Engage in Lowell's green Scene!
Monday, June 20th - Saturday, June 25th
Celebrate Lowell's accomplishments as a green community and help the City plan for a sustainable future. The week will showcase Climate Summer, a team of cyclists who spend the summer riding across New England learning about sustainability initiatives in the places they stop along the way. Plus, enjoy other free activities and events celebrating sustainability throughout the City. See below for a full schedule.
Community PlanIt
Engage online with Community PlanIt during Lowell Sustainability Week and help shape the city’s vision for a sustainable future! Community PlanIt is a fun and interactive game that provides residents with a way to share their voice, vote on issues that matter to them most, and help inform future policy decisions. Available in Lowell June 15th – 25th.
Click here to sign up and receive email updates about how to play!
Want to Get Involved? Enter the City's Sustainability Snapshots Photography Contest!
What do you want to pass on to future generations? Share your vision of Lowell! Enter the Sustainability Snapshots Photography Contest for a chance to win a season pass to the Lowell Summer Music Series! Plus, your photo could be featured in the City's Sustainability Plan. Entries will be collected through August 30th. Enter Now!
Schedule of Events
Monday, June 20th
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Lowell Regional Wastewater Facility Tour (451 1st Street Boulevard)
Visit this award-winning facility that uses cutting edge green technology to clean wastewater and protect the Merrimack River for Lowell and its neighboring communities.
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM: Envisioning a Sustainable Lowell (Lowell Senior Center, 276 Broadway Street)
A presentation by the City’s Department of Planning and Development on Lowell’s past accomplishments and current efforts to build a long-term vision for citywide sustainability. Learn how you can participate in building a shared vision for Lowell. Translation into Spanish, Khmer and Portuguese will be provided upon request. Learn More...
Tuesday, June 21st
11:00 AM – 12:00 NOON - Concord River Greenway Tour
(Lawrence Street Trailhead, 1001 Lawrence Street)
Experience the Greenway’s history and ecology, as well as plans for future connections with the region’s network of bike paths. RSVP to Jane Calvin, jcalvin@lowelllandtrust.org.
Learn More...
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM - Lowell Green Drinks (Garcia Brogan’s, 131 Middlesex Street)
Join a discussion with local green advocates and visiting bike team, New England Climate Summer, on how to make Lowell more bike-friendly.
Wednesday, June 22nd
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Green Restaurants Summit (La Boniche, 143 Merrimack Street)
Join a discussion with Lowell’s Green Restaurant Program on how to make business operations more energy-efficient and sustainable.
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM: Outdoor Green Film & Discussion
“Riding Bikes with the Dutch” (Shedd Park Pavilion, 433 Rogers Street)
Join us for for a series of climate change film shorts by UMass Lowell students in association with UML's Climate Change Initiative, as well as a fast-paced journey that compares the biking culture of Holland to the car-centered lifestyle of Southern California. Bring your own lawn chairs. Learn More...
Thursday, June 23rd
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Beekeeping Workshop (495 Varnum Avenue)
Learn how to make honey right in your own backyard without the use of pesticides or chemicals. Learn More...
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Friends of Tyler Park Summer Sunset Music Series
(Tyler Park, 716 Westford Street)
Enjoy an evening of nature, neighbors and music at Lowell’s first organically maintained city park. Featuring local band “Jochemo” and New England Climate Summer bikers. Hot dogs, popcorn and drinks provided. PLEASE NOTE THAT, DUE TO THE RAIN, THIS EVENT WILL NOW BE HELD AT 341 PINE STREET, BRADY SCHOOL.
Friday, June 24th
12:00 NOON – 8:00 PM: Lowell Al Fresco, Downtown Lowell
Support local businesses and artists this summer by coming out each Friday for sidewalk sales, outdoor dining and the Lowell Summer Music Series. Learn More...
Saturday, June 25th
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM: Citywide Bike Tour!
