Create a climate resilient future for yourself, your family, and your community

It’s up to each of us, acting now, to prepare Asheville for the future we want to live.

Preparing for Our Future

The changing climate has already made Asheville’s weather more unpredictable. 

We can expect more extreme heat and excessive rain, and increasing development in the area means more pollution of our rivers and roads. 

It’s up to each of us, acting now, to prepare Asheville for the future we want to live.

The more native trees we plant, the more we protect pollinators, the more we reduce the waste we create, the more we clean up our rivers – the more climate resilient our entire community becomes.

Our Work

Nature works in systems. 
To protect it, so must we.

We know that the strongest resilience to a changing climate can only come from protections that fit all of us under the umbrella.

That’s why this family focuses on the priorities that are building a greener Asheville for all of us: Planting trees, protecting native pollinators, cleaning up our rivers and roads, reducing our waste, and inspiring others to get involved. 

Key Impact Numbers

72,000+

Volunteers Mobilized

360,788

Volunteer Hours Devoted

3,646

Projects Complete

51

Years of Service

Our Programs

We know environmental problems are big, and you want to put your time, money, and effort toward
solutions that make the biggest impact. 

That’s why we’re thinking big, and tackling the solutions that will prepare Asheville for the future we want to experience.

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    Rivers and Roads

    Keep litter from poisoning our waterways.

  • girl pulls cart with tree seedling

    Urban Forestry

    Restore the urban tree canopy that protects our homes from extreme heat and flooding.

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    Hard 2 Recycle

    Create less waste and keep recyclables out of the landfill.

About Us

We face challenges to create a resilient future, but we are creative, resourceful people, and we will face those challenges together, as a GreenWorks family.

We believe that many hands make light work.

Our goal is to make sure that everyone who wants to participate in building a greener future is equipped with tools and resources — and most importantly a community of problem-solvers all working together. 

We’re doing all we can to say “no” to a future by default.

Donate to build a greener future for all of us.

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