Sentences with phrase «change project addresses»

Elena Siff's Making Change project addresses how the Internet plays a major role in this new artistic economy by setting up a virtual marketplace and a physical store in the 18th Street project room.

Visual Artist Elena Siff's Making Change project addresses how the Internet plays a major role in this new artistic economy by setting up an actual and virtual marketplace that allows participating artists an opportunity to sell their creations in person and online.

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«We can not escape the need for change, but if we do our utmost to respond wisely to the challenges these risks present, we believe that not only can we address the risk, we can build a more sustainable future,» says Morten Jastrup, Project Director of the Global Opportunity Network.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Around five years ago, Hannon Armstrong (HASI) became the first publicly - traded company focused on investing in sustainable infrastructure projects to address climate change, leveraging decades of experience investing in similar assets.

Most recently, GRACE is in the process of a breakthrough project that will fundamentally change the way the faith community addresses and responds to the many issues associated with child abuse.

Even addressing climate change — Project Drawdown analyzed more than 100 different climate change - reversing solutions, and it turns out that eight of the top 20 solutions with the greatest impact can be found in the food system.

Furthermore, UTZ works on the landscape - based adaptation planning project with Malawian tea smallholder farmers which will not only address the effects of climate change on tea, but also tackle such environmental impacts as land degradation, deforestation and availability of clean water.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Although plans to maintain the freeze on council tax and invest in mobile phone and science projects were widely trailed in the media, the address did not contain any of the moments which earned the chancellor a reputation for game - changing speeches in opposition, most famously for his pledge to raise the bar on inheritance tax.

Governor Cuomo is making some changes to prevent any future bid rigging in some of his major economic development projects, but critics on both the left and the right say the governor is failing to address the bigger picture — whether the $ 8.6 billion dollars» worth of programs are an effective use of public monies.

A bill in Congress introduced by Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook, would address this by changing the absolute liability standard, which mandates that employers are on the hook for injuries, regardless of worker negligence, by allowing projects receiving federal funds to be exempt.

The project will help meet the country's overarching FIP goals by addressing the underlying drivers of deforestation and catalyzing transformational change through up - front investment to support the country's strategy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD +).

«I don't believe that the changes that were made to the project were adequately addressed to the town, but in the end, when you finally do see it, they're good changes,» he said.

The new guidance also calls on agencies to address concerns voiced in public comments concerning climate change, which will likely «prompt many agencies to adopt more detailed, agency - specific guidance that is tailored to the types of projects that they frequently review.»

Adds Harold Brooks, senior scientist at NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory, who was not involved with this project, «The study is important because it addresses one of the hypotheses that has been raised to explain the observed change in number of tornadoes in outbreaks.

The conclusions of the new project, which address depth - related changes in the levels of magnesium in Antarctic bryozoans for the first time, suggest that other environmental and biological factors (other than pH) could have a more important influence on the incorporation of Mg into the skeleton of these organisms.

«If we don't address the problem of coal, it's game over for climate change,» says John Thompson, director of the coal transition project for the Clean Air Task Force.

Trudeau has also said his party will embrace «evidence based policy» and «data - driven decision - making,» do more to address climate change, protect endangered species, and review the environmental impact of major energy and development projects.»

Teams shall conduct applied regional climate research and projects to address the needs of local and regional decisionmakers for information and tools to develop adaptation and response plans to climate variability and change.

We have a tremendous opportunity in our region to build a new green economy and find innovative solutions to address climate change for our health and future generations, as this project highlights.»

Jim was chosen for this position because of his cutting edge research on CCS and the role of this class of technologies in addressing climate change for PNNL's Joint Global Change Research Institute and Global Energy Technology Strategy prochange for PNNL's Joint Global Change Research Institute and Global Energy Technology Strategy proChange Research Institute and Global Energy Technology Strategy projects.

This effort is going on, with major projects such as the EU funded Ice2sea project, which has brought together researchers across disciplines, from across Europe, in order to address the challenges faced in predicting the contribution of ice sheets to future sea level change.

The MSc programme offers each student a creative combination of problem - based learning (PBL) and realistic projects with «hands - on» challenges that equip the student to address challenges pertaining to e.g. climate change, temporary urban development projects, urban mobility, projects and strategies of the culture city, the urban landscape and city growth.

Two key projects spearheaded by the UNCCD / GM in addressing desertification: the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund; and the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI), were discussed during the meeting on the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change held between the Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy of France and President of COP21, Ségolène Royal, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), held in Bonn on 22 February 2016.

To address this, we present a framework for assessing three dimensions of climate change vulnerability, namely sensitivity, exposure and adaptive capacity; this draws on species» biological traits and their modeled exposure to projected climatic changes.

The award recognizes innovation and game - changing projects that address climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges.

