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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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Dr. Jen Karberg, Lecture Nantucket’s Salt Marshes and Coastal Resilience
Wednesday, January 22 7:00PM-8:15PM Nantucket Atheneum, Great Hall Nantucket is at the forefront of climate change and projected impacts from sea level rise. But the island is fortunate to benefit fr…
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…
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)…