Sentences with phrase «environmental awareness in»

Cognizant of the raised environmental awareness in their market, the Victoria Real Estate Board aims to be the first board in Canada whose members are all NAGAB certified.

The controversial mosque being built near NYC's Ground Zero may have angered some, but an announcement that the facility will be the «first certified green mosque in the country» is nevertheless an encouraging sign of a new wave of environmental awareness in the Islamic community.

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Consider this, schools in Delhi and across India are getting involved in that country's Programme for Environmental Awareness in Schools

As in Turkey, illegal construction is a blight on the Bulgarian landscape and environmental awareness in the country is fairly nascent.

Schools have long been sustainability champions that instill life - long environmental awareness in students.

We steward more than 80,400 acres across more than 30 spectacular park sites; foster environmental awareness in 18,000 school children every year; and protect 1,200 plant and animals species, while growing over 140,000 native plants each year for restoration work park wide.

Our CPR certified and highly qualified surf instructors will be coaching your grom all day not only teaching them how to surf but covering water safety, surf etiquette as well as environmental awareness all in a surf - stoked atmosphere.

Working to promote peace, reconciliation and environmental awareness in Kenya's Rift Valley region.

For the last five years, the Green Belt Movement (GBM) has been working in partnership with Green Cross Sweden to promote peace, reconciliation and environmental awareness in Kenya's Rift Valley region.

Since we believe that reading can encourage environmental awareness in children, we're giving away three of the books from the roundup: Mary McKenna Siddals» Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth; Frances Barry's Let's Save the Animals; and 31 Ways to Change the World, produced by We Are What We Do.

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Over 2,500 initiatives and innovations have been honoured by the AEF since its inception in 1992 (they receive over 100 nominations every year), raising public awareness of environmental preservation as a necessary goal alongside economic growth and natural resource development.

About MaRS Centre for Impact Investing The MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance to catalyze new capital, talent and initiatives dedicated to tackling social and environmental problems in Canada.

The campaign against the oil sands has had the effect of raising awareness of environmental issues, in particular, among the public and, perhaps more importantly, among shareholders, investors, insurers, and regulators.

14th October 2016 Lower commodity prices, market instability, reduced investment and increased environmental awareness, have been cited as reasons for the global decrease in exploration activity by scientific agency for natural sciences the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Opened in late 2011, the Centre for Impact Investing is a national hub designed to increase the awareness and effectiveness of social finance, which directs new capital, talent and initiatives toward tackling Canada's most pressing social and environmental problems.

The global increase in environmental awareness has led to a marked rise in the appetite for green bonds and this an opportunity for green Sukuk issuances says...

As interest in the supernatural has dwindled, the vacated churches, synagogues and mosques in the USA were sold off and the proceeds invested in a fund which, under the XXV Amendment to the US Const.itution, could only be used to further scientific education and environmental awareness and protection.

[10] During the past ten or so years — primarily, I think, in the wake of environmental awareness — Western peoples have become newly conscious of the devastations humanity is capable of when it thinks itself accountable to nothing beyond itself.

This in itself is very important, given that, despite environmental threats like deforestation in the Amazonas region being known for a long time, hardly any ecological awareness can be seen among the population.

Resurgence magazine may be called the flagship of many of these groups; it is in many ways an excellent magazine and is deeply concerned with «spiritual awareness» as well as with environmental matters, but needless to say it considers orthodox Christianity to be totally irrelevant.

When we humans were primitive thousands of years ago, we survived because nature provided us the basic conditions for life, that is called anthropic environment that until now sustained our existence, We as creatures never affect the environmental balance, but today because of many synthetic products our existence had endangered nature, that awareness developed a kind of concern for us to correct some of what we seemed us environmental abuse, That is the phiysical or material aspect of reality, in the spiritual part of our responsibility we also began to realize the meaninglessness of our existence without God, and for the atheists the reverse, Why do you think is the reason?

In naming Boulder the smartest city in America, Forbes cited its intelligent university population as well as the city's environmental awarenesIn naming Boulder the smartest city in America, Forbes cited its intelligent university population as well as the city's environmental awarenesin America, Forbes cited its intelligent university population as well as the city's environmental awareness.

The topics covered in the survey included top industry sectors, business impacts, environmental awareness, business spending, introduction of new products, industry challenges and industry opportunities.