In addition to funding the creation of new projects highlighting the work of global change - makers addressing the world's most pressing problems, the initiative brings together leaders in both independent filmmaking and social entrepreneurship at key gatherings globally, including the Skoll World Forum (SWF), the Sundance Film Festival, and intensive workshops at the Sundance Resort.

Another letter, issued by a coalition called the Education Equality Project, advocated addressing school system failures through greater accountability, school choice, and changes in compensation that would promote teacher quality.

«Learning and Change Networks are addressing the three big agenda items of schooling improvement - blended learning and cultural responsiveness as a whole - instead of creating projects that deal with those agendas separately, as so often happens.»

The Stanford Law and Policy Lab and Stanford Law's Youth & Education Law Project (YELP), on behalf of the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), released a guide today to address increasing student absences and decreasing parental participation in California's public charter schools among immigrant families in the wake of recent federal policy changes.

In addition to these components, schools agreed to several other practices and commitments in this multi-year project: cross-grade collaboration; the development of a plan to involve parents as partners in the delivery of their school reading program; and the commitment to continue with the project for at least 2 years, addressing, across that time span, all six major categories of the school change framework.

This film, North Grand, was created as part of THE PRINCIPAL STORY PBS documentary and media project, which addresses the changing role of today's principals and the challenges they face in turning around low - performing schools.

Not in Our School Not In Our School (NIOS), a project of Not In Our Town, offers solution - based films, online resources, and tools for change to students, teachers and parents who are working to address bullying and create safe, inclusive and accepting climates.

First, I listened to students in a Hartford high school address an adult and student audience about their projects, such as starting and running a successful business, designing a mural to encompass major elements of African Americans history in this country, making music the center of their lives by creating and performing in a band, and making a documentary about a previously unrecognized medical researcher in order to give fellow students a sense of their own possibilities to achieve and change the world.

We know that high - quality early - childhood education, additional pathways like career - and - technical education, community schools that provide wraparound services, and changing instruction to include project - based learning are ways to engage students, address poverty, and make every public school a place where parents want to send children, educators want to work and kids are engaged.

DOT is working with stakeholders to address the impact of these changes and move the project forward.

Green Bonds Green Bonds are designed to finance projects and activities that address climate change or serve other environmentally beneficial purposes.

The Hub City Animal Project encourages animal welfare groups, veterinarians, and municipalities to collaborate in addressing the issues that are at the root of animal homelessness in Spartanburg County in order to create long - term change and reduce shelter intake.

NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE Project should address ways in which neighborhoods adjacent to park are changing in response to rising rents and property values.

His other projects include a life size inflatable Trans Am, 30» x 25» inflatable smoke, and event based social sculptural projects that range from giving free beer to the public, allowing himself to be shot with a taser gun, producing and promoting heavy metal cover band concerts, and taking on the identity of a stock broker for over a year, requiring a change in his hairstyle and address.

David Buckland Since 2001 David Buckland has created and now directs the Cape Farewell Project, bringing artists, scientists and educators together to collectively address and raise awareness about climate change.

Projects address the Anthropocene — climate change; industrialization and urbanization; bio-diversity; water; the use of natural and human resources; human migration; global capital, commerce and consumption; energy production; and waste.

Catherine Opie and Judy Fiskin Hunter Drohojowska - Philp talks about shows at Regen Projects and Richard Telles that address modernism and change

«Storytelling with Saris is a multi-layered collaborative art and advocacy project that uses woodblock prints on saris, writing, performance, and video to address women's empowerment in the face of climate change in a remote Bangladeshi island linked to the artist's heritage.

Shocked by the lack of aggressive legislation and services addressing environmental issues, New York — based artist Eve Mosher creates large participatory projects that stimulate awareness and activate the public's potential for change.

The project will be open for six months - until July 2018 - to receive you letter, with the postal address changing monthly.

IMMA exhibition highlights 2018 Brian Maguire, War Changes Its Address: The Aleppo Paintings 26 January — 6 May IMMA Collection: Freud Project, Ethics of Scrutiny, curated by Daphne Wright 15 February — 2 September 2 Frank Bowling, Mappa Mundi 24 March — 8 July Yvonne Rainer Live Performance, 4, 5 May Brian O'Doherty, Language and Space: Rotating Vowels, Structural Plays and other Works24 April 26 — September 16 Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection 2018 11 May — 16 September Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Sunset, Sunrise 10 August — 2 December Wolfgang Tillmans 26 October — 17 February Mary Swanzy 26 October — 17 February

Grants to New York groups include $ 20,000 to support lectures and symposia at the American Folk Art Museum, $ 30,000 to Franklin Furnace for art projects addressing climate change, $ 35,000 to Performa to support its upcoming biennial, $ 35,000 to the Public Art Fund and $ 25,000 to Wave Hill.

With the photographer's Federal Art Project «Changing New York» hand stamp on the reverse u.c., titled and dated with numeric notations in pencil and with the photographer's «50 commerce st.» studio address stamp on the reverse at center.