Waste vegetable oil costs cities millions per year of repairs to sewer lines and treatment plants. It should be used as a fuel and many existing cars, trucks and vans can use it. It is very cheap and it does not produce the carcinogens nor foul smells of other transportation fuels. It is safer than gasoline and diesel. If from the right sources, it can be totally carbon neutral. It is cheaper than gas or diesel.

Welcome to Handmade Enthusiasts where we celebrate the arts and crafts while also making new friends and connections. At Handmade Enthusiasts, our group provides a great forum to learn new crafts, to try new arts and to explore the wonderful world of art and craft.  With our "sister" meetup group, Art and Craft-Tastic, we enjoy a wide variety of crafting courses including: Knitting and Crochet Felting Jewelry Making Beadweaving Wire Wrapping Silver Clay Riveting Collage Painting Sewing Chain M …

Events that focus on Technology, Art, Green and Sustainability (TAGS). Demo's, speakers, tours and other fun events will be put together by this group. Open discussions on these topics, connections to other events related to these topics and film/video of related topics will be part of this groups core.

Hi! Having a network of mom’s who enjoy similar activities is important to our well being! We're a very friendly group that offers an array of activities to enjoy with your little ones while enjoying the company of other moms.  Don't stay home and wonder what you're going to do today, join us! P.S. We're not always ON THE MOVE, we also like to take time out to sit on our behinds and enjoy fine food and wine, pedicures and other fun “mommy” events.  We have a very busy calendar and hope you'll  j …

The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW) is a Contra Costa County community organization whose mission is to protect, conserve, and restore Marsh Creek and its tributaries, and to inspire appreciation and conservation of the Marsh Creek Watershed.

We are a group of Community Members, Business Leaders and Green Companies who further awareness about renewable energy and sustainable living, through education and community participation. Together we will try to make California a leader in emissions reduction, organic farming, recycling, bio-fuels, solar and wind power, energy storage, home efficiency, land reclamation, water management, and lifestyle changes to secure a future for us and our descedants. Please take some time to participate i …

We gather in each other's homes to foster life-long friendships, while teaching each other how to make treasures from trash. Always $5 ~ ALL AGES WELCOME! ~ YELP REVIEWS:  http://www.yelp.com/biz/diamonds-in-the-rough-a-creative-cooperative-meetup-daly-city Past projects:   paper beads, records to bowls, earrings/bracelets/pins, clocks from objects, succulent living wreaths, coil baskets, shaggy rag rugs, no sew table runners, make a lamp, rain chains, starburst mirrors, garden candle lanterns, …

Hi! I'm Julia Marie, Founder of Earth's Clean Up Crew (E.C.UC.). I've developed this group to make a difference in the world! If you're like me, you care for our environment and all that we're doing to make it better! We'll be using our Imagination Creation (I.C.) process to move forward on ideas to make the world better for generations to come! Together we can change the world!

Do you have many wires and left over pieces of electronic that need to find new homes? Wish for a random wire to show up in your life. Come to the San Francisco Wire Swap with your old wires and go home with traded useful wires.

I would like to organize a build of a 120sq ft tiny home in the East Bay. No building experience but I have a van and a lot of enthusiasm to lead this project. Also no where to build... As far as knowledge, been reading up quite a bit and will be taking a Tumbleweed Tiny House weekend course in early October and would like to organize a group build there as well with fellow class members. As I do not have much experience our meetups needs to be mostly individuals that can contribute directly wit …

Toward Sustainability Going green, and Promoting Natural Health Sunflower Droste by Barnoid. http:/www.flickr.com/people/barnoid/ We're Seeking Venues and Sponsors! If you have any leads, please let us know. But first, read our "wish list". Who we are WISB is a network for women who own green-minded businesses. Integrative medicine practitioners are included. WISB was founded by Regina Ryerson, Michele Gachowski and Dror Schneider, WISB Organizers. "People, Planet, Profits" Incorporating gre …

We love to dress up, but we don't like the toll the fashion industry has taken on the environment and our health. So, we're coming up with creative new ways to make fashion more sustainable and democratic. From using recycled and organic fabrics, to manufacturing locally, to openly sharing every step of the production process, we want to explore all the ways the fashion industry can improve. Let's meet up to explore these themes and share ideas!

We are a group that meets on the first Sunday of Every month. Our main purposes are to explore alternative economies, divert unnecessary landfill waste, connect with our neighbors, and have fun doing it! We are like freecycle.org, but at a Location! As a community we have many more resources than we do as individuals. If we share our resources we won't need to buy as many new ones. This uses fewer of the Earth's resources, and fewer of our working hours, leaving us more time to devote to ourselv …

The Sustainability Professionals iNetwork is a group of professionals dedicated to seeing Sustainability measures integrated in all phases of life. Our events will include product demo's, speakers, tours and open brown bag discussions. Open discussions and connections to other events related to building awareness about renewable energy, emissions reduction, urban farming, recycling, bio-fuels, solar and wind power, energy storage, home efficiency, land reclamation, water management and sustainab …

The Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a world-wide event that helps a community explore creativity and re-use through a clothing swap and series of DIY craft and sewing workshops. Erin Scholl and Jennifer Alexander are the local coordinators of this amazing and inspirational event and every year Swap-O-Rama-Rama gathers for the ultimate celebration of creativity at Maker Faire in San Mateo in May. This group is a way to keep it going year round, bringing people who are interested in sharing and learning ideas …

Ever thought about all the eco-waste that parties accumulate with plastic and other unfriendly materials? How about building a solar powered boat with your friends that you could share on the beautiful Bay? Would you play a scavenger hunt for recycle-able materials by only using public transport? Have you wanted to get a bunch of friends together to co-volunteer for a cause simultaneously? What if you could get rewarded for being the incredible eco-conscious and community-enthused person that yo …

Join fellow Islanders to make UPCYCLE COUTURE! Develop your signature style. Rethink how you clothe yourself and your family. Have creative, collaborative, skill-building fun. No sewing experience? No worries. WE HAVE THREE COACHES with impressive skills and creativity who will guide and teach us. Let's create an upcycling fashion mob right here on the Island! Join us for a series ($90 for six sessions) or individual evenings ($20) and get ready to have fun! 7-9pm, Monday evenings. Doors open at …

New - Founded May 2, 2013... We pair musicians and music with venues and food that embrace natural beauty like a sunset or a moon lit evening or a venue. Think of us as a home concert group focused on promoting memorable social events with a good vibe for musicians and guests. Later we are adding flash events where you are the first to know and each event delivers an experience to remember. Along the way we are Earth friendly by increasing usage of recycled and reusable materials. For example, w …

The Origaminizers is a visionary collective that sees the world through a lens of folded space. Join us to discuss, create and invent outside of the grid, the cube, and matrix. We build anything with the music of the spheres, using point's, peaks and valleys. Our world is modular, organic, recyclable and always in motion. Are you a mechanical engineer with exotic linkages? ...an architect with non-Cartesian constraints? ...an artist with kinetic visions? ...a biologist with a knack for steering …