Pathways of Healing Practices We are navigating some deeply difficult times together as a human species. Much of what we are living through, at this moment in 2025, can stimulate a sense of despair. Yet, when we pause to notice, there’s beauty in the sky (and beyond) that is constant, there’s beauty in the trees…

This fall, our friends at The Denver Foundation met up with former Executive Director Cindy Chang and Youth Supervisor Greg Rodriguez-Medina to talk about Groundwork Denver and how youth like Greg are making an impact. Click here to read what they Greg and Cindy had to say and to check out the great photos.

At Groundwork Denver we partner with youth and community to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable environment. This month, as we close out summer Green Team youth programming, we’re sharing perspectives from four Youth Supervisors who led dozens of their peers in environmental justice work these last few months. Keep reading to hear from Daquan,…

August is Water Quality Month, and this particular August marks Groundwork Denver’s tenth year protecting the water along Lower Bear Creek. We’ve been monitoring the water for a decade here while working with youth, residents, and local groups to incorporate green infrastructure that supports a healthier watershed. Some examples of what that looks like: planting…

Groundwork Denver’s Sheridan Inspire Coordinator, Alex Tiscareño, created this poem inspired by Pride themes and what environmental justice means to him.   Por Nuestra Tierra In the tapestry of my soul, Threads of identity elegantly unroll. First generation, Mexican roots, An American path where I rewrite the rules.   As a queer and trans man,…

Ahead of Groundwork Denver’s Earth Day tree planting events in April, 2023, nearly 20 volunteers – including many high schoolers – knocked on more than 500 doors and spoke directly with dozens of neighbors on their doorsteps. The goal: to share information about a local program we were working on to get climate-friendly trees out…

Our lives depend on water, from drinking and sanitation to growing food and maintaining ecosystems. But water equity is a growing crisis in many parts of the country. Intensive farming drains the aquifers and endangers groundwater in California’s Central Valley. In Alabama’s “Black Belt” region, most homes have inadequate sewer systems that cause frequent overflows…

Twenty years ago, a group of community leaders came together to address the gap in engaging residents in community-based solutions to environmental issues in our metro area. When the founders incorporated Groundwork Denver in 2002, they did not know that their legacy would live on in a world where environmental justice is front and center…

This story begins years ago, in the city of Sheridan as a young 19-year-old Joe Cordova wakes up just before 5 am for work. Why so early you ask? Joe wakes up early to begin the first half of his 48-mile daily commute from home to work at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge (RMA).…

TRIGGER WARNING: The following contains discussion of violence against Asian, Asian American, and/or Pacific Islander presenting or identifying individuals and communities. No detailed or graphic descriptions are used. We are writing to you today in support and love for people on our Groundwork Denver staff, on our board, on our youth teams, in our Denver…