Working in partnership with the Safe Food Institute, the Safe Food Foundation is working to promote awareness of the health, social, economic and environmental effects of food production and consumption.

The meat processing industry is entering uncharted waters as governments worldwide introduce tougher carbon pricing policies and expand community awareness about which industries are posing environmental challenges in terms of air and water purity.

Swedish airline Malmo Aviation has become the first in the world to join the Meat Free Monday campaign, introducing MFM meals on flights departing on a Monday in a bid to cut carbon emissions and raise environmental awareness

«This is due, in part, to increasing awareness of cork's environmental and technical advantages and acknowledgement of the added value that a quality natural cork closure brings to bottled wine.

ABOUT BULK IS GREEN COUNCIL — Bulk is Green Council is an organization dedicated to increasing consumer, retailer and grocer awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of buying natural and organic in bulk.

«Before Sharon, environmental awareness (in Belize] was nil,» says Myrtle Flowers, a retired schoolteacher who now heads the zoo's Tropical Education Center.

The Clean Water Challenge was created in 1993 by Finlandia, the Finnish vodka distiller, to promote recreational water sports, environmental awareness and, of course, vodka.

Nature - based camps, workshops, preschool, and school programs that cultivate environmental awareness and science literacy are fundamental to Drumlin Farm's goals in connecting visitors to the natural world.

The EPA took note of this in honoring the conservation organization and its Shaping the Future of Your Community program, for «significant contributions to environmental awareness and problem - solving.»

The classes will explore breathing exercises, visual imagery and relaxation techniques, while conveying lessons in self - expression, body image, social skills, positive thinking and environmental awareness.

[30] Since disposable diapers are discarded after a single use, usage of disposable diapers increases the burden on landfill sites, and increased environmental awareness has led to a growth in campaigns for parents to use reusable alternatives such as cloth or hybrid diapers.

Are you curious about where your food comes from, looking to raise your environmental awareness, and interested in improving your skills in sustainability?

This activity uses environmental print (words in our environment) to expose your child to print awareness.

Submitted and Written by Reana KovalcikNancy Easton and Chef Bill Telepan serve as the executive leadership for Wellness in the Schools, a New York City - based non-profit that inspires healthy eating, physical fitness, and environmental awareness as a way of life for kids in the public school system.

The Public Awareness is Prevention program is using environmental prevention strategies to continue to build two ongoing coalitions in Erie County on Underage Drinking and Drugs.

The first Earth Day was held in 1970 as a way to boost awareness of global environmental issues.

The General Manager of Safety, Health and Environment Policy at ECG, Smith Graham told Starr News on the sidelines of the launch of the 3rd Environmental Awareness Week by the ECG in Koforidua.

He outlined his priorities as: transparent government, environmental awareness and sound stewardship, fair access to opportunities for education, employment, and investment for every resident and neighborhood in the City of Buffalo.

Pete Demola April 22, 2018 The Sun Plattsburgh − Earth Day is serious business in the Adirondacks and across the North Country, and the public took advantage of the sunny weather over the weekend to celebrate the global event designed to boost awareness of environmental issues.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — To increase awareness of childhood lead poisoning prevention, the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is participating in National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) October 20 - 26.

ALBANY — State environmental officials are continuing in the effort to raise awareness about the fight against an invasive species that is threatening trees across the northeast.

That effort is as much based in national security as in environmental awareness.

The government's policy is also, in part, a reaction to a growing awareness of the environmental damage done by fossil fuels, especially global warming.

Despite successes in most areas, Beijing authorities missed a chance to work closely with nonprofits to spark even greater environmental awareness and activity throughout the city, UNEP says.

A mechanical engineer by training who is now a biology professor at Stanford University, Schneider, 55, says his advocacy began with the heightened environmental awareness that bloomed around the time of the first Earth Day in 1970.

The results suggest that there should be: improvements to policy and management to champion biodiversity issues; a strengthening of environmental laws and enforcement; recognition of socio - economic issues especially among indigenous and local communities; increases in funding and resource allocation; knowledge, research and development to inform decision making; a greater understanding and protection of the rights of nature and cultural heritage; a more holistic public awareness and participation to bring about change to promote conservation.