February 6th, 2021, the Nantucket Civic League held a public forum "Managing Water as Sea Levels Rise, What to Expect in the Future and Preparing to Respond" - Live Q&A The forum focused on key q…
The Nantucket Coastal Resilience Plan Open House
January 28, 2021 5:30 pm, Virtual Open House Dear Nantucket Community Member, I am writing today to announce the launch of the public planning process leading to Nantucket’s first comprehensive Coasta…
Ocean Science Centers New Partnership Between Schmidt Ocean Institute and United Nations Ocean Decade
Press Release from Schmidt Ocean Institute BY SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE ON DECEMBER 10, 2020 PARIS, FRANCE— The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the United Nations body…
California’s climate change reality an opportunity for Gov. Newsom to quit fossil fuels
Published in The Sacramento Bee BY WENDY SCHMIDT SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE In 1966, when smog obscured the Los Angeles skyline and residents choked on noxious fumes, California enacted the countr…
Climate Change on a Local Level
by Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois, Published by Yesterday's Island Director of Research & Education at the Linda Loring Nature Foundation In early September, the Coastal Resiliency Advisory Committee for …
2020 Nantucket Census
Make Nantucket Better: Complete The Census On Nantucket whose voice gets heard? What would an accurate portrait of the island’s population tell us about ourselves? These are core questions of the U.S.…
2020 State of the Harbor Forum
September 24, 2020 4:30 PM via Zoom Impacts and Implications of a Changing Climate Brought to you by The Nantucket Land Council Join the Nantucket Land Council for a special virtual edition of our ann…
Refuse to use single-use plastics
Rising sea waters, massive storm surges, and plastics bobbing in the middle of the oceans have left the residents of Nantucket feeling like they are on the front-lines of looming global challenges. I…