19 Meetup Groups match “Simplicity” near Palo Alto, CA
The aim of this Meetup is to foster education, support and community for sustainable living. You don't have to have a homestead, own property or be in an intentional community to participate. It's about sustainable lifestyles and movement-building wherever we are. Activities include talks, workshops, work parties, demonstrations, resource/information sharing, meals, socials, projects and other doings to foster sustainable living. Topics include permaculture, agroecology, organic gardening, …
This group is for those who long for a sense of permanence. It is for those who believe in the interconnectedness between culture, community, self, soil and food. It is for the nurturerers, the backyard farmers, the worm watchers. If you were raised in the modern suburb and cried the first time you tasted a tomato that came from a garden and not a store, you'll find friends here. If you are a scavenger, a mud builder, a farmer, a guerrilla gardener, an artist, a naturalist, an environmentalis …
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Imagine coming home to a community: a safe place for kids to play; a shared meal, a conversation, and a friend. This group will create a cohousing community in the San Jose area (the heart of Silicon Valley in the san francisco south bay) with your help. Visit http://tinyurl.com/sjcoho if you do not want to sign up for Meetup.com but would like to receive announcements.
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We read ingredient labels. We're always looking for healthier ways, safer things, or we're attempting to consume less, tread more lightly... We're not heavy, we're sistahs, and we like to have fun while learning from each other. Connecting women who have green businesses, ideas, experiences... Some of us have already taken giant steps towards sustainability & greener living; some would like to take baby steps to "go greener" but don't have the support network to make it happen. Let's connect onl …
The purpose of this meetup is to bring together people interested in the principles of Permaculture Design: Care of the Earth, Care of People, Share the Surplus. I have no preconceived idea of how it will evolve. My hopes are to create a place where ideas and action can come together to promote a resilient, compassionate and sustainable community.
Do you want to feel good and improve the quality of your life, meeting likeminded people in the process? Do you enjoy reading books about Mind, Body and Spirit? Would you like to empower yourself with a proven, practical approach to life? Whether you're a beginner or have more experience with the Law of Attraction philosophy, the Law of Attraction Centre is perfect for you. The Law of Attraction Centre, first established in London, UK in 2003, is the largest and most talked about Law of Attracti …
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Have you ever felt you were stuck in unhealthy patterns (either your own, your family’s, or society’s) which you could not change no matter how hard you tried? If so, EFT might be the right modality for you. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an integrative mind-body healing technique that combines elements of classic psychotherapy, tapping on acupressure meridian points, and universal concepts of love and acceptance to heal physical and emotional imbalances. The beauty of EFT is its simplici …
Do you want to feel good and improve the quality of your life, meeting likeminded people in the process? Do you enjoy reading books about Mind, Body and Spirit? Would you like to empower yourself with a proven, practical approach to life? Whether you're a beginner or have more experience with the Law of Attraction philosophy, the Law of Attraction Centre is perfect for you. The Law of Attraction Centre, first established in London, UK in 2003, is the largest and most talked about Law of Attracti …
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MEDITATION ON TWIN HEARTS (MTH) is an advanced meditation technique aimed at achieving illumination or universal consciousness. It is also an instrument of world and community service that eventually harmonizes the earth by blessing it with loving-kindness, peace, joy and goodwill. Meditation on Twin Hearts is a noble tool that hopes to raise one’s vibrations toward higher states of awareness and expanded levels of consciousness. Presently being practiced globally by tens of thousands of people …
Welcome! Why not join us for a few hands of cards. Many of us played Euchre in the Midwest and others have learned here in California at one of our meetups. The game is social, easy to learn and pleasantly competitive. (The two losing hands change tables and switch partners after each game). Our members are also interested in Pinochle and the occasional cribbage meetup. We talk about other card games but don't seem to get around to playing them. Our events are hosted by our members in tavern …
Join us to discuss books and ideas regarding achieving financial independence through a conscious relationship with money. Sample books are Your Money or Your Life, Live More Work Less, and Early Retirement Extreme. Spend less and live more!
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Biodanza, which means Dance of Life, is a system that integrates music, movement and authentic interactions to provide experiences of intense perception of being alive in the here-and-now. These experiences are known as "vivencias", coined from the Spanish root: vivir (to live). Vivencias are doors to access primal emotions and help movement emerge that is the most natural expression of your true self. Vivencias follow the organic movements of life—its biological rhythms, the pulse of the heart, …
This group is for anyone interested in filtering out the excess in their life so they may focus on what is most important to them. I'd like to bring together minimalists and aspiring minimalists to discuss what they do or would like to do to achieve a minimalist lifestyle. The group is open to those who are interested in minimalism at any level.
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Our goal is to disrupt the mobile game industry by delivering a complete infrastructure and ecosystem for HTML5 2D and 3D game development, allowing developers to deliver equal performance for both Native and Web-based games from a single code base. We provide a cloud compilation system that allows developers to deliver their games to all of the native apps stores, including iTunes, Google Play, Facebook and Chrome today with Kindle, Nook, Windows Phone, Tizen and Intel AppUp coming soon. We'll …
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Did you know there are over 40,000 Disney Princess products being marketed to kids today? Does this notion make you uneasy? We are a network of concerned parents who refuse to buy into today's media-saturated, commercialized version of childhood. Let's get together and create a community that helps our kids grow up with multiple definitions of what it means to be a girl or boy with their creativity, compassion, and self-esteem in tact. Join us for unstructured play groups, parenting discussions …
DO any of these situations sound familiar? • You’d like to invite the new neighbors over for dinner, but you’ve lost track of the dining room table. • You’ve been buying gifts all year for your nieces and nephews, but can’t put your finger on any of them in time for Christmas! • You decide it’s time to get organized, so you buy $100 worth of filing supplies and 4 weeks later you discover them under yet another pile of mail. • Every year you make the same promise to yourself, that this is the …
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Parents unite! Support and education for parents in fostering healthy foundation for our children. Based on Simplicity Parenting principles we together create joyful families that have the capacity to ride the roller coaster of every day life. With group leaders and the support of other parents we will use the book, Simplicity Parenting, Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and more Secure Kids, by Kim John Payne. Helping each other we learn to ways to live the life we …
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Join us in our quest to embrace living slowly and intentionally. We are a group of men and women who are striving to reduce our consumption/consumerism and increase our domestic skills. Whether you are an aspiring radical homemaker or already practice domestic arts, join us for knitting, sewing, quilting, natural dyeing, soapmaking, cooking from scratch, gardening, canning, creating herbal remedies for your family and much more. Bring an open mind and a snack to share as we learn from each other …
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says "man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons." This group might be for folks who are mad enough to believe that there is more to life than accumulating stu …
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