Do you love being outdoors in nature?  Are you interested in sustainability or going more "green" with your lifestyle?  Maybe you're wild about wildlife or about gardening with native plants--or just birds.  Passionate about environmental issues?  Ever heard of environmental art?  Want to? If you answered yes to any of these questions, the Schuylkill Center's for you.  We've got 340 acres of woods, fields, streams and ponds ready for you to explore and enjoy, and we use them as a "living laborat …

Hello! We're starting a group to let everyone know that we're working on our 6th Annual "We're Looking for Trouble" 5K Run/Walk and Kids' Fun Run that will be on Saturday, April 6, 2013, and we'd love to see you there! WHEN: Kids' Fun Run starts at 8:45 AM 5K starts at 9:00 AM WHERE: The race will follow the Three Notch Trail and will begin and end at the Northern Senior Center. The Northern Senior Center is located at 29655 Charlotte Hall Road, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622. Parking will be availabl …

We paddle the rivers, lakes, marshes, and bays in the Washington, D.C., area.  We get up close and personal with beautiful scenery and wildlife, we see things from the water that are not visible any other way, and we enjoy the special happiness -- a magical combination of tranquility and exhilaration --  that comes from being on the water.  Some of us paddle for the exercise, some to watch birds, some to reduce tension, and some to socialize.  But we all enjoy kayaking, and enjoy doing it togeth …

We are a singles group (age 40 and up) focused on combining social and volunteer activities that will take place mainly in Northern Virginia. We’ll plan our events around a volunteer activity, but will have a get-together before or after the volunteering, so members can get to know each other. We’d like to spread the joy, so will be volunteering at a variety of different venues: helping at some local thrift stores, food banks, church-based activities, but also cleaning up the parks and perhaps t …

Welcome to the Cultural Activity Group (created in 2003) for single professionals in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area who enjoy Culture and Social Events and are looking for mutual enrichment and other congenial ways to pass the time, enrich the soul, and make new friends in a friendly group environment. Military, Government and Law Enforcement welcomed!! This group falls into the category of: Social/Friendship Group/Cultural Interest Group *** EVENT EMAIL IS FREE *** WE ARE NOT A PRIVATE CL …

Natural Lands Trust is a non-profit land conservation organization dedicated to protecting the forests, fields, streams, and wetlands that are essential to the sustainability of life in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. We offer hikes, tree plantings, bird walks, canoe and kayak trips, educational workshops, and more. Join us to spend time with family and friends, explore Natural Lands Trust's preserves, and expand your knowledge about nature and conservation. Beginning in fall 2013, …

Welcome to the Meetup group for the activities of the C&O Canal Association.  We sponsor hikes, canoe trips and bike rides along the 184-mile-long towpath between Georgetown and Cumberland. Our events are open to the public. C&O Canal Association is an all-volunteer citizens organization established in 1954 to help conserve of the natural and historical environment of the C&O Canal and the Potomac River Basin.  The association works with the National Park Service in its efforts to preserve and p …

Exact Location: In the Valley by the tennis court As Spring approaches let us get together and thank Mother Earth for her daily support under our feet, by blessing her with our presence during mind, body healing.  We can always count on her, standing next to us in many forms. Sessions are lead various ways, depending on each group meeting -iphone app -anyone is welcome to lead the session if they want -or we can take our bodies through a personal set of salutations This is about listening to ou …

Aviation enthusiasts, student pilots, licensed pilots in Phila., Bucks, Montgomery, or anywhere in the Delaware Valley: Learn from other pilots on how to pass the written test, what is required to get a pilot's license, how to make it affordable, etc. We will meet monthly for discussions, and presentations about aviation. Also, we will post flights to regional destinations: Ocean City, MD, Outter Banks, NC, Washinton, DC or anywhere else! Each pilot and passenger simply pays their share of the f …

Jim and Sandy Young - Angel Talk TV - www.angeltalktv.com ~ Connecting The Planet, One Person, and one Community At A Time ~ Angel Talk has been such an integral part of our lives and sharing the beauty and wonder of the Angels within the Spiritual community will always be our first love :-)  Over the last two years we have been blessed to have been sponsored for our workshops through Starlights meetups and other wonderful venues in the metro area. . Our goal is to maintain the spiritual unity a …

This is a group for people who have a fascination with the "Eight Leggeds" whether it has been from a very young age to ten minutes ago. This is a group to educate and share. I myself have had tarantulas since I was the age of fourteen to the present. I also have love and respect for spiders in general.

Our Eagles torture us with playoff hopes and break our hearts year after year. But, we love our team. We bleed Eagles green! We are the most passionate fans in the NFL,and we always believe, despite all odds, that our Birds will fly us into victory! I can't wait to meet everyone else who shares these feelings. After all, Eagles fans are the best in the nation!

