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 …

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 …

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most  responsive to change” (Charles Darwin) This group is about developing solutions, connections, techniques and skills - strongly rooted in permaculture - to create resilient and truly sustainable communities. This group is about moving in a positive and productive direction: resilient people, households and neighborhoods full of creative abundance.   This group is about starting wherever you are and …

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 …

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 …

Alternative energy systems, renewables, sustainability, efficiency. Practical applications, municipal projects, home installations, commercial systems. Jobs, schools, resources, ideas. It's all good. We especially like field trips to renwable energy sites and businesses.

Meetups focused on Cleantech in the Greater Boston Area

This group facilities informal get-togethers for those who work, research or play in the field of power electronics. Exchange ideas, find solutions and invent the future with folks that share the same interests.

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 …

This web site is meant to be an information-sharing hub for citizens of South Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough Maine who want to move from fossil fuel dependence to local resilience. At this time it is not about creating "a new group," but rather connecting all of the good work that is already happening, communicating among ourselves and collaborating on shared efforts when it makes sense! _______________ More details coming soon (and some preliminary organizational chats, I'm sure!) but …

The Greater Boston Environmental Meetup is for all the people who are interested in conserving wilderness, biodiversity, alternative and renewable energy, recycling, pollution (toxins), air/water issues, sustainability, organic gardening, and various environment issues. This meetup is a way to meet other like-minded people to get together to discuss a way to create a better tomorrow through documentary screenings, discussions, lectures, green parties, activism, and social outings.

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 …