Groundwork Southcoast

Groundwork Southcoast Local grassroots nonprofit investing in environmental leadership within the youth and community.

Groundwork Southcoast (GWSC) works to address southcoast Massachusetts' climate resilience needs and structural, economic, environmental, and food system disparities -- through youth development and community engagement

Looking for a way to support localized efforts?Look no further! Today is International Charity Day, and if you enjoy the...
09/05/2026

Looking for a way to support localized efforts?

Look no further! Today is International Charity Day, and if you enjoy the work we do, or want to learn more about it, reach out to us! We accept donations of planting necessities, office supplies, and that of monetary generosity.

We greatly appreciate the support we have received thus far, and look to share more of our work with you. As we enter into winter, our teams are altering their priorities to meet with what the organization needs. With Green Team's upcoming return, they are shifting into cold-season harvesting, and soon, to leadership development.

If you'd like to support our upcoming Harvest Bash, reach out to [email protected]. More details to come on Harvest Bash!

09/04/2026

A huge shout-out to the Groundwork youth crews who headed to Yellowstone National Park this summer to lead conservation work!

These young leaders took on maintenance work the park needed, picked up new environmental skills, explored some of the most incredible land in the country, and built a community that will last long after the summer ends.

Thank you for showing up for our public lands. We're so proud of you and grateful for the work you did!

This Monday, our team returned from Yellowstone, organized by Groundwork USA. Green Corps Leader, Meagan Souza, led two ...
09/04/2026

This Monday, our team returned from Yellowstone, organized by Groundwork USA.

Green Corps Leader, Meagan Souza, led two Green Team members, and one Green Corps member throughout this trip. 7 other Groundwork trusts were in attendance, each with different tasks throughout each day.

Our team worked with the National Park Service Youth Conservation Corps to rebuild fences and boardwalks surrounding highly visited areas of the park. Their group installed bear boxes in Grant Campground.

Bear boxes are storage containers used to hold all things scented and all things food. This protects the bears by establishing a more comfortable environment around humans, preventing the risk of bears feeling threatened in their own habitat.

Green Team and Green Corps youth got to experience new adventures, working in a state park, and meeting other staff within the Groundwork network!

So much produce has been grown and is ready to be picked!This Monday, our Green Corps team was joined by our Engagement ...
09/03/2026

So much produce has been grown and is ready to be picked!

This Monday, our Green Corps team was joined by our Engagement Manager, Maria. They checked on all the produce, including our onions, cucumbers, squash, tomatoes, and collards! We even have a pumpkin growing for the first time this season.

This farm visit consisted of transplanting our indoor growing starts. The team has planted microgreens, carrots, and numerous brassicas, all before the first frost hits. We will continue to grow indoors, with our hydroponic system being constantly monitored during cold seasons for year-round planting.

Increasing gardens and other green spaces around neighborhoods can help create safer, more comfortable areas during peri...
09/02/2026

Increasing gardens and other green spaces around neighborhoods can help create safer, more comfortable areas during periods of extreme heat. GWSC measures these spaces to find the hotspots and work on decreasing heightened recorded temperatures.

Measuring these data points helps us to tell the story of our organization, and how we are working towards expanding green infrastructure and green spaces in New Bedford, while portraying their benefits to the community

Altogether, this demonstrates why shade, vegetation, and cooler surfaces are important climate safety strategies for communities, especially during hot weather.

Riverside Pollinators!We are so excited to see pollinators so active in our gardens, especially monarch butterflies. Thi...
09/01/2026

Riverside Pollinators!

We are so excited to see pollinators so active in our gardens, especially monarch butterflies. This year, we planned for a pollinator bed early, encouraging native species to inhabit our community spaces.

Keeping up with the life cycle stages of each native plant taught us about the different pollinators that are attracted to specific flowers and colors. Our teams also had the chance to harvest flowers for themselves at will, giving us a bright pop of color in our office, as well as in the homes of our team members!

Having a focused pollinator bed is definitely something we will continue to do and look forward to doing in the years to come!

Every week, Green Corps monitors the trees around the North End of New Bedford, maintaining those trees planted at River...
08/31/2026

Every week, Green Corps monitors the trees around the North End of New Bedford, maintaining those trees planted at Riverside and Dias, and others planted along our side streets!

We wanted to share some pictures of our team in the field, and our progress in increasing the tree canopy in the North End Resilience District.

Tree work at this capacity is performed to alleviate the Heat Island effect, which occurs when an urban area develops higher temperatures than that of a rural area that is complete with greenery and a prominent canopy cover.

A Legacy Project is an implemented plan put in place by our very own Green Team. The point of one is to leave behind a l...
08/28/2026

A Legacy Project is an implemented plan put in place by our very own Green Team. The point of one is to leave behind a legacy that will exist even after our youth have aged out of their respective programs.

Our summer Green Team chose a legacy project surrounding seed starting. They are working towards creating a process that allows us to sustainability and consistently harvest and dry seeds from a site exclusively used for this!

So far, they have planted tomatoes, lettuce and basil! Tomatoes grow seeds inside the fruits themselves and need to be cleaned off and dried before being stored for next season. When lettuce and basil bolts (seeds), that means leaf production is over, and it is focusing on seed production. The leaves develop a bitter taste, but the seeds are relatively simple to deadhead, dry, remove the seed husk and store!

For more information on how you can start your own seed starting site, contact [email protected]!

This past Thursday, our Engagement Manager gave away 7lbs and 4oz of produce to our community! Another Pick Your Own Pro...
08/27/2026

This past Thursday, our Engagement Manager gave away 7lbs and 4oz of produce to our community! Another Pick Your Own Produce (PYOP) has come around, and with it, many pre-made bags of produce straight from our community garden.

Interested in fresh, locally grown produce? Curious as to where this produce comes from and the team behind the greenery? Visit our Riverside Park garden, our PYOP days are still ongoing until the end of September or early October!

While you're there, meet our Engagement Manager, Maria, who leads these events and passes out produce for our community!

For more information, reach out to [email protected]

This image shows FLIR observations comparing human body temperature with our garden temperatures as well as asphalt. Our...
08/26/2026

This image shows FLIR observations comparing human body temperature with our garden temperatures as well as asphalt. Our gardens beds being drastically lower presents the very important idea that more greenery should be present.

Increasing gardens and other green spaces around neighborhoods can help create safer, more comfortable areas during periods of extreme heat. GWSC measures these spaces to find the hotspots and work on decreasing heightened recorded temperatures.

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90 Hatch Street, Suite 208
New Bedford, MA
02745

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