Meet local Architects/building professionals/contractors and any/all others interested in discussing green Architecture and sustainable design. Talk about finished/unfinished projects, materials/LEED certification, energy use and savings, and where to take form, space, and order next! Green building increases the efficiency with which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle, throu …

To apply for a demo, please use the on-line form. This group aims to be the point of contact between User Experience Professionals (product managers, designers, researchers, front end developers, technical writers, customer support professionals) and the developer community in the Bay Area. The purpose of the group is to help the User Experience community talk to who needs us, help you network and find new gigs with some exciting startup that need some UX love and care. Although the main focus …

Resonant Harmony Attunements The Resonant Harmony Attunements are designed for two purposes: 1. To Create Community Where We are All Connected – When you share sound together, everyone's whole system shares the same vibration or frequency -- brainwaves, heart rates, and electromagnetic fields align, and we all become like family. In fact, sharing sound together is a portal to remembering the ultimate state of where we are all One -- particularly when the sound ends and we enter that divine pla …

You are playing an unusual form of interactive entertainment. A COMPUTER is here, displaying mostly text. In accordance with tradition, the text is written in the SECOND PERSON. There is a group of PEOPLE here, and they are talking about INTERACTIVE FICTION. "Join us!" they call out. "It'll be fun!" > (Also follow us on Twitter and Facebook!)

Sick of setting goals but not meeting them? .. of having aspirations and desires but not the balls or perseverance to reach them without giving up or getting distracted? .. of desiring closeness but sabotaging it or pushing away? "Self Sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen." GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY You will open to more ease and aliveness through: - learning to recognize self sabotaging forces/ voices/ behaviors - gaining tools to manage th …

Do you like to knit, crochet, or otherwise get crafty with yarn? Are you more than a couple decades away from joining the AARP? If so, this could be the group for you. I'm looking to form a little knitting/crocheting cadre of younger folks who are interested in getting together once or twice a month.  We meet up, we crochet/knit, we chat.  Good times for all. All levels are welcome!  Looking to learn?  I'm happy to help teach you how to crochet...but I wouldn't ask me for help knitting. (The …

If you are serious about kiting, or just love to watch and take lots of pictures, you've come to the right Meetup!  We come from all walks of life and diverse cultures and ethnicities with one thing in common, WE LOVE KITES! San Francisco is very rich in traditions; one of those traditions which is overlooked but never quite forgotten is Kite Flying.  The Kite was invented in ancient China several thousand years ago.  The strong Asian culture embedded in this City, the consistent foggy sea and b …

Fuel your passion and take your creativity to the next level, learn how to develop a signature style, start a career in photography, network with successful photographers, learn valuable business and life skills, be inspired and mentored by world class photographer - Scott Robert Lim. For more lighting, posing & inspirational photography tips go to our school link - http://www.scottrobertworkshop.com Check out Scott Robert Lim's award winning images - http://scottrobertgallery.com/ Scott …

We all know the Bay Area has tons of software meetups, but where's the hardware love? We're bringing together anyone who interested in building a business in the world of physical products: from company boards to organic soap. The purpose of the group is to start to build the hardware startup community by: bringing people together, bringing in experts in the fields of hardware & form entrepreneurs who've done it before, and also to build a better picture of the hardware scene so we can all find …

SF Pickup Soccer schedules and manages competitive but friendly pickup soccer games around San Francisco to help you build skill, get a workout and meet new people. No commitments, schedules or referees! Always $7 a session! Come by yourself or bring friends. We form teams randomly. There are 3 easy steps to join the SF Pickup community and meet other awesome Bay Area soccer enthusiasts: 1. Join the Meetup Joining the Meetup group is free. It keeps you informed about upcoming sessions, allows y …

San Francisco Startup Pitch Night provides the platform to practice and improve your pitch. The leadership team is dedicated to providing the platform for startups to practice their pitch. Our goal is make it fun to practice your pitch and to have it be within relaxed and supportive peer-driven environment. Additionally, we provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the San Francisco, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to prac …

San Francisco skaters are rollin' all over the San Francisco Bay Area. We're a group of inline skaters and roller skaters that love to have wheels on our feet. We skate on Sundays at Skatin' Place, 6th Ave. and Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park. We have a weekly rolling skate party skate every Friday Night on the Friday Night Skate. We run the Black Rock Roller Disco theme camp at Burning Man each year. We present roller disco parties, events, races, competitions and anything that shows skating …

To understand what we are about, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=vWeQfNpW9sQ This was a group for people interested in issues such as sustainability and economic justice and wanting to create a complementary currency for San Francisco Bay Area. That currency has since been created. Check it out: www.bay-bucks.com. Bay Bucks is a social startup. Our goal is not VC-funding, acquisition by Google/Facebook etc, or high-profile IPO. It will be crowd-funded, structured as a non-profi …

ChiRunning is an effortless and injury-free running technique that will make you feel like you are running like the wind! My goal in creating this meetup group is to create a ChiRunning Community here in the SF Bay Area, where our focus is on running more naturally, feeling lighter and more efficient, reducing impact and feeling simply amazing when we run. Blending principles of Tai Chi, including core strength and posture, an inner focus, and the natural flow of energy, with the power and str …

