News just in from our associates at the Natural Resources Nantucket: Harmful Algal Blooms Monitoring Program (HAB) continues to test our ponds on the island. They found that today, Friday, September 2…
Local and Global Eco-friendly Sustainability Tips for Nantucket
7 Tips To Create A Sustainable Picnic
I don’t know about you, but I’m more than ready to spend long, lazy days outside having fun and enjoying the sun. One of my favorite ways to spend a summer afternoon is to have a picnic. It’s the perf…
10 Green Halloween Tips
Did you know? More people are buying costumes for their pets. Americans spent $490 million on costumes for their pets in 2019—more than double what they spent in 2010. Did you know? One-quarter of all…
Green Boating for a Healthy Harbor
From our partners Nantucket Land Council Tips on Green Boating for a Healthy Harbor Each week Nantucket Waterkeeper will share with you their top tip for boating and recreating safely on our harbor wa…
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…
Small Steps: Interior Garden
Tip Six Grow food in your kitchen. During the month of October on Nantucket, many locals have our "honey-do List" and venture outside to prepare potted plants and gardens for winter. Why not bring som…
Small Steps: Tip Five
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…
Small Steps: Tip Four
Tip Four Reduce Unwanted and Junk Mail. Mail CatalogChoice.org is free and lets you set preferences one catalog at a time. The Association of National Advertisers runs DMAChoice.org, which lets you re…