I find that we live in a culture that tends to isolate and disconnect. I started Austin Community Living to cultivate a sense of belonging in the midst of this. Please join me. Together we can learn, connect, and encourage each other as we journey deeper into the heart of community. The world continues to grow in complexity every day. Isolation and disconnection is the easy path. Living in and staying in community is profoundly challenging. As we move to orient our lives towards real community, …

The Austin Backyard Poultry Meetup Group is for people who have small backyard flocks of chickens for pets, eggs, and meat. You just might be surprised at how many people living in your neighborhood have pet chickens! There is nothing quite like walking outside in the morning to gather fresh organic eggs for your breakfast! We welcome everyone that has a small backyard flock of chickens or other backyard poultry, as well as those that are interested in getting started raising a small flock of ba …

This is a forum to support community gardens around San Antonio. There are over 30 community gardens around town. Many of these gardens occasionally need volunteers with knowledge and experience, but usually they just need volunteers with time and energy. No experience is necessary! Whether you want to start a garden, are a part of one, are looking for a plot, or just want to do something rewarding with your free time, roll up your sleeves and get involved. We can get together and make a differe …

Permaculture is a system for designing human habitats which emulate the diversity and stability of natural ecosystems, providing the material and non-material needs of humans and all other living creatures. The purpose of this group is to encourage the practice and spread of permaculture in our lives. For more information about permaculture, please visit The Permaculture Research Institute: http://www.permaculturenews.org/

We're a social group of people who are interested in getting together to chat about honeybees and other pollinators, share books and ideas on the subject and establish some cooperatively managed honeybee colonies around town. Right now “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD) and other diseases threaten our honeybee population. We need to discover more about how we can help them, and make sure they are here to pollinate the flowers and fruits of future generations. While there is limited consensus about …

Where Backyards Become Farmyards We are the by far the LARGEST Aquaponic Group in the Country and for Good Reason. Come join us! __________________________________________________________

The Austin Aquaponics meet up was started for everyone from researchers to advanced aquaponic gardeners and farmers to compare notes and ideas regarding aquaponic system design and function. With new content added regularly, the discussion area is sure to have something to catch your interest. Help gauge the interest folks in Austin and surroundings areas are showing in aquaponics, by signing up and Become a member. Sign up today and share your AP experience! The Purpose of the Austin Aquaponics …

To promote basic homesteading skills and techniques for those interested in buying land or developing a homestead for family or groups. If you are interested in learning about Homesteading, Urban Survival, Wilderness Survival and classes covering all the skills needed to survive in a primitive setting all the way to surviving in a city. School for Urban Homesteading and Urban Survival Skills Why we teach. Gloria and I are preppers, plain and simple. Between us we have 60+ years of preparing for …

To promote basic homesteading skills and techniques for those interested in buying land or developing a homestead for family or groups. If you are interested in learning about Homesteading, Urban Survival, Wilderness Survival and classes covering all the skills needed to survive in a primitive setting all the way to surviving in a city. School for Urban Homesteading and Urban Survival Skills. Gloria and I are preppers, plain and simple. Between us we have 60+ years of preparing for any emergency …

Vajra Azaya is a non-profit organization that builds self-reliant communities while providing educational oppertunities in the methods and technologies used so that other can replicate our efforts. This meet-up group is used  to post times and places for those that wish to participate in Vajra Azaya projects, workdays, and events. You can also “like” the community page on facebook to learn more information and resources on  permaculture design, off the grid technology, best practices natural bui …

TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. - Ishmael, Daniel Quinn Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month, 7pm - 9:30pm at varying locations. The Ishmael Austin group is proud to be leaderless and penniless.

Hello, herb lovers!  My name is Nicole Telkes, I am a practicing herbalist and avid plant walker.  I started this group to connect you to educational opportunities in Central Texas in particular.  I teach herb classes and on many different subjects, run a herbal practice and apothecary,  and am involved with community building efforts in town.  This meetup is yet another way to access herbal education opportunities that may interest you.  These classes are independent or a part of some of the cl …

The San Antonio Backyard Barnyard Meetup Group is for people in San Antonio and nearby areas who have small backyard flocks, hives, hatcheries, or herds. The purpose of the San Antonio Backyard Barnyard Meetup Group is to provide a forum for discussion of backyard farming. This group is meant for beginners, experts, the just-getting-interested and anyone in between. Whether you raise animals for their products and services (eggs, milk, grass trimming, meat) or for their companionship you are wel …

ape99 is loosely based on the 100th monkey effect. this is a phenomenon in which a learned behavior spreads instantaneously from one group to all related groups once a critical mass is reached. in Lyall Watson’s 1979 book Lifetide, he tells of a group of scientists who observed a group of macaques that learned to wash sweet potatoes, allowing them to eat more of each potato. through observation and repetition, the younger generation of monkeys adopted this new behavior. the researchers noted tha …

The Food is Free Project is about people choosing to improve their lives, the lives of others in their communities, and the lives of generations to come beginning by growing fresh, local food together. We teach people how to connect with their neighbors and line their street with front yard community gardens which provide free harvests to anyone. The gardens are built and offered for free using salvaged resources that would otherwise be headed to the landfill. By using drought-tolerant, wicking …

We teach classes, lectures and community events that stress family preparedness for long-term sustainability, post-disaster situations and community rebuilding in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. This group is for families, parents or individuals who want to learn more about preparedness and working together in a community to foster better relations in the event of any emergency. This group will focus on the most important parts of urban survival to include: water sanitation and purification food …

I want to meet other listeners of The Survival Podcast in this area to build community and exchange knowledge, skills, and barter. TSP is about learning to live a better life when times get tough or even if they don't. That can be done through getting out of debt, gardening, raising livestock, and generally thinking ahead.

Networking in our community with events that stress family preparedness for long-term sustainability, post-disaster situations and community rebuilding in the Highland Lakes areas of Kingsland, Burnet, Llano, Buchanan Dam and surrounding community. This group is for families, parents or individuals who want to learn more about preparedness and working together in a community to foster better relations in the event of any emergency. This group will focus on the most important parts of urban survi …