GreenRoots is a community-based organization dedicated to improving and enhancing the urban environment and public health in Chelsea and surrounding communities. They do so through deep community engagement and empowerment, youth leadership and implementation of innovative projects and campaigns.

http://www.greenrootschelsea.org/history

ELM employs thoughtful advocacy and strategic partnerships to set Massachusetts on a just course to a net-zero economy and protect our natural resources for future generations. Their agenda focuses on seizing our state’s greatest opportunities to decarbonize: catalyzing our clean energy transition, greening our buildings, and electrifying our transportation. To shape a transition that is inclusive and achievable, they work to pursue equity and environmental justice, secure financing for innovation and infrastructure, and hold our leaders accountable. 

https://www.environmentalleague.org/events/

Green Cambridge works to create a more sustainable city and to protect the environment for the health and safety of all. We are a place-based interpretive science 501(c)3 non-profit centered on career exploration programs for youth and young adults, arts-based STEAM activities for school-age children, and creating local environment volunteering experiences for adults. 

https://www.greencambridge.org/volunteer

The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. Founded in the U.S. through grassroots action in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than a million members and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and over 400 scientists, we impact conservation in 79 countries and territories: 37 by direct conservation impact and 42 through partners.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/

People Making a Difference (PMD) is a nonprofit organization that promotes informed and responsible volunteerism by involving people in tangible work that meets local needs and by assisting companies in building successful community involvement programs that, produce appreciable results while conserving recipients’ limited resources, educate volunteers about broader issues, and bring people together to make a difference.

https://www.pmd.org/get-involved/#volunteer

Greenovate works with Bostonians to carry out the City’s Climate Action Plan in neighborhoods and communities. Their team leads communications, events, and relationship building with the broader community, and they serve as a central resource about climate change in Boston. Offering street and urban wild clean-ups, Greenovate is making Boston a prepared, efficient, mobile, zero waste, and connected city.

https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/greenovate-boston/greenovate-urban-wild-cleanups

Boston Cares builds collaborative partnerships with nonprofits, schools, faith-based, government, and civic organizations to create real change through community involvement, volunteerism, and service. They work with our partners to engage thousands of volunteers in meaningful individual and corporate projects for them to activate in our partners' community-based solutions. Their programs range from flexible small-group opportunities, to ongoing support, and large-scale hands-on projects.

https://www.bostoncares.org/Youth