Sustaining Cape Cod
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February 2007
In This Issue
Monthly Spotlight
What Does It Mean?
A Christmas Gift!
Call to Action ...

FEBRUARY SPOTLIGHT

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February is free-admission month at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Come and enjoy our exciting new exhibits and animals: from the history and changing shape of the Cape to our spectacular Aquarium. Meet your Cape neighbors of sea, marsh and pond: blue lobsters, lined seahorses, baby horseshoe crabs, diamondback terrapins; and fish and turtles of all sizes and habitats.

Learn about the natural world around us through our ever-popular interactive nature programs, free to the public during the February school vacation week! Maybe it's time for you to become a member and make every month a free-admission adventure!

For further information please contact the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 508-896-3867, Ext. 133.

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What Does It Mean?
by Allen Larson

When asked to define the purpose of the Cape Cod Center for Sustainability, it's tempting to answer simply that it is "to sustain Cape Cod." But I know this response doesn't shed much light because sustainability is a term that does not yet have a commonly understood definition.

In part to address this semantic problem, we've undertaken several projects over the years in an effort to reach some sort of consensus about the measures that define the Cape's quality of life. What we've discovered is that it's very easy to get buried in measures that define specific segments of our community ... MORE

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A Christmas Gift!
by A Friend

Do you have days that end completely differently than you anticipated? Well, we're sitting here at the end of the week in something of a daze. It's amazing how quickly things can change.

Last weekend I asked all the girls what they would like for Christmas. For 17 years, My Daughter has said, "A chocolate bar." Never anything else. Getting an idea for a gift out of her was always met with, "Mom, I just want a chocolate bar." So I had resigned myself to barely even asking anymore because I just knew that I would be getting her a chocolate bar.

This time she surprised me with a different answer: "I would like a cell phone and an iPod!"

WHERE IN THE WORLD DID THAT COME FROM? ... MORE


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Call To Action ...
by Allen Larson

There are a variety of motivations, other than altruism, that encourage people to volunteer.

For example, young people of high school age see merit in the learning experiences gained by volunteering. For others, who are no longer in school, volunteering is a way to assume civic responsibilities and establish networks of people interested in common goals and ambitions. These relationships that where forged when volunteering often become enduring social and business friendships.

The Cape Cod Center for Sustainability has incorporated a database into its website ... MORE

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