Local Action Groups
MCAN is the nation's largest network of community climate action groups dedicated to addressing the threat of global warming. We have chapters all across Massachusetts, ranging from the Berkshires to the South Shore and North Shore, with scores of communities in between.
We help our chapters to draft climate action plans, pass municipal resolutions, set up energy committees, implement MCAN programs, and reach out to the public. We welcome new chapters to join us and strengthen our mutual efforts to reduce the impacts of global warming at the state, local, and personal levels.
Chapters and Allies
The following local community climate action groups are recognized as MCAN chapters:
Arlington - Sustainable Arlington
Bedford - Bedford Global Warming Action Committee
Belmont - Sustainable Belmont
Boston - Boston Climate Action Network, Loie Hayes, loiehayes[at]verizon.net, 617-278-1885
Brookline - Climate Change Action Brookline, Suzette Abbott, 617-734-2593, suzetteab[at]rcn.com and David Lowe, 617-277-2505, djlowe[at]comcast.net
Cambridge - Green Decade Cambridge
Carlisle - Carlisle Climate Action, Bob Luoma, 978-369-1240, rmluoma[at]aol.com
Cape Ann - Cape Ann Climate Change Network
Concord - Green Team Concord
Concord - Concord Climate Action Network, Berni Jenkins, 978-369-2876 berni.jenkins[at]verizon.net
Franklin - Ted McIntyre, 508-528-7765, emcintyre1[at]comcast.net
Greenfield - Greening Greenfield, Tom Murphy, 413-774-5124, dermott46[at]comcast.net; Nancy Hazard, 413- 774-5667, nhazard[at]WorldSustain.net
Groton - Groton Local
Harvard - Harvard Local
Hudson - Hudson Climate Action Network, Denise Frizzell, 508-397-4056
Lenox - Lenox Environmental Committee, Jamie Cahillane, 413-445-4556 ext 25, jamiec[at]cetonline.org; Rick Gregg, 413-637-2950, rhgregg[at]aol.com
Lexington - Lexington Global Warming Action Committee
Littleton - Littleton Climate Action Network, Jack Apfelbaum, jackapfel[at]verizon.net
Marlborough - Green Marlborough, Jennifer Boudrie, 508-481-0569, jen[at]GreenMarlborough.org
Medford - Medford Climate Action Network, Susan Altman, 781-395-4664, susan.altman[at]comcast.net
Milton - Sustainable Milton, Laurie MacIntosh, 617-696-0343, lauriemacintosh[at]earthlink.net
Needham - Green Needham Collaborative, Michael Greis, 781-559-4623, mgreis[at]comcast.net
Newton - Green Decade Coalition Newton, Eric Olson, 617-558-6866, eolson[at]brandeis.edu
Salem - Salem Alliance for the Environment, Caroline Nye, 978-744-1358, nyecc[at]yahoo.com
Somerville - Somerville Climate Action
South Berkshire - Green for a Change, Marcia Powdermaker, 413-243-4176, margai[at]aol.com
South Shore - Sustainable South Shore, Judeth Van Hamm, 781-925-5665, one[at]hullportside.net
(Braintree, Cohassett, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Quincy, Rockland, Scituate, Sharon, Weymouth)
Sudbury - Sudbury Earth Decade Committee, Erich Richard, 978-443-9267, erichard[at]alum.mit.edu
Wakefield - Wakefield Climate Action Project, Steve Shoap, 781-246-0985, steveshoap[at]yahoo.com; Wendy Dennis, 781-246-9751, wendy.dennis[at]verizon.net
Watertown - Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety, Lisa Alexander, lalexaim[at]aol.com, 617-926-8551; Susan Falkoff, sfalkoff[at]aol.com, 617-924-5723
Williamstown - Williamstown COOL (CO2 Lowering) Committee, Jane Allen, 413-458-4251, jballen[at]adelphia.net
Winchester - Sustainable Winchester, Carolyn Starrett, 781-729-9022, cstar10[at]concentric.net
Allied Organizations
The following organizations are allies of MCAN in the fight against climate change:
Clean Water Action of Massachusetts
Mass Energy Consumers Alliance