Sparked by a strong conviction for change and Inspired by the 11th Hour, this group was created for designers to come together to learn about sustainable design and band together to demand change toward a more sustainable approach within the design community. Professional and student designers are encouraged to join. Thank You All! Phillip Rubio, Founder

The goal of this group is to support the Los Angeles user experience professional community in advancing our knowledge and use of usability best practices. We are an official chapter of the User Experience Professionals Association International (UXPA). More information about our UXPA and our chapter can be found on the "Pages" tab.

With the increasing interest in environmental sustainability in terms of reuse and recycle, we turn to the past for inspiration. Historically based sub-cultural groups, like rockabilly, underground burlesque, and tiki lovers have been influential in bringing something dated “Right ‘Round!” Retro is now considered cutting-edge and fashion forward! These cycles serve as convenient alternatives to those who admire old opulence in architecture, fashion design, art, dance, music, or independent cinem …

There is so much Art and Culture in Orange County and surrounding areas. This group will include a range of events from theater, lectures, museums, galleries, festivals, films, music, architecture, dance, design, restaurants, photography, and more. We celebrate artistry, creativity, and original thinking. We require a clear facial photo so our organizers can recognize you at events. If you cannot provide a facial photo, please write to me directly to explain the situation. We do allow exceptions …

This group is for singles and/or those in committed relationships who would like to achieve a greater capacity for emotional and physical intimacy. In my nearly 10 years of professional practice as a clinical psychologist, I have worked with hundreds of persons with various types of relationship difficulties, most of whom were highly successful in other arenas of their lives. What I have commonly found is that people approach romantic relationships in ways not of their own choosing, but in a sty …

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about cob in an urban setting. During these meetings, participants will build a cob oven and cob seating area in the backyard of our hosts' private residence. Oven construction, basic cob mixing and building techniques, niches and sculptural elements will be taught. Theory topics include foundations, roofing, and the logistics of acquiring project materials in the city. Participants will have enough knowledge to take on their own backyard project.

Meet other Temecula Valley Software Developers! Discuss ideas for applications and techniques and approaches for developing them in various programming languages. Software architecture, cross-platform development, mobile development, Telecommunications, VoIP,  etc. The intention for this group is to be an informal and interactive group of professionals that have a passion for software development interested in using best practices and sharing their knowledge and experiences. Our group is about S …

For people interested in Creating and designing a   business that brings harmony, good health, well being and serenity to life, using Life Coaching ,Feng Shui, Space Clearing , and Neuro-Architecture, Reiki, Dowsing, Environmental Design, Medical Intutive,  Energy Broadcasting, or The Law of Visual Attraction, Energetic Healing, NLP, Transformational Business professionals, and evolutionary business professionals. The motivation and driving force of this group is to create a community of experts …

Whether building a web, VOIP, or gaming backend, Operations is using development tools to make it work. We're interested in the built-in facilities in Linux and the BSDs to programmatically seed and deploy.  We're building traditional UNIX infrastructure with lighttpd/Nginx/Apache, Syslog, NFS, LDAP, MySQL/Postgres and BIND/PowerDNS, but doing it with modern scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Perl...) and revision-control.  Debconf in Debian and Ubuntu. Kickstart in Redhat and CentOS.  pc-sysins …

How lucky we are to live in a city of so many wonderful museums--world renown museums for art like The Getty Center, LACMA, Norton Simon and the Hammer; small eclectic ones such as the Neon Museum; profound ones such as The Museum of Tolerance, and a museum where your imagination can soar--the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport. If you are curious and would like to explore the wonders to be found at L.A. museums, please join us.  We don't have to see everything or spend all day. We can …

This group is for people who love anything with a history - houses, buildings, antiques and more. We are based in Riverside, but our outings will explore a wide range of old things throughout all of Southern California. Please contact the organizers if you know of vintage-type events to add to our calendar. Members are required to post current pictures of themselves so they may be easily located at an adventure.

Learn classical Yi Jing Feng Shui live-in-person with P.K. Odle & receive your American Feng Shui Institute certificate when you complete each class. AFSI has offered these classes since 1991. However, due to Master Sang's busy schedule since working on the Beijing Olympic sites, AFSI live classes have been limited. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to take these AFSI Feng Shui classes face-to-face with P.K. Odle, who's been teaching for Master Sang since 1998. Each class is 10am to 6pm wi …

The San Gabriel Valley .NET Developers Group is an organization of software architects, developers and Microsoft .NET framework enthusiasts who want to learn, share, innovate, network and develop. The salient purposes of this organization are stated below: Microsoft.NET framework is a major advancement in the available software development platforms. Our main goal is to educate the group membership to fully utilize the potential of .NET framework and use its powerful features to build better sof …

User Experience professionals and students alike from the Orange County area. Discussions about the industry in general, feedback from fellow peers, speakers and mixer events. Very informal - Join us not just to learn, but to also spread your knowledge in this industry!

