Save the Night | Be the Solution, Stop Light Pollution
What We Do
- Advocate for the protection of the night sky
- Educate the public and policymakers about night sky conservation
- Promote environmentally responsible outdoor lighting
- Pursue the designation of Nantucket as a "Dark Sky Community" by DarkSky International (formerly known as the International Dark Sky Association) as part of its International Dark Sky Places Program.
Photo by the Maria Mitchell Association
(used with permission)
Who We Are
We are concerned citizens who live on or regularly visit Nantucket and who are passionate about wanting to preserve its beautiful dark skies. We share the goal of minimizing the light pollution, energy waste, and environmental disruption that results from poor outdoor lighting. We are formally incorporated as Nantucket Lights, Inc., a 501(c)(4) Massachusetts nonprofit corporation that is responsible for all aspects of our financial management.
STEERING COMMITTEE:
- Kathy Baird (Tom Nevers)
- Ted Bent (Shimmo)
- Sarah Bois (Mid-island)
- Tony Cahill (Wauwinet)
- Janie Hobson-Dupont (Madaket)
- Evan Jones (Quaise)
- Edi Stone Lentini (Surfside)
- Meg Mabbs (Hummock Pond)
- Bruce McBrearty (Nashaquisset)
- Leah Mojer (Mid-island)
- Danielle O'Dell (Tom Nevers)
- Blair Perkins (Miacomet)
- Binth Rustad (Naushop)
- Toby Sackton (Hinckley Lane)
- Lucretia Shattles Voigt (Mid-island)
- Charles Stott (Madaket)
- Gail Walker ('Sconset)
- Scott Wilson (Naushop)
FOUNDER, COORDINATOR and WEBMASTER:
- Gail Walker
Dark Sky Community Fund
Contributions to this fund, managed by the Community Foundation for Nantucket, will support our educational and charitable initiatives.
Among other things, the money raised through this fund will be used to educate and raise awareness about light pollution, encourage compliance with Nantucket’s outdoor lighting bylaw, and help property owners comply with it by providing practical guidance, product recommendations, and financial assistance to those who need it.
These initiatives will, in turn, support efforts to have Nantucket certified as an International Dark Sky Community and retain that status.
Creation of this fund was made possible by a generous grant from the ReMain Nantucket Fund to cover the initial deposit requirement, for which we are very grateful.
Donations to this fund are tax deductible.
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