Welcome to the Santa Cruz group of the Sierra Club! Here you will find a listing of some of the Santa Cruz Group activities as well as information about the Sierra Club. We welcome everyone to participate and encourage all to become members. ABOUT THE SIERRA CLUB: John Muir co-founded the Sierra Club in 1892 to share his love of nature. Since then, the Club has matured into the nation's largest and most influential environmental organization. The Club’s mission is to explore, enjoy, and protect …

This playgroup is for nature lovers with children who want to meet and make friends with other families while camping, hiking and enjoying playdates. When you request to join, plan on being ACTIVE in the group by coming out at least once a month. I also encourage you to check out our members' profiles and reach out to members you think you have something in common with. Most events take place in natural areas surrounding San Jose. Meetups are frequently scheduled in San Jose, the Santa Cruz Moun …

Almaden Hiking Group is a  non-business group organized by people who loves to enjoy the nature, making new friends and geting some exercise. Our primary objective is to explore and enjoy the nature.   We will stop to see the wild flowers, waterfalls or have a small snack.  Almaden hiking group is the right match for you if you are in the age group of 40's to 60's.  Most of our hikes are in the range of 4 to 8 miles and moderate difficulty level. Occasionally we will do longer or strenuous hikes …

Warm welcome! This is where South Bay Area community comes together to explore solutions and share resources, on ecologically sensible, and sustainable life practices at home. We cover topics like energy efficiency, indoor air quality, waste management, conservation of natural resources and much more. We try to lead by example. At the end of the day, we make new like minded friends and have some fun. Our homes contribute about 21% of our nation’s energy use and carbon footprint. Our u …

There are many other Photography Meetup Groups around but I find myself feeling left out most of time since men usually out number women in most groups.  Also, I am not interested in competing on gears or focus on technical part of photography so I am starting this group hoping to meet other women who loves photography, is willing to share, and wants to go out together to shoot. This group is NOT solid depend on organizer to setup events; everyone in this group are welcome and encouraged to setu …

Welcome to the Santa Cruz Chapter of Leads Club. The Purpose of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club is to assist you in getting good business referrals that will expand your business success. Leads Club is dedicated to maximizing the use of your time and resources to get good business referrals. To accomplish this goal, Leads Club uses a method of spaced, timed, repetition of information. We are not a social club. We are a business dedicated to your business success. Founded in 1978 by Ali Lassen, and curre …

… The goal is to create habitual positive experiences, as natural as brushing your teeth before you go to bed. The result? Living more beautifully with each passing day.Although I love to use positive words like happiness and beauty when thinking about this stuff, understand this isn't about focusing on being happy, to the detriment of your emotional range, sadness, anger, grief. Its about changing your perspective and experience of living, so that you experience the best possible emotio …

… This group is for women of any age, who love hiking in beautiful natural spaces, or who would like to give it a try!  

Looking for fun activities in or around San Jose? Let’s form a group filled with smart, witty and kind people to have fun together. I was a member of a similar group when I was living in Atlanta, which resulted in wonderful memories and close relationships for many of the members. Following the “if you build it, they will come” idea, I thought I would try to start a similar group here. We typically would have several meetings per month and do a variety of events, mainly movies and book reviews. …

This group is for otherkin in the San Francisco Bay area: elves, faery, sidhe, Tuatha, dragons, angels, nature spirits, unicorns, satyrs, and any other kind of mythical non-human folk. You'd think there would be tons of us here in CA, but over the 14 years I've been awake, I've constantly struggled to find other "others". (I run an otherkin gather here called MythiCalia which had to be cancelled in 2011 due to lack of registrations.) I used to be the organizer of this local Meetup back around 20 …