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!

Passionate about using design thinking for social innovation? Want to collaborate with a dynamic group of changemakers, social entrepreneurs, designers and artists. Want to get involved and do something with your skills. You love to network but you are really looking to collaborate. Then your in the right place. We are a interdisciplinary group devoted to bringing together communities and designers with one goal: Projects that are socially conscious.

The Goodnik meetup is a group of social entrepreneurs and nonprofit innovators who meet regularly to explore the use of new technology and other resources in the promotion of social causes. Our events include workshops, seminars, and conferences on topics such as the use of social media, web development tools, graphic design, fundraising tools, and emerging technology that helps solve real-world problems. And of course, sometimes we get together just for fun or to connect with other like-minded …

I am co-producing a major ECO FASHION WEEK runway event during New York Fashion Week in September 2011. Slow Fashion is the couture end of the broader ECO FASHION and sustainability trends. We are working with major global sponsors, along with the CFDA, and want to begin building a network here in New York. We are interested in building a network of designers, stylists, sources, and workshops. This meet-up is to inform, exchange ideas, and offer advice on the opportunities in this important move …

We wanted to have a place to continue to connect with our hundreds of graduates and thought that starting a meetup in Brooklyn would be an excellent way to bring even more people together. We are gathering to create and implement whole systems permaculture designs for our northeastern bioregion and beyond. Join us!

Founded in San Francisco and now expanding to New York, Boston, Silicon Valley, and LA, Habit Design TM (@habitdesign) is a national network for sharing best-practices in developing sustainable, consistent daily habits (or "agile self-development") via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Social Psychology, etc.  Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit maste …

… 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 MeetUp group will focus on how to live well in the world NOW and survive any future event to live well again. Our goal is to provide knowledge for both individuals and groups to survive and thrive before, during and after a major disaster or civil breakdown. How to effectively take action independent …

Do you want to transform public spaces into vibrant interactive places? Spearhead projects that prioritize bikers and walkers? Improve our public transportation systems? Promote energy efficient buildings? Revitalize our blighted neighborhoods? Infuse art and creativity into our urban spaces? We all have thoughts and ideas on any of these topics. Let’s collaborate. This group is meant to bring together urbanists, planners, designers, environmentalists, artists, developers and anyone else interes …

Collab is a combination think tank and fabrication laboratory. Collab will be providing workshops and classes as well as memberships for access to tools and resources for freelance artists, designers, inventors and makers to work on their ideas. In creating this network and encouraging an exploratory aesthetic, the possibilities for innovation that may sustain our ecosystem, economy and imagination become almost limitless. If you are interesting in finding out more about ou …

Looking to startup cohousing groups in New York City. Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their environment. Attend our meetings to learn more about cohousing.

Brooklyn Style current exhibit at brooklyn Museum     Meet other Sewing Enthusiat online and off, to enjoy to do all sorts of sewing, fashion, design and craft activities! Including garment construction, home decor and crafts. Join us on walks around the garment district in NYC, Sewing Socials, vists to designer Show room and studios,  Museum and art exhibits, and design inspiration tours! In photo "sparkle" get a heavy metal twist for SS2011, as seen at the Tex world new York!   give yo …

This is a group that thinks technology can do a lot to address the challenges in our food system. A bunch of us met at SXSW Interactive and realized we were all thinking about how we could harness web-based tools to communicate about food, provide information about food in a new and meaningful way, inspire broad interest in a healthier food systems, and design products that make it easy to find healthy food.

Cash Mobs are sweeping the country as a fun & social way to support local business. And here in indie-minded Brooklyn, we're all about that! The rules are simple: 1) Show up at designated time/place 2) Spend $20 at the specified local merchant 3) Head to a nearby bar for drinks w/ your fellow cash mobbers! A dollar spent at a local business generates, on average, 3 times the local economic impact than the same dollar spent at a corporate chain. So let's keep our money local! Cash mobbers c …

Innovative, creative and motivated individuals looking to start off-the-grid sustainable eco-village in NY's Catskill region focusing on Permaculture design principles and Green Building techniques. Emphasis on individual privacy and community cooperation. Please check out the 'Pages' tab on the top menu bar for an extended description of our vision.

As a food producer we all face similar hurdles and challenges in trying to create a mission driven business that is sustainable and profitable. We want to build a community of artisanal food businesses to learn from each other, exchange tips and share resources. We don't each have to re-invent the wheel but instead use our collective knowledge, expertise and networks to grow our businesses. Our mission is to bring together NYC artisanal food producers to pave the way in re-designing the current …

Do you long for ways to live a more wholesome existence? Are you attracted to the idea of a more sustainable lifestyle while connecting with people who care about the same? Now is a great time to start creating the homestead you dream of.  Now is a great time to connect with a community of people who are interested in sharing their successes, sharing their skill, and sharing their joy of the same. The place to start your homestead is where you live right now! You can start right now, be it a 100 …