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Greening Greenfield

Concerned citizens building a more resilient Greenfield by advancing sustainable practices

EVENTS: Upcoming & Past

UPCOMING:
Greening Greenfield October meeting, 10/01/25

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

GG Oral Histories

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Tom Murphy

Susan Worgaftik

Dorothy McIver

Nancy Hazard

Louise Amyot

Becca King

Peter and Carol Letson

Sandra Boston

Our Focus Areas

Climate & Biodiversity Restoration

Resources for the climate and biodiversity crisis

Energy

Greening Greenfield works to help us all move away from fossil fuels toward more sustainable types of energy, e.g. solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal 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 proces…

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.

Greenfield needs more housing. Look here for units under consideration, design or construction.

Supporting Property Development

Obtain accurate data and make all housing safe and healthy for our neighbors

Improving Local Rental Policies

Join us as we add native plants to a variety of locations to beautify our community and increase biodiversity.

Occasional Planting (and more!) Parties

Decarbonization calls us to use less, be more efficient, and stop using fossil fuels by switching to electricity that is made from zero-carbon renewable sources such as wind, solar, geothermal, water and more.

Get Your Home Off Fossil Fuels

Help remove invasive plants to make space for native plants.

Removing Invasives

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

Transforming Miller’s Meadow

We are working to create a pollinator corridor throughout Greenfield

Building a Pollinator Corridor in Greenfield

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

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

Supporting teachers and students to learn about our planet, the concept of sustainability, and what we can do to be better stewards.

GMS Garden Club

Our Programs

Latest News Updates

September 5, 2025 | Updates

Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Nearly $11 Million in Funding for Dams, Levees, and Coastal Infrastructure

Great news! Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) got a grant that we, Greening Greenfield, helped them get! Last year we wrote a Community support letter for a grant that would enable CRC to take the first steps (design) in removing and/or lowering dams on the Green River at Meridian St and the one…

MA New Electricity Rates for Heat Pump Users

What to know about Massachusetts’ new electricity rates for heat pump users. WBUR/Updated August 25, 2025 Miriam…

Europe built a battery that stores summer heat underground and heats whole cities in winter, fossil-free

In northern Europe, engineers have built a thermal energy storage system that works like a seasonal battery — but inste…

Can the Rise in Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

City Hall Gardens in August

At City Hall we installed native-plant pollinator gardens in 2023. The gardens serve to attract pollinators and birds…

Beautifying John Zon Community Center and Saving Shrubs

Greening Greenfield is working with Ardi Klein and Genevieve Lawler, of Regenerative Design Group, to beautify the John…

Franklin County Food Coop Expansion update

In the Last Two Months Dear Member-Owners, Meaningful progress has occurred since our expansion communication in mid-Fe…

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