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Nantucket Footprints is a nexus of information and ideas to advance the care of our Island.
Take a virtual stroll and discover ways that you can protect and preserve the environment, minimize waste, cherish our natural resources, and take permanent steps toward reducing your footprint on our beautiful island home.
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Think Different Film Series: Intelligent Trees
Friday, November 8th, 7 pm Nantucket Atheneum Library, Great Hall FREE Admission Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? German forester Peter Wo…
Small Steps: Nantucket Green Halloween Tip
Tip Seven Use organic materials or trade out costumes! Rent your Halloween costumes from theatrical or costume stores, instead of buying them. Halloween only comes once a year, but last year, American…
Food Rescue Nantucket
Our aim is to capture and distribute food that would otherwise be thrown away. Food Rescue Nantucket is an enterprise of the Unitarian Meeting House Congregation working with the Nantucket Food Pantry…
Shimmo Creek Oyster Restoration Project
Oyster Restoration Published by the Town of Nantucket Why Restore Oysters? Worldwide oyster habitat and populations have declined by an estimated 85% worldwide in the last 100 years (Beck et al. 2011)…