Join us for solar demonstrations, bike repair workshops, a community cookout and more! Enjoy a self-guided, family-friendly ride to many points of interest around the city,
including several award-winning green buildings. Please note that the times of tours and activities vary by location. Please check out the bike tour map below to plan
your route accordingly. Enjoy!
Click here for a bike tour map.
Click here for your own personal, printable bike tour passport.
Click here for some tips on bicycle safety.
Bike Tour Locations & Info
1. Community Gardens Greenhouse (Event Host)
220 Aiken Street, 12 PM - 5 PM, Water Station
• BBQ & Community Cookout 1 PM – 5 PM
• Bike Safety Workshops 12 PM & 2 PM
• Bike Maintenance Workshop 12:30 & 2:30 PM
• 4 PM Wrap-up Activities & Raffles
2. Shedd Park & Pavilion Corner of Boylston and Rogers Streets, 10 AM - 12 PM, Water Station
Exhibit of Old Postcards of Old Lowell.
3. Back Central Urban Orchards Tour 546 Lawrence Street, 11 AM - 1 PM
4. Peace Tree Planting "We Got the Power" Armory Park , 50 Westford St, 2 PM - 6 PM
5. Nobis Engineering 585 Middlesex Street
2009 Green Building Award Winner for achieving LEED Gold certification for their building.
6. Bernie & Diana Shapiro's Residence 451 Pine Street
2010 Green Building Award Winner for exemplary energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy facilities they built into their single family home.
7. PrideSTAR EMS Inc - Daly General Contracting, Inc. 229 Stedman Street
2010 Recipient of The Lowell Green Building Award for incorporating numerous energy efficient elements into a 15,000 square foot commercial build while saving significant on heating costs through insulation and south facing solar gain. The design also includes storm water management.
8. Heritage Ice Cream 163 Pawtucket Boulevard, 11 PM - 5 PM, Water Station
Bike Tour Bicycle Exhibit. Also on display: used vegetable oil car and motorized bicycle.
9. Sharon and David Logvin's Residence
38 Starbird Street, 12 PM - 2 PM
2009 Green Building Award Winner for achieving major energy reduction by implementing energy efficiency enhancements and on-site renewable energy systems for their existing single family home & 3.01 kW PV installation.
10. Bob Gagnon's Residence
136 Townsend Ave, 12 PM - 2 PM, Water Station
Solar Radiant Heating.
11. The Revolving Museum Dirty Dog Recycled Fashions Exchange
290 Jackson Street, Downtown, 10 AM - 2 PM
12. UTEC Green Education Center Tour 34 Hurd Street, Downtown, 11 AM - 4 PM
New Green Building Construction in progress, bike helmet hardhat tours given on the hour.
13. Enterprise Bank Green Roof 23 Palmer Street, Downtown
14. Canalwater Cleaners Clean-up Mack Plaza on Dutton Street, Downtown, 9 AM - 12 PM
Participate in cleaning the Merrimack Canal!
15. North Canal Apartments Solar Presentation by CBA and Borrego Solar
Corner of Arcard Drive and Father Morrissette Blvd., 10 AM - 11 AM
Presentation and Demonstration of solar panel project by the Coalition for a Better Acre and Borrego Solar.
Presented by:
Sponsored by:
Architectural Consulting Services • Arvidson INK • Chris Bartlett
Gagnon Plumbing and Heating • Gail Mousseau • Heritage Real Estate
Howland Greene Consulting • Peter Kaselis
Presenting Partners
Back Central Neighborhood Association, Belvidere Neighborhood Association, Borrego Solar, Canalwater Cleaners,
Coalition for a Better Acre, Community Gardens Greenhouse, Community Teamwork, Inc., Friends of Tyler Park,
Lowell Downtown Neighborhood Association, Lowell Film Collaborative, Lowell Green Drinks, Lowell Green Restaurants,
Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, Lowell National Historical Park, Lower Highlands Neighborhood Group,
Pawtucketville Citizens Council, The Revolving Museum, United Teen Equality Center