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Greening Greenfield

Concerned citizens building a more resilient Greenfield by advancing sustainable practices

Upcoming Events

ENERGY FAIR 11/18/24 — Video and Information Packet

News UPDATES (click, or scroll to bottom of screen).

GG Oral Histories

Nancy Hazard

Tom Murphy

Sandra Boston

Dorothy McIver

Peter and Carol Letson

Becca King

Susan Worgaftik

Louise Amyot

See our latest activity toward River Restoration — Click here!

Our Focus Areas

Climate & Biodiversity Restoration

The climate and biodiversity crisis is upon us

Energy

Greening Greenfield advocates for the move away from fossil fuels, toward more sustainable types of energy, e.g. solar, wind, hydro and other natural sources of power.

Nature

We work with nature to increase native habitat, water infiltration and carbon sequestration, in order to stabilize our climate and nurture all life on earth.

Materials

More than “waste” management, modern “materials management” doesn’t just look at how to best get rid of stuff at the end of a linear proc…

Community Building

Housing

As concerned residents and organizations we aim to find and advocate for creative, affordable solutions to meet the housing needs of people of different incomes, abilities and stages of life.

Youth

We work with Greenfield’s schools to inspire and support teachers and students to learn about our planet, the concept of sustainability, and what we can do to be better stewards.

Initiatives we’re working on…

Each program has a number of projects on which Greening Greenfield works. These change as the needs of the community change. Our current projects, referred to as initatives can be found here.

Home Energy

Help transform former Green River Trailer Park to create new recreational opportunities, reduce flooding and support biodiversity

Miller’s Meadow

We are working to create a pollinator corridor throughout Greenfield

Park by Park, Yard by Yard

Make every day Earth Day. Blue bags always available for litter pick up.

Greenfield Litter Picking

Seeking free and convenient paint recycling for Massachusetts residents.

Paint Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation

We work to stop the spread of invasives so native plants have a chance to grow.

Invasives

Let’s Build Biodiversity Together

Planting for Pollinators campaign

What is being done? What can I do?

Reusable Bags

Help Greening Greenfield make sure that FirstLight Power does not operate Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage and other hydroelectric facilities on the CT River for another 50 years as they have been operated for the last 50.

CT River Hydro Relicensing

Help students become stewards of clean water in our rivers, marshes, lakes and oceans..

GMS Water Unit

Everything about the housing crisis

Housing Update

Our Programs

Latest Updates

December 6, 2024 | Updates

Housing Cost Burdens Climb to Record Levels (Again) in 2023

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 (From Harvard U. Joint Center for Housing Studies) by Peyton Whitney , Alexander Hermann , Whitney Airgood-Obrycki Housing affordability worsened again last year, as a record number of US households were cost burdened. According to our tabulations of the newly released 2…

Easing the Biodiversity Crisis One Flowerpot at a Time

GUEST ESSAY—NEW YORK TIMES 11/25/2024 By Margaret Renkl Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, …

What Trump’s Presidency Means for the Housing Market

By Keith Griffith Realtor.com, Nov. 6, 2024 After va hotly contested race with big implications for the housing marke…

Senator Comerford’s review of DEP’s Oct. 10 Public Information Session

Greetings, On Thursday, October 10, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) held a Hybrid …

Evidence of presence of shortnose sturgeon in NH, VT, and MA waters impacted by the Bellows Falls (FERC No. 1855), Vernon (FERC No. 1904), Northfield Mountain (FERC No. 2485), and Turners Falls (FERC No. 1889) projects

Connecticut River Conservancy Clean water. Healthy habitat. Resilient communities PO Box 445, Alstead, NH 03602 603….

75 Reusable Bags made at Source to Sea event

Greening Greenfield’s Friends of Reusable Bags offered its Reusable Bag workshop again this year at the Source …

Greening Greenfield Highlighted in FCCDC News

If you know Greenfield, you probably know Millers Meadow. It’s the flat expanse of city-owned land on between the Gre…

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