Tip Five Remove standing water from the areas around your home. The fall on Nantucket is one of the best times of the year, but your birdbaths are most likely not being used as much by our feathered f…
Nantucket Bats are the new year-round residents!
Update from the Bat World Published by The Nantucket Conservation Foundation by Danielle O’Dell, Ecologist/Field Supervisor The Science and Stewardship staff have continued to delve deeper and deeper …
10 Most Viable Global Climate Solutions
Published in 1% for the Planet PROJECT DRAWDOWN’S 10 MOST VIABLE GLOBAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS Project Drawdown is a world-class research organization that reviews, analyzes and identifies the most viable …
A SEA OF CHANGE: Climate Change and Our Ocean
Webinar on Tue, Sep 24, 2019 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT Discussing how the ocean plays a key role in the global carbon cycle and is closely tied to our atmosphere, and what policy changes would make a diff…
Town of Nantucket Waste Summit Oct. Follow Up Sessions
October 17th, 6-8 pm Public Safety Building, 4 Fairgrounds Rd Discussing Hazardous Waste Collection in the Training Room. The public is invited to comment on the future of managing solid waste on Nan…
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff Here's a short quiz for you: FILL IN THE BLANK: By the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than _______. What percent of plastic ever produced has been recycled? TRUE…
Another thing we can do— eat a bit less meat!
Eat a bit less meat Published in The New York Times By Jillian Mock This week, we’re trying something different. Usually, our One Thing You Can Do feature highlights an idea for reducing your climate …
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)…