EcoSessions bring together designers, industry and consumers to discuss change: in behaviour | fashion | choice | beauty | materials | living. This group is perfect for eco/ethical designers, those in apparel industry, students of either and for consumers who eat organic, support the slow food movement, love green energy and/or shop local.

This is a group for anyone interested in building a healthier community for ourselves and our beloved ones to avoid or delay the onset of the preventable painful and expensive chronic diseases. We would explore, share our Favorite training videos and online fitness trainers, We would follow our selected fabulous video training sessions, and do workouts, exercise and dance together We would investigate the most nutritious grocery shopping list of the week and We would share and show off our secr …

Whole & Natural Foods Cooking Co-Op & Support Group This group is for people who have discovered the value of whole and natural foods in their lives and want to support each other to eat in way that is healthy, nurtures the body and the earth, and tastes good! How can we have more community, joy, efficiency, health, and fun regarding cooking and eating? My intention is that this group will create community in cooking, happiness through meeting with others, an understanding of food and cooki …

*The World Is Our Playground (TWIOP)* Would you like to be part of a meetup community where active, creative, fun and diverse people can get together and build lasting friendship?  Do you love to travel, snowboard, ski, try and learn new things? Want to cross something off your bucket list? If you like to get off the couch, have fun, meet new people and make new friends, go to free wine and craft beer tastings, try different cuisines, explore different parts of the globe and our own backyard the …

As teachers who love to travel, we’re interested in saving this group!! Our plan is to organize monthly gatherings where teachers can socialize, share war-stories, and ideally, make connections with other people who like to travel and have the same vacation schedules. We’re not necessarily planning to organize any trips at the moment, but rather to provide a means for teachers to network with each other. If at any point someone is interested in organizing a trip or other adventure, however, the …

Do you want to reduce your consumer impact on the earth, humans, and animals? Are you concerned about the wastefulness of our consumer society? This new meetup group will soon have its first event. What kind of things can we do together? Dumpster dive to find useable goods, share skills on repairing bikes, clothing, computers, etc. We can also organize movie nights, reading groups, dinners-- whatever we like! We need a "co-organizer" (really the real organizer there in Boston) who can set meetin …

There are clearly many bicycling/fitness groups out there!.....So, what makes this group different? Here's one members testimonial from our 2009 Nantucket Trip: “ One of the best weekends of this summer. Words can't summarize my experience. Absolutely wonderful people with a great sense of humor. Time just flew by. Thanks, Rob for organizing this event and WE ( I take the liberty of every one that attended here) truly appreciate your time & thoughtfulness. Simply put it we had a BLAST; Thank y …

Do you enjoy Skiing, Snowboarding, Hiking, Kayaking and making new friends? The Wedeln Ski and Outdoors club offers an all season ski house for its members. We are a not for profit organization, organized for and run by our members. Our philosophy has always been about having fun and meeting new people!  we started as a ski club but we  now enjoy many outdoor activities. Current members reside in metro-Boston and enjoy events in the Boston area or weekends up North in the Mt. Washington area of …

Summary This meetup offers free classes and tours. Prior skiing or skating experience is required. Skating skill, social interaction and touring are the goals of this group. Skating too fast for conditions and racing are expressly prohibited. Plan Meet Sunday mornings through 4/20 at 4am when the lanes and sidewalks are ice free and mostly dry, and forecast to stay that way until 8am, at MIT in front of 77 Massachusetts Avenue All competent skiers are accepted as the groups will split up: Beginn …

This group is for professional women in their 40s-60s seeking friendship and social fun with other women. We’ll connect over brunch, lunch, dinner, day trips, craft nights, and more. Most activities will take place in Arlington, Lexington, Belmont, Watertown, and surrounding areas. You are all encouraged to be active participants to help make this group fabulous! If you don’t see something that you’d like to do, suggest it. If you’d like to host an event, even better! --------------------------- …

This group is meant to provide an opportunity for social networking for students and young professionals. The group is mainly directed towards Muslims but anyone is welcome to join. The events organized are mostly social in nature but in keeping with Islamic values, such as being alcohol-free events. Take a look at a list of our past events to see the kinds of things we do. For college students, you can meet people outside of your campus Muslim Students Association through this group in a relax …

Come join the "Boston Meditates" meetup group. Initiated by Boston-based young professionals and students from MIT and Harvard, Boston Meditates is a new movement to spread awareness about the benefits of meditation. We organize and host meditation and breathing workshops, meditation mixers, free meditation experience sessions and more fun activities in the area. Bostonians are known to lead hectic professional and personal lives. The busier one is, the more one has to meditate. Meditation helps …

If you can walk, you can dance tango! Learn, live, and practice tango while meeting other dancers in Boston and New England in a relaxed, friendly and non-competitive atmosphere. All of our events and workshops are carefully tailored, meant for people who will truly appreciate Argentine tango dance and music. WORKSHOPS: We do our best to offer workshops free of charge (depending on our deal with dancing studios) but donations are accepted. This sum of money is then donated to a local charity or …

