Here are a handful of community-based greening groups in the Philly region.

Check their websites for events and activities as they are uploaded every day. Contact the organizations you are interested in volunteering for.

I will also send announcements with upcoming events.

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Greening groups near or associated with Temple Univ:

1. Temple Cleanup Club Website: Owl Connect page and Instagram page

2. Philly Urban Creators (PUC) aka "Life do Grow Farm" -- located just north of Temple's main campus at 11th and York Streets Website: http://phillyurbancreators.org/

3. Temple Community Garden (TCG) at Main Campus -- Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Temple-Community-Garden/101213783482

4. Temple's Office of Sustainability -- Website: http://sustainability.temple.edu/

5. Philly Tree People -- located 2 miles to the east - in Olde Richmond / East Kensington - website: click here.

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Greening Groups in the Philly Region:

ARBORETA & PARKS

Awbury Arboretum (Germantown, Philadlephia, PA)
Bartram's Garden (West Philly)
Collins Nursery (Glenside, Montgomery County, PA)
Jenkins Arboretum (Devon, Chester County, PA)
High School Park (Elkins Park, Montgomery County, PA)
Tyler Arboretum (Media, Delaware County, PA)
Wissahickon Valley Park (Northwest Philly)

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BEEKEEPING

Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association (to locate a local beekeeping organization near you)
Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild

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BICYCLING

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ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

Fairmount Park
Friends of High School Park in Elkins Park
Friends of Pennypack Park
Friends of the Wissahickon
Mount Moriah Cemetary, West Philly
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Wissahickon Ecological Restoration Volunteers
Natural Lands Trust
Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & OUTREACH

Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center
Riverbend Environmental Education Center
Urban Blazers, Philly

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URBAN FARMING:

Become a Green City Teacher / build an outdoor school garden - June 20, 21, 22nd - free program
American Community Garden Association
Center for Environmental Transformation, Camden, NJ
Eastern Pennsylvania Permaculture Guild
Germantown Kitchen Garden
Greensgrow Farms, Philly
Mill Creek Urban Farm, Philly
Norristown Farm Park partnership with PHS' Green Resource Center
Pennypack Farm & Education Center (Montgomery County, PA)
Philly Food Works
Spring Garden Community Garden, Philly
Temple Community Garden
Temple Community Garden - Facebook
The Philadelphia Rooftop Farm (PRoOF)
The Woodlands Community Garden
UrbanTreeConnection - Community Gardens
Wyck Historic House, Farm & Garden Germantown (Farm: Mondays in Oct & Nov, email Katie at kbrownell @wyck.org; Garden: 10/11, email Denise at dforrest @wyck.org)

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GREEN BUILDING LINKS:

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LAND & WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION

AudubonPA (many chapters throughout the region)
Brandywine Conservancy (Chadds Ford, Delaware County, PA)
Briar Bush Nature Center (Abington Township, Montgomery County, PA)
Natural Lands Trust (Southeastern PA, Poconos, South Jersey Bayshore)

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SUSTAINABLE SITES, SUSTAINABLE CITIES:

Landscape Architecture Foundation: Landscape Performance Series
Live Green -- in Lancaster, PA
Philly GREEN News
Recycle Now Philly
Sustainable Cities Database
The Sustainable Sites Initiative
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful

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URBAN FORESTRY:

Fairmount Park Commission & Philadelphia Parks & Rec
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
Philadelphia Orchard Project
Philly Tree People (Join their pruning club or help them plant trees)
PHS Tree Tenders Program
Shade Tree Commissions (in many municipalities across PA), In Montgomery County
UC Green
UrbanTreeConnection
Watershed Forestry Research Guide

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URBAN WATERS AND WATERSHEDS:

Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Schuylkill Action Network
Philadelphia Water Department - Office of Watersheds
Center for Watershed Protection
Schuylkill Water Stewards
TTF (Tookany-Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership) (They are also looking for an intern: http:// ttfwatershed.org/get-involved/ intern/)
Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers (Northwest Philly)
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association