Remain conducted a two-part survey measuring attitudes on climate change within the Nantucket community between 2021 and 2022, run in part with the Envision Resilience Nantucket Challenge and conducted by Boston-based consulting firm EBP. The Envision Resilience Challenge model, a coastal resilience initiative that connects academia, local leadership and community members, first launched in the…
NANTUCKET, Mass. March 9, 2021 — Nantucketers are alarmed about climate change, according to results of a new survey conducted by ReMain Nantucket and ACKlimate and released today. An analysis of the survey, conducted in January, found that Nantucketers are far more likely to be alarmed about climate change than the national average, 73 percent…
A plastics awareness campaign called Stop the Straw was launched by the Town of Nantucket’s ACKLocal program, in collaboration with Maria Mitchell Association and Remain Nantucket in the spring of 2018. While its purpose was to voluntarily encourage businesses and consumers to eliminate single-serve plastic straws and stirrers by encouraging sustainable alternatives, its influence rippled…
In an effort to help the Nantucket community and local leaders address specific planning challenges in building a more sustainable downtown, Remain engaged with the Urban Land Institute (ULI)—a nonprofit educational and research institution with 40,000 members nationwide, including architects, engineers, land developers, planners and urban designers. In October 2008, a nine-person ULI Advisory Panel…