Young people will provide leadership for our new century, and are our hope for the future. They also learn best when there is a large "hands-on" component to what they do. We also recognize that their activities must be fun!

So we at MV2050 have teamed up with various youth agencies in greater Lowell—the ADAM Project (Big Brother Big Sister), River Ambassadors, the Streetworker Program, and the YWCA.

• A Council of All Beings, 12/27/97. The Council is an innovative way of helping people of all ages be aware of connections between different living beings, and of the emotional and spiritual aspects of ecosystems. We did a nature walk, then made masks representing birds, trees etc. which we put on to play roles at the Council’s "meeting." For a full report click here.  Click for photo1.  Click for photo2.
• Participation in the Acre Clean-up Day, 5/16/98. This clean-up is held every year in the Acre section of Lowell, and young people connected to the Acre Youth Center (YWCA) helped plant a community garden, removed graffiti, and discussed the significance of their work. For a full report click here.
• An educational canoe trip on the Squanacook River, 6/16/98. On this trip, youths learned how to identify various kinds of river insects and connect their presence to different levels of pollution. For a full report click here.
• A weekend camping trip in Vermont, 6/24/98-6/26/98. On this weekend a variety of educational events were planned, but most of them could not be held because of an exceptionally severe rainstorm at the campsite; however the trip provided an excellent education in survival. For a full report click here.