Sustain Cape Cod Blog
Regeneration as reversal of resource scarcity
BY IAN EDWARDS By the time Henry David Thoreau meandered through Cape Cod in the mid-19th Century – 200 years after colonials began to settle here – the thin spit of land was already deforested. “Large schooners were once built of timber which grew in Wellfleet,” he...
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Natural Capital Protocol: An Introduction to a next wave in Sustainability
Natural Capital Protocol: An Introduction to a next wave in Sustainability BY IAN EDWARDS On July 13, business leaders with a focus on the environment convened in London to sign the Natural Capital Protocol, a watershed agreement two years in development that seeks...
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Sustainability as oracle: Future generations as stakeholder
Sustainability as oracle: Future generations as stakeholders BY IAN EDWARDS Nearly 400 years ago, the pilgrims landed in what would become Provincetown, Massachusetts, today called one of the favorite towns in America. Ptown’s colonial anniversary in 2020 is prepping...
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