Sustainability is sexy! The purpose of this group is for like-minded individuals who want to change New York City's landscape through different means. Whether you have a desire to clean up this city, help develop new parks and playgrounds, or build a safer place for your children, we want to meet you! Everyone can make a difference, and we will have weekly meetings and events coming up!

To promote sustainable living, and to giveback to the local community. We need people to join who are interested in cleaning up the city land, break the cycle of child obesity and diabetes.

Organic Gardening and Urban Homesteading is dedicated to Organic Gardening and Urban Homesteading

… The term aquaponics is a portmanteau of the terms aquaculture and hydroponic. Urban Farming appears likely to be the future of agriculture. Join now and help make this a reality!

We are New Yorkers (and expatriates) who are troubled by the rapid and continuing decline of the ecosystem and want to make a change, starting by reducing our own impact on the environment. Our goal is to build a "Virtual Urban Eco-Village" focused on Green Living, Sustainability Skills and Education, New Urbanism, Community Gardens, Green Homes, Permaculture, Holistic Health, Volunteering, Environmental Activism, and much more. Follow Jennifer Shotts, Co-Organizer, on twitter  http://twitter.co …

Urban Farmers Wanted! Learn about growing your own food and sustainability. Join S.A.V.E., and put your projects into practice! You’ve heard about Organic Gardening, we’re Growing Beyond Organic. Introducing Permaponics, it’s Aquaponics (fish and vegetables in water), Aquaculture (fish farming), Hydroponics (growing plants in water), Permaculture (Permanent Agriculture) & more. We are building a sustainable, Vertically Integrated Food Industry. Most Wednesdays & Thursdays, 6:45pm – 8:00pm Free f …

… In Spring as weather permits, we progress to hands-on sessions in urban apiaries, exposing students to dozens of hives at various stages of growth. There is a lot of material on the web about beekeeping. Many different methods are covered in the Course, and our focus is on practices consistent with "Responsible Urban Beekeeping." "The Bee Course" is comparable to a college course. It is offered free of charge as a matter of principle. Students can participate in an at-cost group purchase of …

ReNEW New York is a coalition of enviro groups which hosts events about renewable energy. Our focus is to replace the development of fossil fuels, especially fracked shale gas, with wind, water and solar power. A monthly series of panel discussions explores topics related to sustainable energy and urban living.

… ulture Fermented foods Green building Organic gardening Appreciation of nature through art and music Traditional American skills Emergency preparedness Repair, Reuse, and Recycling Composting Foraging Teaching our friends, family, and children about sustainability Reduction of waste Soapmaking Blacksmithing Seed Saving Fuel efficiency Aquaculture Traditional crafts Woodworking and much, much more...   We will change, grow, and adapt, as our individual homesteads will as well.  However, we will …

… This group is for city apartment dwellers to suburban homeowners who want to turn their space into a LIFEPOD. The “Prepping In The City” Meetup group is Not about “Bush craft” or “wilderness survival.” This group is about the realities of surviving and thriving around glass, steel and concrete. Survival in the big city is about planning, design and construction. It takes careful design based planning, science and engineering. Do you refuse to live life no farther back than the 1900s? This MeetU …

I came to NYC in 2003 and saw NY from the view of a bachelor/college student. Now in 2012, I am blessed with a wife and 2 kids and am experiencing NYC in a completely different way. It has been amazing experience watching the Mayor transform this city into one of the most livable urban areas in America. (Not gonna lie though, if I get one more freaking parking ticket- I might change my mind!) But seriously, in a way I feel like I have grown up with the Mayor. I value having a CEO at the helm who …

This group was started to by residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods (Crown Heights, Flatbush, etc.) to start a food cooperative grocery store in our area. This group will work toward planning, assessment and implementation of a food buyers or store coop with a mission of offering healthy, sustainable and affordable foods to the community. ANYONE is welcome to join, even if you can't (or don't want to) be directly involved in the planning process as important updates …

The Green Apple Meetup is for New York City residents,  businesses,  organizations,  building managers,  and others concerned with making sustainability sustainable. The Discussion Board is currently active. Please contribute to the discussion online (even if you can't attend an event in person).   We do not advocate meetings, or meetups, for the sake of talking green. There is already too much talk and too little action. We are interested in ways of making green happen. In practice there is a …

… Strategically seeking to enable an equitable distribution of all goods and services to meet the needs of the entire global human population, while ensuring maximum environmental sustainability, over generational time. Clarification: "...new economic model..."- focused on strategic preservation and sustainability, which is what the word economy really implies. "...not the movement of money..."- Because of its inherent intent which is decoupled from true life support "...scientific resource manage …

… Here are some examples of topics I plan to cover...healthy cooking for your home, nutritional cooking, knife skills 101, navigating a sea of misinformation to achieve abundant health for you and your family, GMO's, gluten-free casein free baking, understanding the factory food industrial complex vs. the holistic organic approach to food production, Smart Shopping, how to green your home & vote for sustainability with your dollars. These are just some of the topics that I feel is necessary to cov …

This Meetup group is to give our community members the opportunity to actively participate in Shop Your Values Week. We want to hear your feedback, opinions, and ideas about what we should be doing, what you want, and how we can inspire a movement towards sustainable consumption on a large scale.