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    • Home
    • New Bylaw Adopted
    • About Us
    • ACK Light Pollution
      • How bad is it?
      • Sky Quality Monitoring
      • Good Neighbor Award
      • Outdoor Lighting Bylaw
      • Residential
      • Businesses
      • Town Properties
      • Streetlights
      • Light Trespass
      • Lighting of Flags
      • Boating Safety
    • How You Can Help
    • Resources
    • Five Principles to Follow
    • Bumper Sticker
    • Discover the Night Tee
    • Dark Sky Places Program
    • What about safety?
    • In the News
    • 2022 Student Art Contest
    • Photo Gallery
    • Blog
    • Press Release Archive
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • New Bylaw Adopted
  • About Us
  • ACK Light Pollution
    • How bad is it?
    • Sky Quality Monitoring
    • Good Neighbor Award
    • Outdoor Lighting Bylaw
    • Residential
    • Businesses
    • Town Properties
    • Streetlights
    • Light Trespass
    • Lighting of Flags
    • Boating Safety
  • How You Can Help
  • Resources
  • Five Principles to Follow
  • Bumper Sticker
  • Discover the Night Tee
  • Dark Sky Places Program
  • What about safety?
  • In the News
  • 2022 Student Art Contest
  • Photo Gallery
  • Blog
  • Press Release Archive
  • Contact Us

“We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the butterflies, the song of the birds, if we can’t see the stars at night.”

— Thomas Berry

Our Mission

The mission of Nantucket Lights is to preserve and protect Nantucket's nighttime environment and heritage of dark skies by raising awareness about light pollution on the island and advocating for environmentally responsible outdoor lighting.

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 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 (Monomoy)
  • Regina Jorgenson (Mid-island)
  • 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)


STUDENT ADVISORS

  • Anna Popnikolova
  • Benton Killion


FOUNDER, COORDINATOR and WEBMASTER:

  • Gail Walker 


Supporting Organizations

We are very grateful to the organizations listed below for their support.

If your organization would like to be added to this list, please let us know!

Madaket Conservation Association

Maria Mitchell Association
Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket

Monomoy Civic Association

Nantucket Civic League
Nantucket Conservation Foundation

Nantucket Land & Water Council (formerly known as the Nantucket Land Council)

Nantucket Tipping Point

Nantucket Town Association
Shimmo Association

Siasconset Civic Association

Sustainable Nantucket


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.

DONATE TO DARK SKY COMMUNITY FUND

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