Transition Towns are communities of people engaged in dynamic, proactive redesign of their cities and towns for the Post Peak Oil era. See www.transitiontowns.org for more information. Each participant has something to contribute to move toward more localized, self-sustaining, energized and creative communities. This Meetup group is primarily focused in the north metro area of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN USA.) A loosely affiliated Google Group is transition-twin-cities, which has a …

Connecting anyone interested in buying, selling, or growing local foods in the Saint Paul area. Sharing resources, ideas, skills, and events related to local foods. If you are concerned about food quality and security, and support local food solutions, we welcome you.

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.