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 …

Check out our website and blog here: www.urbanhomesteadersleague.org The Urban Homesteaders’ League is a community venture dedicated to inspiring and empowering individuals and communities to shift from a lifestyle of passive consumption to one of active participation, creation, and connection. We are committed to re-imagining the good life as one that is meaningful, pleasurable, environmentally sustainable, and socially just. We place the home at the center of that pursuit and see it as a s …

Our purpose: 1. to discover and identify the plants and animals living amongst us 2. to learn their habits and survival requirements 3. to implement landscaping and other wildlife accommodations, such as nest boxes, feeders, brush piles, rock piles, tree snags, ponds and other water features. Meetings will alternate between trips to public greenspace and private homes. We'll search for plants and animals and learn how they function in our ecosystem. We'll take turns visiting meetup members' hom …

Whole & Natural Foods Cooking Co-Op & Support Group This group is for people who have discovered the value of whole and natural foods in their lives and want to support each other to eat in way that is healthy, nurtures the body and the earth, and tastes good! How can we have more community, joy, efficiency, health, and fun regarding cooking and eating? My intention is that this group will create community in cooking, happiness through meeting with others, an understanding of food and cooki …

In these uncertain times, the Great Recession has reminded us of our vulnerabilities. Unemployment and Anxious Employment. Debt. Foreclosure. Evaporating Savings. Rising Costs. Job Insecurity. In response, Resilience Circles (also called Common Security Clubs) are forming around the country! Together, these circles of people learn about the causes of the economic and ecological challenges and how to face them, while simultaneously building relationships that strengthen our communities and build …

We'd like to go beyond such recent commonplace doctrines as 'the end of history' (Fukuyama), 'the clash of civilizations' (Huntington), or 'the world is flat' (T. Friedman), to explore the actual political-economic, political-sociological, political-cultural, social-structural, cultural, technological, and ecological dynamics that are shaping our time. Throughout New England, we have an immense wealth of talent, and an exceptional range of extraordinarily thoughtful observers and interpreters of …

Meet nearby Advocates for Sustainable Living! The Seacoast Sustainable Living Community provides opportunities for those interested in living more sustainably. We try to offer monthly meetings designed to inspire, educate and bring people together around such topics as: reducing your personal carbon footprint, peak oil, composting, slow foods, local agriculture, permaculture, water cachement, wind power, solar power, and biodiesel fuel and other renewable & less polluting fuels. Members of the …

The goal of this Meetup group is to have fun together while building a vegan community in North Central Mass. Whether you're vegan, vegetarian, or simply veg-curious, you're invited and welcome to join! We wish to support each other wherever we may be on our individual journeys toward living more compassionate, joyful, healthy, and ecologically sound lives. Here you can connect with like-minded people, make new friends, share information, and explore veganism in a relaxed, supportive environmen …