Are you Looking for more friends and dates?? Do you want to meet more people fast? New to Town and wondering how to make new friends quickly? If you are, This is how!! Speed Friending Events are for you!! Come see what everyone is talking about. Speed Friending Events is a fast new, super fun, and very low pressure way to make lasting friendships around town. Our events are the quickest, safest, most effective low-pressure way to meet new people in town. This is the ONLY place in San Francis …

Rockers' Club is an association of rock bands which also gets together for jams and group events.  We welcome players of all skill levels, but becoming a member of the group involves a commitment to get together and play music regularly with at least some of our members.  We also welcome entire rock bands who are interested in reducing the costs of playing music by sharing our equipment and practice space. Unlike most other Meetup groups, almost all of our members attend our events one or more …

Our goal is to make R more popular especially among women. Inspired by the awesome PyLadies group, I decided to create R-ladies. Anyone with an interest in R is encouraged to participate. It doesn't matter if you never used R or if you are an R expert. The goal is to promote R, exchange knowledge and create a network among women. Come and join us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About R: R is a langua …

Art Therapy is an amazing modality for working through, healing, and transforming, the trauma of sexual abuse. Through the use use of color and form we can communicate in ways that words can never touch. We can touch and heal emotions deeply and safely. You do not have to be an artist to be able to benefit from Art Therapy, you just have to be willing to put color and shapes on paper, or make forms out of clay. If you are an artist, don't worry your talent will not get in the way.

OBJECTIVE: The goal of Tinkering Toms is to get creative juices flowing around photography, imaging and other art forms. Every other week we meet to share our work and open a dialogue with a variety of people from a variety of perspectives. CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS: After each meet-up a new creative assignment will be posted. You’ll have two weeks to explore, consider, play and create a piece of art or Photography that fulfills the basic premise of the assignment. We’ll then gather to share and expl …

Fractal Salon is an extraordinary experience in which 8-10 people connect deeply while eating dinner and drinking wine. Over the course of about 3 hours the group watches a short PowerPoint with guidelines for having a profound community experience. We share our responses to guiding question related to home, our art form, our passions in life, what we want next, and what we want to say to feel complete. The path each group takes is unique but always ends with a profound sense of relatedness, fri …

Are you an older adult with a thirst for knowledge and desire to see the world with like-minded individuals? Road Scholar, the not-for-profit leader in educational travel is launching regional Meetup groups across the country specifically for active Baby Boomers who want to travel and learn more about the world around them and meet others in their area who are looking for the same. If you are a mature, single adult man or woman who loves to travel but doesn't want to travel alone, a married coup …

This group is for mulicultural, mulitracial/biracial, or ethnically diverse families. Open to any (not necessary to be multicultural-just open minded) who is interested in forming community and support for families with mixed cultures and diversity. Hoping to find common ground, support, pLay, friendship and community with other Moms (and caregivers) . Looking to create playdates for our kids in and around the SF bay area. Also potential for mom time w/o kids if there is a need. Let's share idea …

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." - C.S. Lewis Are you are a woman frustrated with friendships that never seem to run that deep, rarely materializing beyond activity partners, short-lived acquaintances or fair-weather folk? If so then read on... This group is about about socializing in it's purest and simplest form. It's about conversation first and foremost, with the right mix of interesting people making the time …

I'm starting this group for SF-based riders who want to share rides to various trails (e.g. Tamarancho, China Camp, Annadel, Skeggs, Wilder Ranch, Henry Coe, etc.), mostly for weekend rides, but I would also like to do some group after-work weekday evening or night rides in the area. There are already several Bay Area mountain biking meetup groups (and I belong to most of them) but I thought it would be good idea to have a resource for SF-based riders to use to organize rides starting form SF or …

Meet other internationally-minded people with social sports affiliation and learn this newly revitalized Ancient Ball Game. Wiser Sport is a light exercise team sport with a focus on aim and strategy. The Wiser sport originated as the most prestigious ball sport played in ancient palaces and royal courts by emperors, kings, ministers, scholar- officials and Western heads of state in order to cultivate the ability to strategize, exercise the body, and engage in a battle of wits. The SF WISER ACTI …

If you believe in a fulfilling career outside of traditional paths, then you are ripe for "Uncubing"! Join the movement. If you are a talented dev, designer or hustler looking to access a whole slew of great opportunities in one single place, then you'll fit right on in! Be the first to learn about upcoming events, early bird discounts, exclusive workshops, and advice for getting face-time with some of the leading startups in across the US. About Us: Wakefield is a media company that publishes o …

This Meet Up is for those who enjoy improv (or want to learn it) to find classes and workshops. Especially to serve drop in improv classes in San Francisco. Although this will probably be mostly short form classes, a drop in long form/Harold workshop would also be welcome - as would classes on musical improvisation. If you are offering a class, contact the organizer... If you are having a four - six week class, that's not off the table either. Preference will be given to improv teachers with est …

A lot of startups nowadays go by a very common model: there are 2-3 co-founders, have a seed round, hire more people, make money, Series A, more people, etc... I would like to explore the topic of how a startup "alliance" can be formed in the early days, before any of the startups have even begun coding (ones that are in the ideation phase). Possibly gathering 5-20 co-founders who all join the alliance, they may have different ideas. The strategy would be they collectively decided which idea see …