Climate Change Initiative

The Climate Change Initiative (CCI) brings faculty, students, and communities together to address one of the greatest challenges facing humanity: climate change.

The Initiative draws its members from all six Colleges and Schools of UMass Lowell and from departments and disciplines as diverse as environmental science, public health, engineering, education, management, sociology, art, and others. Learn More.

Also, explore CCI online resources, including curriculum information and modules, research and blog updates.

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10/5/2018 Featured Story

Giving Trees: Community Partnerships Help Spruce Up Campus

Giving Trees: Community Partnerships Help Spruce Up Campus

The university planted 25 mature trees and shrubs behind Allen House on South Campus, all donated by the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust via a $10,000 grant from TD Bank.

10/5/2018 Featured Story
4/6/2018 Featured Story

Students’ Sustainability Fee Seeds 10 New Projects

Students’ Sustainability Fee Seeds 10 New Projects

Ten projects led by students, faculty and staff received more than $50,000 in support from the university’s Sustainability Encouragement & Enrichment Development (S.E.E.D.) Fund, which saw a jump in applications in its second year.

4/6/2018 Featured Story
10/26/2017 Featured Story

Climate Change Teach-In Becomes an Interactive Experience

Climate Change Teach-In Becomes an Interactive Experience

The eighth annual David Lustick Climate Change Teach-In at Cumnock Hall focused on community involvement and student interaction.

10/26/2017 Featured Story
9/5/2017 Featured Story

Science Prof Wins $340K NSF Grant for Climate Simulation

Science Prof Wins $340K NSF Grant for Climate Simulation

UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative Director Juliette Rooney-Varga received a three-year, $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether college students who are exposed to the World Climate Simulation are more likely to become engaged with sustainability issues on campus.

9/5/2017 Featured Story

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