GreenRoots' mission is to achieve environmental justice and greater quality of life through collective action, unity, education, and youth leadership across neighborhoods and communities.
GreenRoots' vision is for our communities to thrive as ethnically, racially, culturally, and economically diverse communities whose residents have access to open spaces, parks, and the waterfront and who live in a healthy and safe environment, reversing years of environmental degradation.
Our Climate Justice Model
By affecting change through community organizing and campaigns, we engage frontline BIPOC communities of Chelsea and East Boston to take action.
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Affecting Change through Community Leadership
We engage the most impacted residents, empower them with skills, knowledge, and confidence to implement some of the most innovative projects in the region.
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Burning Fossil Fuels & Old Technology
- Fighting Archaic Infrastructure
- Promoting Renewable, Resilient Energy
- Implementing Greater Energy Efficiency
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Extreme Heat & Urban Heat Islands
- Implementing Hydration Stations
- Understanding Heat's Health Impacts
- Promoting Aggressive Tree Planting
- Advocating for Heat Mitigation
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Sea-Level Rise & Flooding
- Implementing Green Infrastructure
- Designing New Resiliency Measures
- Restoring our Salt Marshes
- Demanding Business Accountability
- Cross-municipal Coalition Building
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Air Pollution & Greenhouse Gases
- Installing Air Quality Monitors
- Reducing Diesel Emissions Reduction
- Enforcing Anti-Idling
- Monitoring Health & Methane
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Lack of Greenspace & Waterfront Access
- Transforming Land into Urban Growing Spaces
- Achieving Waterfront Access
- Creating a Community Land Trust
- Building Community, Building Play
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Mobility & Congestion
- Promoting Public Transit Justice
- Advocating for Bus & Bike Lanes
- Coordinating Walking Groups
Your support is crucial in ensuring our work continues
For 30 years, GreenRoots has restored acres of urban salt marsh, created new parks, increased public access to the waterfront and improved the water quality of Chelsea Creek.
Our organizing model is rooted in base-building and community, and your help makes us a stronger force. A contribution to GreenRoots means an investment in the futures of Chelsea and East Boston!
