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Remain: Workshop on Sustainable Deconstruction and Material Reuse

By Claire McElwain

Bluedot Living – (August 19, 2025) Remain, in collaboration with Nantucket Community School and Boston Building Resources, is hosting a Deconstruction, Adaptive Reuse, and Circular Economy Workshop — a four-hour course open to the public exploring sustainable strategies for deconstruction and material reuse in construction. Read the full story here.

Remain Workshop To Teach Sustainable Deconstruction and Material Reuse

By Claire McElwain

NANTUCKET, MA — Remain, in collaboration with Nantucket Community School and Boston Building Resources, announced today the upcoming “Deconstruction, Adaptive Reuse and the Circular Economy Workshop,” a four-hour course open to the public and designed to explore sustainable strategies for deconstruction and material reuse in construction. The curriculum is rooted in the principles of a…

Remain Returns as Presenting Sponsor at 2025 Nantucket Film Festival

By Claire McElwain

NANTUCKET, MA — Remain will once again serve as the presenting sponsor of the Nantucket Film Festival’s Green Carpet Cinema, marking its fourth consecutive year of support. Established in 2022, the Green Carpet Cinema spotlights films that aim to deepen understanding of humanity’s connection to the planet. This year’s featured screening is JAWS @…

Salvage and Reuse in Action with Delivery of Office Furniture to Island Nonprofits

By Claire McElwain

NANTUCKET, MA — In an innovative partnership to encourage sustainability, salvage and reuse, The Community Foundation for Nantucket (CFN), Remain and Boston Building Resources (BBR) are joining forces to deliver nearly 40 pieces of high-quality office furniture to nonprofit organizations across the island. This initiative reflects a shared commitment between the organizations to environmental stewardship…

Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides and Evolving Landscapes—A Multimedia Exhibition Exploring Climate Futures Through Art and Design—Opens at SPACE Gallery on April 4

By Claire McElwain

PORTLAND, Maine — Envision Resilience: Shifting Tides and Evolving Landscapes, a new multimedia exhibition bridging visual art and adaptive design, will open at SPACE Gallery on Friday, April 4 with a free community reception at 5 p.m., Envision Resilience announced today. Through student and community partnerships, Envision Resilience works to advance innovative city planning…

Design students float climate resiliency ideas for Casco Bay

By Claire McElwain

Portland, South Portland (Feb 20, 2025) — Floating communities, breakwaters and parks. New water taxi services, replanted eelgrass beds and sauna-based tourism. Reclaimed tank farms turned into ponds, marshes or parks. Covering shoreline bluffs with native plants that draw pollinators and prevent erosion. Read the full story here.

Remain spins off coastal resilience group

By Claire McElwain

The Inquirer & Mirror (Feb 17, 2025) — Envision Resilience, the annual design studio that for the last five years has brought together students and coastal communities to imagine a resilient future in the face of climate change, will spin off from its parent organization Remain into an independent organization, the two groups announced last…