!

to build a sustainable, equitable food system in Greater Boston.

We are a new farm and we want to involve people in the growing experience.  Currently we run a small-scale CSA and sell at the Haverhill and Merrimac Farmers Markets. Our goal is to produce food sustainably and to have fun doing it. We are still learning, but we have come a long way. Here is your chance to connect with a local producer and be a part of the growing process. If you like to pull weeds, talk, eat, admire nature, plant, swim, learn, laugh, and give us feedback on the farm we would l …

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 …

Meet other people who are interested in the benefits of eating raw vegan diet. Come to a local Raw Food Meetup event to have fun, share raw food meals, and discuss the raw vegan diet and health issues. We hold pot lucks, meet at restaurants and host speakers. Our membership is free and many of our events are free. Anyone interested in the raw/live food diet and lifestyle is welcome! To learn more, please read through our files at More>Files. We support the Raw Spirit Festival will is held in dif …

Do you care about what you eat? This is a group of folks who want to support local, humanely raised, environmentally sustainable, fairly traded, "green" food. Thinking about joining a CSA? Maybe considering a tomato plant on your balcony this spring? How bout a new compost bin for your backyard? Maybe you work on or own a farm in Massachusetts? Or sit on the board of a an urban non-profit that brings produce to people in need......or you're a policy student, interested in finding ways of lobbyin …

We are a group of social individuals who enjoy beer from local and international breweries and want to share this beer with a group. Have a growler of beer? Bring it and share it with a group of people. If you want to review a beer by taking notes, you can and it's optional. The host location can change every meeting. Host provides snacks and the majority of beers. Each person should bring 1 large format beer (750ML) or 2 small format beers (375ML/500ML) and optionally, cheese, crackers or a boa …

This is a Meetup for a certain variety of foodie, those who appreciate a really good brunch and want to explore the unique offerings around Boston. We will try to scout out all the local restaurants and cafes seeking out the place with the best tasting coffee, best egg dishes, best pancakes, super creative menu items or best jazz brunch. We may sometimes organize activities post brunch such as going antiques shopping or to see a film, etc. We will also periodically organize in-home potluck brunc …

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you as …

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 …

Locavores meetup of Boston.

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 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 …

We had our busiest year ever in 2012. And the fun events continue. The best part is many of our members have posted ideas for events themselves. And a number of these ideas have become official events. We hope you will get a chance to participate soon. This Meetup group is created for local Asian and Asian Americans (professionals & college students) to interact and network in a fun, relaxing environment. We gather to share a unique perspective that belongs to people of asian descent and to cele …

I'm starting this to develop a fun, close-knit group for a monthly wine tasting. I'm hoping we can rotate hosting at our apartments or houses, and the group may develop into more where we can explore tastings at local venues in Boston. People who enjoy all types of wine are welcome. I would love to meet new people that appreciate sharing good wine together.

The Boston Internet Marketing Meetup, (@bostimm) is a rapidly growing local Internet marketing Meetup focused on the Cambridge and Boston locales. True to a Meetup format, we always have a presentation or learning session and a Q&A which is preceded and followed by general networking opportunities with both experienced and relatively new professionals interested in the Internet and its use in successful marketing programs.  We feel peer learning and networking with an educational component is th …

Sharing knowledge, skills, enthusiasm and surpluses to create local systems that function beyond sustainability. Permaculture is a design method that can be used to build regional and home scale systems to address the effects of resource depletion and environmental degradation. Relocalization, food security, community building are further goals for this group.

This group has a simple theme, it’s for couples who like meeting other couples. Who should join? Anyone who considers themselves in a committed relationship from one month to 100 years and at least one was born between 1946 and 1964 or thereabouts and you enjoy meeting new friends. You may have already noticed that this is not an open meetup group, meaning that only members can actually see who else is in the group and see the specifics of our activities. We prefer our privacy, but we have very …

Meet fellow White Wine Enthusiasts near you! Come to a local Wine Meetup to taste new wines; learn about noses and legs; and discuss great vintages and estates. Everyone's welcome, from new bouquet-sniffers to educated connoisseurs. I've also Organized http://www.meetup.com/Wine-HudsonMA. This group is mostly a red-wine group but a few people expressed interest in white wine tasting. Through the meetup.com polling mechanism, members select wines via region or grape or any criteria. Typically a g …

If you like wine and food, this group is for you. This group was started as a place to find other people who want to learn about wine and food. We plan to meet at least once per month at a local venue that allows us to bring our own wine. There are several great places in the North Shore we can enjoy wine and food in a casual, fun, and interesting atmosphere. I am a wine educator based on the North Shore.  Since I love wine, food, and socializing, I have been lucky enough to discover places from …

Do you spend your days being serious, responsible, professional, respectable? Have a stressful job, have bills to pay, have people who depend on you? BEING A GROWN-UP IS HARD WORK!! Every now and then, we need to get out and play - whether it be for just an hour or evening - to reconnect with our inner child and to relax and reenergize. SILLY DATE! BOSTON is a good clean fun Meetup group in Boston/Cambridge for singles and their friends. Members are fun, friendly, independent-minded and are inte …

This group is all about food. If you love eating different foods and meeting and conversing with lots of people, this is the group for you. We will have events of three categories: 1. Restaurant of the Month Once a month we will go to a local restaurant based on a poll that is taken every three month. 2. Themed Dinners Once a month we will have a themed dinner at a members residence. The host will decide the theme and everyone going will provide a appetizer, entree, salad, dessert, drink etc. …

Gather for beer tastings, share recipes, brewing techniques, beer knowledge. A relaxed social group to try new beer, make beer, and learn more about beer from local experts and from each other, as well as discuss and share various aspects of brewing and the beer industry. Join if you have an interest in craftbeer, homebrewing, food science, meeting awesome people, or experiencing all of the above. Amateurs, experts, and enthusiasts welcome. You're welcome to join if you're at least 21.

The purpose of this group is to help anyone who wishes to learn how the correct nutrition can not only improve their health, but many times, get at the root cause of their underlying health problem. The most common, difficult to resolve and challenging conditions such as fatigue, irritability and mood swings, headaches, allergies and sinus trouble, digestive issues or difficulty losing weight can be helped. Topics will vary weekly and workshops will include discussion and information, receipes, …

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 …