DAMA' goals are to: Help practitioners become more knowledgeable and skilled in the information and data management profession Influence practices, education and certification in the information and data management profession Support DAMA members and their organizations to address their information and data management needs Form alliances with other organizations with similar principles to strengthen the profession. The purpose of this meetup is to support these goals, and to provide networking …

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you as …

A friendly group of parents who stay-at-home, work part-time, full-time of Belmont MA and nearby towns looking to organize fun play-dates to develop social skills and many more activities for babies thru K. Hopefully we can meet at various times to make more friends. Our babies learn through love & play and we the parents are their best resource. Suggestions for new event ideas are always welcome. Members are always welcome to host an event themselves in their homes or elsewhere. Just let the or …

A meetup is where people with similar interests get together and hang out. A vegetarian meetup is where vegetarians with similar interests get together and hang out.  Of course, we're a diverse lot, so we'll meet LOTS of folks whose interests are somewhat different from our own, but who share the vegetarian interests with us. Join us AND the other Vegetarians-Of-Boston Meetups for the Vegetarian Happy Hour [Happy Hour with Vegetarians] 6:30 pm-8:20 pm We hold other events at an all-vegetarian r …

Check out our website and blog here: www.urbanhomesteadersleague.org The Urban Homesteaders’ League is a community venture dedicated to inspiring and empowering individuals and communities to shift from a lifestyle of passive consumption to one of active participation, creation, and connection. We are committed to re-imagining the good life as one that is meaningful, pleasurable, environmentally sustainable, and socially just. We place the home at the center of that pursuit and see it as a s …

QAPA is committed to providing a supportive social, political, and educational environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Boston and New England area. If you're interested in volunteering for QAPA or have any questions or suggestions regarding the organization, please send an email to qapa@qapa.org. Please note that the posting policies for this group have changed since migrating from Yahoo! Groups to Meetup.com: If …

Welcome to the Cambridge Happy Hour Club! We are one big area with plenty of places to hang out! All are welcome. All events are only in public venues which means NO PRIVATE HOMES. And, as always, remember to DRINK RESPONSIBLY and show respect to one another. It is a small town after all! If you got an idea, unlike most other clubs, go on and suggest it - it will be fantastic and it is free to suggest! Hosting an event doesn't take much time especially if it is something you already like doing! …

TiE is an active, vibrant organization with three objectives: •To network and to facilitate networking among members; •To foster entrepreneurship and to nurture entrepreneurs and •To help membership integrate with the mainstream community. The meetups posted here are events organized by TiE Boston http://boston.tie.org

This group is about getting together to learn and practice Irish Session Tunes, and to listen to Irish Music. I find learning tunes at sessions to be impossible, and while it is enjoyable to learn and play music at home, it would be fun to get together with others to play occasionally. I started this group to see if there are others like me. To start, we are meeting once a month to play tunes at a fairly slow tempo. Because the goal is to learn tunes and to practice playing with others I'm gue …

We DARE to DO what others only DREAM about! Please note: Our organizer has moved out of state, but she will continue to create a few big events a year! And local Event Organizers will create smaller events throughout the year. :) Membership requests are still being handled regularly. Stay tuned, and keep the requests coming! Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/#!/LipstickLesSoc Follow our blog! http://lipsticklesbiansociety.blog.com/ Follow us on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/groups …

TBN is the premier professional development organization for individuals in the biosciences The Bioscience Network (“TBN”) is a non-profit organization formed to provide individuals in the bioscience industry with opportunities for networking and career development. TBN’s goal is to become the premier resource for professionals in the bioscience industry focused solely for the biosciences professional. TBN’s Mission The mission of The Bioscience Network is to provide opportunities for networking …

In Nov 2012, Hao Chen stepped up to keep this meetup alive. The following description is from the ex-organizer: History/why I want to do this: As a young engineer in the late 90s/early 2000s I went to some loosely organized lunches with various industry pros, all architect/senior level working for many big names back then. Amazing things were discussed. It totally pierced my mind. Now, fast forward to 2012,  I want to get everyone together to discuss tech, over some good food :) I want to keepin …

Welcome! Boston Python is the world's largest local Python user group.  Meet other local Python developers, learners, employers, and enthusiasts of all kinds.  All skill levels are welcome, if you are interested in Python, we are interested in you! We have a number of great regular events: Monthly presentation series: these are longish presentations (about an hour) about topics of interest to the community.  Often we also have lightning talks (5-15 minutes) also.  If you have something you'd li …

Code for Boston is a Code for America Brigade - a volunteer civic innovation organization created by Boston-area developers, designers, urban planners, and data geeks with an interest in solving civic and social problems through the use of creative technology. We feel that Boston was the driving force in the creation of Government 1.0; we should be leading the way for Gov 2.0. We seek to leverage the revolutionary spirit of New England to help open, improve, and engage our local governments acro …