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Greening Greenfield

Concerned folks building a more resilient Greenfield by advancing sustainable practices

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Greening Greenfield is all about sustainability

On this website we have two focus areas: Climate & Biodiversity Restoration, and Community Building. The first contains three Programs: Energy, Nature, and Materials. The second contains two Programs: Housing and Youth. But these Programs, of course, overlap.

Similarly, each Program contains a huge number of intertwined concepts, that we try to find ways to discuss as if they were stand-alone topics. For each of our Programs we divide the website into:

Aspects — topics and resources; and
Initiatives — Action items: activities GG works on or supports.

We invite you to explore some of the many interrelated topics on our website, and to participate with us or learn what you can do at home.

GG Oral Histories

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

It is time we all started learning a phrase that is still not in common usage: “materials management”. Not “waste” management, which pres…

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.

We are working to create a pollinator corridor throughout Greenfield

Building a Pollinator Corridor in Greenfield

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

GG encourages kids to ride bikes more frequently and learn these lifelong skills.

GMS Everything Bike Club

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

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

GMS Water Unit

All Greenfield students should have access to composting at school. GG advocates to make this happen.

GPS Composting

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

Greenfield Litter Picking

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

Improving Local Rental Policies

Take action at home or in your community. Our winter speakers and videos will give you ideas.

Learning About Nature from Experts

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

Occasional Planting (and more!) Parties

Seeking free and convenient paint recycling for Massachusetts residents.

Paint Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation

Help remove invasive plants to make space for native plants.

Removing Invasives

What is being done? What can I do?

Reusable Bags

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.

Stop Using Fossil Fuels in homes and cars

Greenfield needs more housing. Housing Greenfield tracks and supports many of these units under consideration, design or construction.

Supporting Property Development

Volunteer to establish a meadow and small forest to reduce vulnerability to future flooding.

Transforming Millers Meadow

Our Programs

Latest News Updates

August 13, 2026 | Updates

ADU assistance

To assist residents in understanding whether an ADU is feasible for their property, the state recently announced a Massachusetts ADU Resource Center, and the Mass Clean Energy Center launched a Pioneer Valley ADU Accelerator. The Pioneer Valley ADU Accelerator works with property owners in Hampden…

Welcome to

Greening Greenfield

Upcoming Events

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

Greening Greenfield is all about sustainability

Sandra Boston

Nancy Hazard

Dorothy McIver

Louise Amyot

Tom Murphy

Becca King

Susan Worgaftik

Peter and Carol Letson

Our Focus Areas

Climate & Biodiversity Restoration

Climate & Biodiversity Restoration

Resources for the climate and biodiversity crisis

Resources for the climate and biodiversity crisis

Energy

Nature

Materials

Community Building

Housing

Youth

Initiatives we’re working on…

Building a Pollinator Corridor in Greenfield

CT River Hydro Relicensing

GMS Everything Bike Club

GMS Garden Club

GMS Water Unit

GPS Composting

Greenfield Litter Picking

Improving Local Rental Policies

Learning About Nature from Experts

Occasional Planting (and more!) Parties

Paint Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation

Removing Invasives

Reusable Bags

Stop Using Fossil Fuels in homes and cars

Supporting Property Development

Transforming Millers Meadow

Latest News Updates

ADU assistance

RE-ART + THE RENEWAL SOCIETY

Massachusetts (and all states) should end accelerated cost recovery for gas pipeline replacement

Summer Eats Program Underway

Maryland-based firm buying FirstLight properties, including Northfield and Turners Falls facilities