West Tisbury Climate Advisory Committee

10/21/2026

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In November, the Climate Book Club is reading the second half of The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World, by Peter Brannen. Pick up your copy at the front desk.

10/09/2026

Please join us Sat Oct 17 at the West Tisbury Library 3-5pm for Climate Conversations “Community Lessons from the 2026 Blizzards”.

10/08/2026

Wednesday 5:30pm!

Next Wednesday, October 14th, at 5:30 PM at our 200 Main Street Library!

Learn more about how flooding and other weather events are currently affecting Island infrastructure and the critical services that rely on it. Local panelists will also discuss current experience, new approaches, and planning efforts to adapt to changing conditions and build greater community resilience. This event will be held at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, October 14, at the Vineyard Haven Public Library, located at 200 Main Street in Vineyard Haven. Free and open to the public. No registration required.

This event is one of six facilitated panel discussions exploring local issues and goals of the Island's Climate Action Plan, The Vineyard Way. Co-hosted by the MVC, town Climate and Energy Committees, and the Martha's Vineyard Library Association.

10/06/2026

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Climate Conversations - Oct. 3-17

2026 Climate Conversations - A series of panel discussions at Island libraries this fall will build on the 2022 Vineyard Climate Action Plan, with each town exploring one of the plan’s six main themes. For more info, contact MVC Climate Resilience Planner Sakiko Isomichi at [email protected].

Oct. 3, 2-4PM - Menemsha’s Working Waterfront (Chilmark Library)
Shelley Edmundson, MV Fishermen’s Preservation Trust
Peter Neilley, Menemsha Commercial Dock Working Group

Oct. 7, 3-5PM - Caring for Our Coastal Ponds (Oak Bluffs Library)
Sherry Countryman, Lagoon Pond Association
Amy Salzman, Chilmark Pond Foundation

Oct. 10, 2-4PM - The Island’s Energy Transition (Edgartown Library)
Mark Sawer, Edgartown Energy Committee
Garrett Burn, ACE MV
Hollis Kelly, Vineyard Power

Mariel Marchand, Cape Light Compact
Oct. 14, 5:30-7:30PM - Flooding and Island Infrastructure (Vineyard Haven Library)
First Session
Kirk Metell, Tisbury Department of Public Works
Alex Kryska, Steamship Authority
Mike Alberice, Tisbury Wastewater
Second Session
Chris Scott, Safe Harbor
Jamie Houle, University of New Hampshire
Sakiko Isomichi, MVC

Oct. 15, 5-7PM - Food Forests and Island Food Security (Aquinnah Library)
Noli Taylor, IGI
Mary Sage Napolitan, IGI
NaDaizja Bolling, Aquinnah Cultural Center

Oct. 17, 3-5PM - Community Lessons from the 2026 Blizzards (West Tisbury Library)
Martina Thornton, Dukes County
More to be announced

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10/06/2026

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Climate Book Club will meet on Sunday, October 18. This month, they're reading The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything by Peter Brannen.

09/15/2026

Real, lasting community benefits from offshore wind for the Vineyard and West Tisbury

08/30/2026

08/29/2026

Great advice for everyone!

08/28/2026

Sunday 4pm on the back porch!

Climate Book Club will meet on Sunday, August 30 this month, and will be reading Human Nature by Kate Marvel.

07/15/2026

Yellow soup from Canada fires - and a strong smell of smoke in West Tisbury today