Green Team

Well spring is upon us, that is for sure! We have so many exciting events this season. We just successfully completed our 5th annual SomerGreen Festival, in partnership with the City of Somerville, our first ever Boston Tree Party apple tree planting, our river clean-up with the Mystic River Watershed Association and...

While we are sad that we have lost the amazing skills of Maura Schorr Beaufait as she travels across Guatemala, we are so excited to be working with Adam Machson-Carter. Adam will bring us into a great new era of the Green Team! Jen Adam Machson-Carter, Green Team Coordinator (adam@groundworksomerville.org) Adam is the...

Green Team Video on active transit: Groundwork Somerville and Somerville Community Access Television teamed up for a fantastic Next Generation Producers program focusing on Somerville’s community path, bicycle safety, nutrition, and living a healthy lifestyle. Check out the great videos below and be inspired! Green...

Well folks, it's true - the Green Team is over for the summer! After an amazing seven weeks of biking around the city, visiting farms, designing a new garden, harvesting and maintaining four garden spaces, and organizing an amazing youth summit, we are done! The good news is that the fall Green Team begins in just a few...

Our newly revamped Green Team program starts on Tuesday! We are so excited to be able to bring on 18 (yes, that's right 18!) high school students this summer who will focus on three topics: Urban Agriculture, Sustainable Landscaping and Community Planning Each team is also staffed with a Supervisor and a young...

Well it's that time again - time to hire our THREE 6-person Green Teams. This year we are focusing on three ideas: 1) Urban Agriculture 2) Community land-use planning 3) Sustainable Agriculture In partnership with the Somerville Housing Authority, the Minute Man National Historical Park, the Somerville Community...

Green Team members are now responsible for ensuring that local residents' compostable materials are picked up weekly as part of our newest program, Somerville Soil Cycle, our resident compost pick-up program. The youth team is responsible for: picking up the compostable materials ON BIKE, by pulling a bike cart full of...

Hi folks! Just wanted to let you know that the Groundwork Somerville Green Team has officially begun their parks and playgrounds assessments! After finishing their own assessment tool, which includes people counts, access to healthy foods, and condition of equipment, they have begun assessing playgrounds, to be...

Groundwork Somerville is now leading 97after-school clubs in Somerville! We are happy to be at the following schools: Argenziano Kennedy West Somerville Healey East Somerville Prospect Hill Academy Winter Hill Thank you so much to the schools for supporting us and allowing us to lead important educational...