Volunteer with us! 

Sign up for a slot to help at an upcoming event HERE!

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We are actively looking for someone to fill the following ongoing volunteer roles:

    • Administrative Support – taking meeting minutes, organizing digital files, responding to emails, printing & hanging flyers
    • Social Media Support– help with creating and sharing social media content
    • Website Administrator – support website content creation, primarily of our “Resources” page

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Consider joining any of our four working groups:

We currently organize four working groups that focus on different aspects of sustainability in Plymouth and offer participants the opportunity to learn more, engage with each other, and get involved in building a more sustainable community.

Meetings typically take place once a month and are held virtually. All are welcome to attend. To learn more, register for an upcoming meeting, or share an idea for a new working group, please contact us!

Plastics & Solid Waste Reduction

  • Collaborates with the Town of Plymouth to improve recycling and food waste systems, reduce waste and litter, and organize town-wide cleanups
  • Creates and circulates educational displays (e.g., recycle this not that, reusable alternatives to disposable products, etc.)
  • Works with local businesses including restaurants on adopting more sustainable practices

Education

  • Partners with the Plymouth Public Library on environmentally themed Story Time events and related activities
  • Collaborates with educators, parents, school staff, principals, and town staff to advance sustainable practices in schools and increase student engagement and interest in sustainability
  • Builds adult education and engagement programs, including a monthly “Green Reads” book club

Open Space, Native Plants & Pollinator Pathways

  • Organizes hikes, lectures, self-guided walks, and trail maintenance events in collaboration with the town’s Open Space Committee, Trails Working Group, Plymouth Public Library, Mass Audubon and others
  • Maintains Plymouth’s Pollinator Pathway website showcasing our vital pesticide-free corridors for bees, birds, and other pollinating insects
  • Brings together local gardening groups to promote pollinator-friendly, sustainable practices

 Water Quality & Plymouth Ponds Network

  • Shares knowledge and expertise on water quality issues in Plymouth, including pollution sources, water conservation, and wastewater treatment
  • Collaborates with local organizations and watershed associations to preserve and protect Plymouth’s water resources and sole source aquifer
  • Promotes volunteer and advocacy opportunities, including monitoring the health of Plymouth’s ponds

 

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Student Volunteer or Internship Opportunities

  • Volunteer at your school to help form a Green Team, work on a waste audit project to strengthen school recycling, request school administration switch back to reusable trays from disposable polystyrene 
  • Consider interning with Sustainable Plymouth for a semester or summer:
    • Social Media Intern
    • Recycling Intern
    • Community Outreach Intern
    • Let us know your ideas & interests and we’re happy to work with you on a special focused internship
  • Wildlands Trust – Summer of Service Trail Care – https://wildlandstrust.org/events/2023/6/29/summer-of-service-trail-care
  • SEMPBA Opportunities – https://pinebarrensalliance.org/citizen-science-with-sempba/
  • Plymouth Open Space Committee – contact aedickin@gmail.com
    • AllTrails project – visiting and using GPS to map local trails
    • Trail camera project – monitoring trail usage by reviewing trail camera footage to be analyzed
    • Ad hoc trail work
    • Ad hoc invasive cleanup events