This is for anyone who would like to share ideas, inspiration, and musings on permaculture. People of every background are welcome to come, especially those without much, if any experience with permaculture! Since permaculture is a design system for creating self-sustaining, abundance- and health-yielding systems, it is inherently focused on ecology. However, since the human mind has seemingly an ecology of its own, permaculture concerns every aspect of human existence. Therefore, permaculture i …

This is a group for those interested in hiking, backpacking, and even horse-packing in Arizona's wilderness areas. With appreciation for Arizona’s wild lands and waters, we make tangible contributions to enhance the integrity and ecological condition of Arizona’s wild places. As part of the Arizona Wilderness Coalition, the "Wild Stew" goal is simple - to get out into wilderness areas and report on what we see. Exploration and monitoring are key to the integrity and sustainability of our remaini …

Ecocity Phoenix is a group for discussing and creating community activism for sustainable urban development or Ecocities. In sustainability we look at systems and feedback loops. If we want to solve the major problems facing mankind, we need to look at the big picture and take a whole systems approach. Cities are mankind's largest creation by far. They have allowed for immense progress in all aspects of civilization because it allowed humans to come together and share ideas, resources, culture, …