What is it? A series of hands-on workshops that focus on UX design for mobile and touch products. Who is it for? Beginners who love design but don’t have the means to attend school. Working designers of any discipline who want jump into user experience and interaction design. Why is it? All the great hands-on UX-related workshops are not accessible for most working people. They're needs to be more affordable 'night school' options for design education. This is my contribution to that movement. …

Friends of Laguna Architecture is a community of people who are passionate about architecture. It is an opportunity to meet on the 4th Wed. of each month at 6:30 and wine and dine, chat and learn from a presentation on architecture. Different community projects, like an architectural tour, will be organized and funds will be used for the betterment of Laguna.

This community has been put together to attract people that enjoy all things real estate in Laguna Beach and the surrounding coastal cities. The meetups will provide educational workshops like how to get a loan, short sales, local architecture, income property opportunities, 1031  exchanges, appraisal techniques, guidance to work with the local city design review boards and much more.

Join Ruben Flores, Award-winning California Horticulturalist and owner of Laguna Nursery, as he leads groups through the neighborhoods and gardens of Orange County. Amazing opportunities unfold for garden walkers to see private gardens while learning and having fun with one of California's top landscape designers. Tours meet at least once a month and usually originate at Laguna Nursery in Laguna Beach.

Downtown LA Startups is a group dedicated to bringing downtown Los Angeles entrepreneurs, start-ups, and existing small business owners together to network and to support one another.  Having been someone who started my own business in an apartment in downtown, there is difficulty in finding support and networking opportunities for downtown LAers as we're usually transplanted here from elsewhere with the hopes and dreams of making it big in the big city. We aim to host events that benefit start- …

This group was created to unite current and future Earth building fans and artists worldwide, and to promote related events within the community. The group was founded by Erik Ven, graduate of the Nader Khalili founded CalEarth Earth Art and Architecture Institute. Our goal is to introduce this life changing building method called Superadobe, along with other alternative building and sustainable living methods to more and more people. We invite and welcome not only those who want to learn, but a …

Los Angeles is a make-up of very distinct neighborhoods, arts and culture, food and people. This meetup will encourage a diverse group of people to explore all that Los Angeles has to offer. The primary activity will be to take a short city walk once a month or every two months to check out 3 City Blocks in a Los Angeles neighborhood. This will involve dining, shopping, museums, happy hours, cultural events, a performance or a fitness activity. In addition, other events will be organized to just …

Newport Beach Joie de Vivre Celebrates the Art of French Living along the California Riviera- Joanna's Joie de Vivre Spotlights a la Francaise: Art, Architecture, Le Mariage, Cuisine & Boisson, Entertaining & Celebrations, Café Noir & L'Heure de Thé, Maison & Jardin, Fleur & Decor, Famille, Brocante, L'Atelier, Voyage, Jour de Fêtes Together with members we will all join in, socialize and celebrate with each other at French Venues, Workshops, Dinners, Teas & Events celebrated throughout the year …

PechaKucha is a fun evening of presentations, learning, and laughter. It allows young designers to meet, show their work, and exchange ideas. 12 speakers give short presentations of 400 seconds (20 slides of 20 seconds) about anything: an idea, a new product, technology or design, research, their work or hobby etc. After the meeting you can discuss with the speakers and you go home with 12 fresh ideas. In the presentations the speakers will be creative to show their ideas in the limited time. Jo …

Calling all Los Angeles Architects, Interior Designers, Builders and those in the Design industry, join our Los Angeles networking group! This group is dedicated to uniting members of our community in order to make new friends and share the latest trends. Through networking events and informative seminars this group will thrive as a network of motivated design professionals in Los Angeles! http://www.meetup.com/LADesignIndustry/

It's a friendly, casual, meetup to explore woodworking and everything related: Art, Architecture, Furniture, Digital Fabrication, Product Design, etc... It's a forward leaning group with a love for craft. If sitting behind a computer too long drives you crazy this may be the group for you. We love to get our hands dirty and plan on doing so. We encourage members to share their knowledge whether it's hand joinery or steam bent lamination we want to learn about it and we want to do it! If you know …

Building Trades Network is a highly respected group of professionals within the Home Improvement industry. This is an invitation-only collective of design professionals and hands-on craftsmen who have a long-standing and proven track record of reliability, fair business practices, competitive pricing, punctuality, and accountability to all other members within the BTN group. One of the best things about BTN is that we really like each other and make and big effort getting to know each other so t …

This is a group for anyone interested in Sketchup 3D. Skills level are for beginners. I started this group because I want to meet and share my knowledge with this great software.