Join with others to create a revolutionary vision for a new egalitarian society. Help to develop a strategy to realize and implement this vision. Identify the challenges we face and how they can be overcome. We start with the premise that capitalism and its model of profit and plunder are inherently at odds with the health and well-being of the people and must be overturned. So the question is how we can accomplish this and what system we will put in its place. This is a forum for cultivating …

We are a group dedicated to moving the mission of Solar in Minnesota forward. We think solar is one of the best solutions to our current economic and climate problems and we want your help in creating events to help solve problems. We are interested hosting events on policy, how to go solar, how solar works, and anything else related to the MN solar industry. All people are welcome, whether you're an solar industry professional, student, interested homeowner, or policy professional.

This is a group for entrepreneurs and business owners with an emphasis on internet, software, SaaS, computers, and similar tech startups. These roundtable discussions are conversations about the challenges of growing a business: BUSINESS FINANCING: Angel Investors / Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, Funding, Loans BUSINESS MODELS: Brick-and-Mortar, Choosing a Business Model, eCommerce, Online Business, SaaS, Part-Time Business, Social Entrepreneurship BUSINESS PLANNING: Startup Costs, Business Str …

Occasional information meetings about CoHousing, a cooperative housing model borrowed from Europe. A group of people forms an intentional community to plan and renovate (or build) a housing complex in which each household unit has its own private living quarters but there is shared common space for group meals, gardens, workshops, play yards, or whatever the group decides. Often intergenerational, and with a sustainable-living focus. For residents of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Citizen Climate Lobby (CCL) is a nationwide organization building the political will for a sustainable climate. A core principle of CCL is advocating for a fee on carbon emissions that will then be distributed as a dividend to US households. CCL has local chapters all across the USA and Canada. All the chapters meet on the first Saturday of each month. Each CCL monthly meeting includes with a presentation (by nationwide conference call) by an expert on a topic related to the climate crisis. The …

Lydia's Place is a planned collaborative co-working space in the West University/280 Central Corridor, along the new Green Line light rail. This is an area rapidly transforming from warehouse and light industrial to a residential neighborhood with a strong emphasis on arts and the creative industry. Lydia's Place will be a space where entrepreneurs, self-employed and home-based white collar professionals can access the vital business resources they don’t have in a home office, the community they …