Evolvers are hope fiends and utopian pragmatists. We see the creative chaos of this time as a great gift and opportunity to rethink, reconnect, and reinvent. Evolvers appreciate pristine mountains, open source economics, and the precocious laughter of small children. Evolvers belong to the regenerative culture of the future, being born here and now. As part of the Evolver Social Movement, the Spores serve as hubs of cultural incubation and environmental activation that bring together diverse ind …

Engage with other women entrepreneurs in the Bay Area! Created by Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence to bring together established women business owners, M3 Meetups support post-startup entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to the next level. Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. Count M …

  The Bay Area Community Exchange Timebank promotes and facilitates the use of Time instead of money in the exchange of goods and services. The foundation of the Timebank is a free, open source online directory, reputation and accounting system. These exchanges help develop stronger, more resilient connections between individuals and community service organizations which participate in them, by improving communication and the distribution of skills and resources among our participants. We work t …

A New Way To Learn & Network   Finally... a meetup group designed to make your "telephone ring and your cash register sing!" NLP SF BAY is the only meetup group providing you with the opportunity to learn the inspiration and influence skills of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in a series of fun, engaging and entertaining networking events. These events will undoubtedly help you grow your business, make you money and allow you to gain traction on the NLP skills that will i …

Our group is for those interested in computational dynamic {portfolio optimization, risk management, indexes  tracking} and dynamic economic. We will share experience and knowledge in the field, and help each other with ideas and projects. This group is about using tools from stochastic control theory, dynamic programing, kalman filters, signal processing, non-linear and combinatorial optimization in order to model and understand the above mentioned subject. Any person that feels comf …

The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today’s most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. The Cleantech Open has established itself as the leader in developing clean technology startup entrepreneurs addressing these challenges. Since its inception in 2006, 191 promising teams have availed themselves of the Cleantech Open’s one-of-a-kind hands-on workforce development, nurturing, and funding programs, with impressive results: * …

Why a Group of Conservatives in Contra Costa County is Needed: Unfortunately, as a society, we've lost our way of late. Even Republicans have been spending far too much and growing government much too rapidly. This growth in government and spending has harmed the private sector and it has negatively impacted our liberty. Increases in government power and control come at great cost to individual and economic freedoms. Thus, conservative values and principles are desperately needed to restore …

San Francisco Liberty Coalition is a loose network of local pro-freedom groups which host a monthly speaking event designed to give libertarians and supporters of civil and economic liberties a forum where we can connect with each other, learn about local issues, and make our voices heard. Each month we will meet at a local venue and hear from a different speaker or speakers. Speakers invited to address the forum may include local activists and community organizers, candidates for public office, …

Network security has made some major advances in the past couple decades, so much so, that is has become incredibly difficult to attack a well secured network perimeter as a means of accessing the data and systems contained therein. So it’s no wonder that malicious users have begun pursuing other avenues and skirting the perimeter defenses all together. From the attacker’s standpoint, breaching a network is all about economics and ROI. It just doesn’t make sense to mount an attack that will c …

Founded in San Francisco and now expanding to Silicon Valley and New York, 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 mastery beyond 100 …

The purpose of the SF Chapter of the Passive House Alliance is to Share information and provide continuing Passive House (Passivhaus) technical education amongst Bay Area and SF Passive House Consultants and interested professionals; Support the adoption of the Passive House standard in the United States both publicly and municipally through high quality research, education and implementation; Serve as a resource for building owners, developers and building professionals investigating the use o …

To understand what we are about, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=vWeQfNpW9sQ This is a group for people interested in creating a complementary currency for San Francisco Bay Area. If issues such as sustainability, social justice, and economic stability are important to you, come join this project to co-create a complementary monetary system. This is a social startup. Our goal is not VC-funding, acquisition by Google/Facebook etc, or high-profile IPO. It will be crowd-funded, st …

I decided to start this group to support returning veterans - come from a military family and wanted to honor them and others who have served. We will bring the tech community together with vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to help them with integrate with the tech eco-system in SF Bay Area. Vets returning from Iraq/Afghanistan and members of the tech community are encourged to attend and work together on entrepreneural endeavors. Our vets bring a unique perspective to many of our tech st …

Compostmodern is fertile ground for designing a sustainable future. Our vision is to transform products, industries and lives through sustainable design choices. Compostmodern engages designers, sustainability professionals, artists and entrepreneurs to collaborate in realizing a more environmentally, culturally and economically sustainable world. Join us for an inspiring line-up of speakers and opportunities to meet, network, and collaborate with colleagues in the field. Learn more about the …

From the founder: Upon graduation, I promised myself I would never wear a suit, nor would I work in an office. Fate threw me suited up into an office for seven years. This was my tour of duty in the illusory world of hierarchical control, greed, fear and systemic hypnosis. I was living a half-life, and no-one was more aware of this fact than I was. There were, of course, moments of stunning humanity in my time in “the office” working as a financial adviser and all round salesman for the corpor …

Please join if you enjoy sharing or wants to learn more about a new economy, a new way of life where people share their time, objects, space and resources for a better world. This is an economy where peers, neighbors and people help one another meet basic needs, providing access over ownership. More connection --> less stuff. This group will facilitate bringing all of the sharers out there together to hang out, attend events, dinners, and meetups to tell stories and meet others who have the same …