Sustainable Groton

Clean Energy Neighborhood Challenge: Community Action Day
2025-12-24 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | MA
A collaborative day of activities focused on energy-saving tips, EV information, and local efficiency improvements. Volunteers welcome to help map resources and share success stories.

Solar 101: From Panels to Savings
2025-12-16 08:00 - 09:00 | MA
An introductory session on residential solar—how solar works, navigating incentives, and steps to determine if solar is right for your home.

Community Workshop: Home Energy Assessments and Audits
2025-12-08 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Learn how to identify energy-waste hotspots in your home, schedule a professional energy assessment, and discover low-cost upgrades to reduce bills and emissions.

Help Groton become a Climate Leader!
2025-11-20 00:00 - 01:30 | MA
Please join us for this virtual event to learn more about the work of the new Groton Energy Manager, Groton’s efforts to become a Climate Leader Community, and the specialized energy stretch code that we will vote on at the spring 2026 Town Meeting. We will be joined by our Regional Green Communities Coordinator, Kelly Brown, to provide information on the specialized energy stretch code. We also have some information on the specialized stretch code on our Take Action pages: Sustainable Groton | Learn about the Specialized Stretch Code
The link to join can also be found on the Town of Groton public meeting calendar here: Public Meetings

GrotonFest Fall 2025
2025-09-27 14:00 - 20:00 | Legion Field Common, Intersection of School Street and Hollis Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Once again this year, Sustainable Groton will have a booth at the GrotonFest Fall event with plenty of things to explore — our “The Doctor Is In” Energy Coaching Booth , Sustainable Groton stickers, our “sustainability wheel”, climate action planning, see one of our Town’s Electric Vehicles, and more!

Date: September 27, 2025Time: 10am-4pmLocation: Legion Field on the corner of School Street and Hollis Street in Groton, MA

Meet Jon Patterson, Manager, Groton Electric Light Department - GELD
2025-06-18 23:00 - 2025-06-19 01:00 | The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US

Energy Coaching/Heat Pump Event
2025-05-22 23:00 - 2025-05-23 01:01 | The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Is your heating system getting on in years?
Are you considering a heat pump for heating and cooling but don’t know where to start?
Sustainable Groton wants to help.
This event will include:
•Introduction to how COLD CLIMATE heat pumps are cost-effective, efficient, AND reduce your carbon footprint
•Opportunities to meet in small groups or one-on-one with Heat Smart Alliance-trained heat pump coaches, including Groton’s own energy coaches.

GrotonFest Spring
2025-05-18 15:00 - 19:00 | Prescott Community Center, PCC, Room 108, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Once again this year, Sustainable Groton will have a booth at the GrotonFest Spring evewnt with plenty of things to explore — including a free drawing for a “Mosquito Bucket of Doom” to help sustainably control those pesky critters, Sustainable Groton stickers, our “sustainability wheel”, home energy consultation, climate action planning, see our Highway Department’s Electric Front Loader, how to become a Sustainable Groton Advocate, and more!

Date: May 18, 2025Time: 11am-3pmLocation: Behind the Prescott Community Center on Main Street Groton!

Sustainable Groton: Free Tire Drop Off!
2025-05-03 11:30 - 20:30 | Groton Transfer Station, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Once again, Sustainable Groton is holding one of our free tire drop events at the Groton Transfer Station. We’ll be there on Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 7:30am until 4:30pm (rain or shine) to collect your old tires to be fully recycled.

Come by and drop off your old tires (on or off the rims) and we’ll cover the usual drop-off fees for you! It doesn’t matter if your tires are old, new, wet, dry, clean, or covered in dirt or mud. In fact, we kind of like the tires dirty because it means you’re helping remove a potential mosquito breeding ground!

We’ll help you get rid of some yard and garage eyesores that you’ve likely been meaning to do something about for a while. And you’ll be helping us and everyone in Town by removing fertile breeding grounds for mosquito larvae come Spring.

This event is open to Groton residents only and you don’t need to have a transfer station sticker to participate. See the other pertinent details in the accompanying graphic.

Pivoting from Plastic Seminar
2025-04-03 23:00 - 2025-04-04 01:00 | The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US

Visible Mending - Sponsored by Groton Environmental Action
2025-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Groton Public Library, GPL, Room Historical Room, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Join us March 22 at 3 pm for our second Visible Mending event! Space is limited, so if you plan to attend, you should let me know. There will be folks there to help you with potential designs and I hope some folks will bring examples to inspire you. Bring your own clothes that need mending. This is an initiative of Groton Environmental Action.

Council on Aging - Wednesday Lunch program
2025-02-26 17:30 - 18:30 | MA
The Sustainability Commission will be presenting Groton’s options for addressing climate change in the town and how individual households can play a part.

To attend, you must register – according to the newsletter, there are three ways to register:
1. Online through www.myactivecenter.com
2. By phone at 978-448-1170.
3. In person at The Groton Center: 163 West Main St. Groton MA 01450.

The event and registration process are described in the newsletter available at
https://thegrotoncenter.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/jan-Feb-25-with-ads.pdf

Climate Change in Groton - Sponsored by Groton Environmental Action
2025-02-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Prescott Community Center, PCC, Room 108, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Are you interested in joining a community of folks from Groton who care about the environment? Our second event will be taking place Saturday (well before the snow arrives) and we will be tackling climate change and how we can make a difference here in town. We also have Groton resident Chris Craighill leading a talk about Commonwealth Fusion – a company that could potentially hold the key to climate change.
Sign up here: https://tce.me/iVs9Cf

Groton Climate Action Forum
2024-11-14 00:00 - 02:00 | The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Event will include:

Introduction to the work of the Climate Action Working Group, a multi-stakeholder group formed to assess town-wide interest in climate action
Listening session on attendees’ support and concerns

Brought to you by the Sustainability Commission
Groton Channel TV will be recording for streaming, may also broadcast live (schedule permitting)

Sustainable Groton Advocacy Meetup
2024-11-02 12:30 - 13:30 | The Groton Center, 163 West Main Street, Groton, Massachusetts, US
Dear Members, I am excited to announce that on morning ofNov 2nd we will have our first gathering to bring together anyone that is interested in becoming a Sustainable Groton Advocate, along with an opportunity to meet our current Advocates.Coffee and Breakfast Pastries will be served, and we will hand out many of those beautiful Green Lawn-flags that you see across town.Please mark your calendar, details will follow this week on our website https://www.sustainablegroton.org/ and on our FB Page event page.

Seminar Series
2024-09-11 22:00 - 23:00 | MA
This is a series of seminars…. just a placeholder util we have a list and schedule

EV Petting Zoo
2024-05-19 15:00 - 20:00 | The Groton Inn, 128 Main Street, Room Forge & Vine, Groton, Massachusetts, US
