PLAYCation: Exploring with the Lorax!
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Experience Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax like never before
…on a walk through Hawk Valley Farm! In honor of Earth Day, learn about the Lorax and how he “speaks for the trees” as you…
Fall Forest Therapy
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Immerse yourself in “forest bathing” — a well-known Japanese practice, called Shinrin Yoku for managing stress …
Read More »Cummings Foundation $100K for 100
The Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust (LP&CT) has been selected as one of 100 local nonprofits to receive grants of $100,000 each through…
Read More »Doors Open Lowell – Spalding House
Visit Lowell’s third oldest home (c.1760) and explore Lowell’s pre-industrial history. The Spalding House has a new beautifully …
Read More »Lowell High School Youth Environmental Conference 2017
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Our oldest Lowell Leaders in Stewardship group, TREES, have been busy planning the first-ever Lowell High School…
Read More »Summer Solstice Soirée
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Are you looking forward to celebrating the beauty of summertime in Lowell? Join us for our annual Summer Solstice Soirée. The event will be Saturday, June 17th, 5-8pm at the …
Read More »Calling All Lock Tenders
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Interested in becoming part of living history? Join us for lock-tender training! Operate canal…
Read More »Artist of the Month
Mark Romanowsky, LP&CT Board President, has been selected as the March 2017 “Artist of the Month” at …
Read More »A Visit with the Congresswoman
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Lowell Leaders in Stewardship “Environmental Adventures” students met with Congresswoman Tsongas and Head of School Brian Martin in…
Read More »Eco-Film: All the Time in the World
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Amidst the stress of our fast-paced, technology-ridden world, one family makes a bold decision to go “off the grid.” For nine months, two parents quit their jobs and take their three children, ages 10, 8 and 4, to live in a cabin in the Yukon wilderness. With no access to roads, running water, electricity, internet, phones, TV, clocks or watches …
Read More »Eco-Film: Kombit the Cooperative
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Reforesting Haiti, Five Million Trees at a Time. Did you know that Haiti used to be the richest agricultural country in the Caribbean?…
Read More »Eco-Film: How To Let Go of the World…
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…And Love All the Things that Climate Can’t Change. Oscar Nominated director Josh Fox takes a look at climate change in his latest…
Read More »Eco-Film: End of the Line
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Have we reached the limit? You can walk into most grocery stores to purchase fish. But in his documentary THE END OF THE…
Read More »Eco-Film: Jumbo Wild
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Protecting Special Places…Sound Familiar? Across our continent, people fight to protect open spaces. For their beauty, for wildlife protection, for recreation–the reasons are…
Read More »Constellation Hammers It
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Thanks to volunteers from Constellation, an Exelon Company, for building a viewing platform for students overlooking …
Read More »Eco-Film: Queen of the Sun
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What are the Bees Telling Us? QUEEN OF THE SUN takes us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the…
Read More »Winter Scavenger Hunt at Hawk Valley Farm
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Kids Week 2017: Get outside to explore Lowell’s oldest farm! Owned by the Varnum family for over 350 years and now protected by…
Read More »Bald Eagle on the Merrimack
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Spotted near the Merrimack River, off Pawtucket Boulevard, Jan 7, 2017.
SHARE YOUR WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS …
Maple Sugaring – with Walnut Trees
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You can create delicious sugaring products in your own backyard! No special equipment required – just an interest in tapping your trees. This…
Read More »Wildlife Tracking at Hawk Valley Farm
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Whose tracks are those?! Join us for a winter adventure to follow the tracks of wildlife you might be surprised to find in…
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