Whether you aspire to run a mile or you are training for a marathon, we're just your speed! The Smyrna Clayton Running Club is an equal opportunity motivator.  No one is too fast or too slow. Just want to get moving? We will support you. Working towards running a 5K? We will help prepare you. Training for a half or full marathon? We will challenge you. It is free to join and try us out for a month.  Decide to stay?  Pay $10 for the year. We meet every Tuesday night and Saturday morning rain or …

Meet other outdoors enthusiasts who are environmentally conscious and spiritually inclined. Of course you don't have to be all three! Our main purpose is to enjoy nature, whether it is hiking, biking, camping, backpacking or bird-watching. We'll also try to do our part to protect the environment by joining clean-ups, trail maintenance, etc., Being with nature is also great for the spirit, but when we are not outdoors we'll do meditation, book-reading, etc., We'll do our own events or join the ac …

This group is for outdoor enthusiasts! From beginners to expert level participants, and everyone in between! All are welcome. We will meet to explore new outdoor activities, and meet like-minded individuals! Our mission is to introduce a new place or activity, in a comfortable atmosphere, to anyone who like to try something new! All outings are led by our experts. This group will host the following activities.....Outdoors, Outdoor Recreation, Snowshoeing, Hiking, Walking, Nature Walks, Fishing, …

This group is for outdoor enthusiasts! Hosted by a group of fun-loving professionals, our mission is to explore new places and activities while meeting like-minded individuals. All skill levels are welcome from beginners to experts- and anyone in between! Come check out what the DC Metro area has to offer for outdoor recreation. This group will host the following activities: kayaking, hiking, biking, environmental clean-ups, fly fishing, and bird watching. Join L.L.Bean of Tysons Corner for week …

A group to study wild foods, medicine, tracking, birding, bugging, awareness and other primitive living skills. I have been studying this for many years and have an eclectic knowledge base. I will share what I know, and look forward to learn more from the group. All are welcome whatever your knowledge. This group will be outdoors based, with themed hikes based on the group's desire. Any mode of getting around outdoors will work; hiking, boating, floating. The goal is expanding our knowledge and …

Are you an intelligent, curious woman between the ages of 30 and 60 (or thereabout) who would love to read and discuss books that educate you in some way? Do you who wonder how the brain works, how the environment and food is affecting your health, what a new scientific discovery overseas could mean for you in terms of your beliefs and ethics, or what it come mean to you when we lose another species to extinction? Do you like to read about historical events that have shaped how we think about me …

The Gloucester County Nature Club (GCNC) was established in 1949, by a small group of Gloucester County, NJ residents with a common interest in the natural world. The Nature Club is a local nonprofit organization with no paid staff which strive to promote sound conservation practices and to educate others in the community about nature and the environment. The Nature Club provides monthly programs, field trips, and newsletters from September through June and special field trips in the summer mont …

Take a wee break and play outside this week!   It's good for you and good for your family!  Inspired by the No Child Left Inside movement and the new Delaware Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights,  the idea for WHEE!! came into being.  Our group is for total novices and expert families alike because we all benefit from time outside :)  Together we can network, share knowledge and encourage one another to experience all that our wonderful state and region outside has to offer!  Members are not requi …

This group was created primarily for Christ-followers who are passionate about God and the outdoors, though non-Christians are certainly welcome as well! All skill levels are welcome, as one of the main missions of this group is to educate and bring city slickers into a better understanding and appreciation of the outdoors and all it has to offer. For information, training, and other online resources visit: http://www.facebook.com/ripleysventures and click "like" Generally, it is expected tha …

Are You a parent of kids in 1st, 2nd , 3rd grade who would like to have their kids involved in more social activity and make new friends ... ? We are living in an internet age where free social interaction between kids are limited to few minutes of recess in schools.  what we end up are kids glued to either their angry birds and other video games on iPad and TV.. With everyone tied up with jobs and other daily chores we have limited time to arrange a play date or catch up with other kids. As the …

Short description: A group for couples to meet up, socialize, play some board games, have a drink, and do all that other fun stuff you see people doing on TV, but dont have the time or social circle to do normally! Long description: My fiancee and I are busy. We have jobs, two kids, and have had our lives tossed about by fate, jobs, previous divorces, and the like. Our social circle at work is small, friends were lost in divorces, moves, getting older, etc, and we thought what better way to mee …

Life, Love and Yarn is a new Finer Arts Studio opening in New Market. Life, Love and Yarn was founded in 2007 on one simple concept... To create a fiber company that embraces radical self expression through fiber. To move beyond the typical stereotype of what knitting, crochet and other fiber arts have been or "should" be.... You have six grandchildren and you love to knit Christmas sweaters? Great we support you... Your tattooed from head to toe and love to knit tiny birds? We've gotcha covered …