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…
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…
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — The Envision Resilience: Designs for Living in a Changing Climate exhibition will open at the South Portland Public Library on March 21 with a free community open house at 5 p.m. that will celebrate featured student designs for how this coastal community can thrive in a changing climate. Curated by…
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.
The Daily Progress (Feb 4, 2025) — A handful of University of Virginia architecture and urban planning students have been selected to have their work showcased at an exhibit featuring innovative infrastructure aimed at adapting to a changing earth and climate. Read the full story here.
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…
NANTUCKET, Mass. (February 10, 2025) — Envision Resilience, an 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 parent organization Remain into an independent organization, the two groups announced today. “Launching programs…
Explore student designs for adaptive futures with accessible community spaces, resilient waterfronts and equitable neighborhoods in Portland and South Portland. Read the full story here.
Nantucket Current (Feb 2, 2025) — On the banks of Long Pond, the Linda Loring Nature Foundation has been working on a restoration project that provides an example of how sea level rise can affect even seemingly inland areas of our island. Read the full story here.
The Inquirer & Mirror (Jan 30, 2024) If you’re looking for wide open spaces and trails to explore during the quiet winter months, look no further than the properties owned by the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, an organization that stewards more than a third of the island’s total acreage. Read the full story here.