Sentences with phrase «environmental health and economic»

Since 1996, together with her NGO networks, she has redirected her environmental engineering expertise to assist poor communities in designing safe and well - coordinated waste management initiatives, while prioritizing environmental health and economic benefits for local people.

According to Scenic Hudson, the Hudson Valley is at a tipping point between balancing its environmental health and economic health as an additional 1.4 million people are expected to move here during the next decade.

«As the world in which we live becomes more pluralistic — and issues such as global peace, environmental health and economic justice become more urgent — institutions with strong interfaith and intercultural commitments such as the Rothko Chapel become increasingly important.»

Not exact matches

Often, economic and energy development trump environmental and health concerns, leaving public health playing «catch - up.»

Tensions between economic development, energy policy and environmental and health concerns are common in public health's history.

The Morning Consult Policy Index is an ongoing poll of voters» opinions about economic, technology, health, and environmental issues.

(This increased economic activity sometimes comes at the expense of human and environmental health, but that's a different discussion).

«Meanwhile, other jurisdictions are ahead of B.C. in terms of encouraging farming and food processing to support, expand, and sustain their agriculture sector for environmental, health and economic purposes,» said Dix.

SDTC's support of cleantech translates into jobs, growth and export opportunities for Canadian companies, as well as economic, environmental and health benefits for all Canadians.

As the charter of the New Urbanism says: «Physical solutions by themselves will not solve social and economic problems, but neither can economic vitality, community stability, and environmental health be sustained without a coherent and supportive physical framework.»

I have in mind conditions such as those of health, economic provision, education, cultural richness, environmental integrity, and the general patterns of associational life itself.

Whereas for Reagan and Bush economistic goals were the goals, for Clinton and Gore they continue to be the dominant goals but environmental health is also an important goal that may require limitations to the pursuit of economic gain.

Australian industry leaders hail the decision as a boon for Australians who will reap the economic, environmental and health benefits that these new products will bring to the market.

Each of the 101 standards is measurable, auditable, and addresses at least one sustainability aspect (environmental health, social equity, economic viability).

Organic Valley indicates that «the central mission of our cooperative is to support rural communities by protecting the health of the family farm — working toward both economic and environmental sustainability.»

Product protection, the renewability of our raw materials, and our outstanding 91 percent recovery rate, along with other health, environmental, and economic advantages, make corrugated boxes the right choice for food packaging.

FiBL's research team works together with farmers to develop innovative and cost - effective solutions to boost agricultural productivity while never losing sight of environmental, health and socio - economic impacts.

Take an integrated approach to promote the sustainability of dairy systems, jointly taking into consideration social, economic, health and environmental dimensions;

the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the overarching framework that guides our actions towards sustainable development from a social, environmental, economic and health perspective;

That's the inference of a new report that says our growing global population will send greenhouse gases into overdrive unless something is done to curb the world's appetite for meat — and links the environmental, health and economic cases for doing so.

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 California wine industry is working to enhance the economic and environmental health of its communities through its leadership in sustainable winegrowing and winemaking practices.

Cristina Grandi, IFOAM Food Security Campaigner, presented a poster on the «Benefits of organic farming systems» examining environmental, economic and social aspects as well as data on soil health, water efficiency, biodiversity, energy efficiency, yields, profitability, nutrition and employment.

The organization also works to enhance the economic and environmental health of its communities and the state through its leadership in sustainable winegrowing and winemaking practices and a partnership with California Travel and Tourism to showcase California's wine and food offerings.

The organization also works to enhance the economic and environmental health of its communities and the state through its leadership in sustainable winegrowing and winemaking practices.

The economic, environmental and human health consequences of climate change are already being felt.

NOC provides a united voice for organic integrity, leading to strong, enforceable, and continuously improving standards to maximize the health, environmental, and economic benefits that only organic agriculture affords.

It is a nonprofit whose mission is to expand the production, marketing, and distribution of locally grown and responsibly produced food in order to enhance the social, economic and environmental health of our communities.

AFSA has long campaigned for the creation of an inter-departmental Ministerial Food Forum to ensure strategic and coherent policy development and integration of planning in and across departments managing local food and food systems, population health, transport, land use, education, environmental sustainability, natural resources, infrastructure and economic development.

We firmly believe that by balancing environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic prosperity we sustain and improve the health of our planet, the viability of our business, and the quality of life for our communities, future generations and ourselves.

As one of the first companies to introduce an organic and fair trade vanilla from Madagascar, we are committed to programs that promote sustainable environmental practices and which enable farmers to earn a successful livelihood in countries where poverty is common.As part of this sustainability commitment, Nielsen - Massey has taken a leadership role in improving the overall health of the vanilla industry, with a particular emphasis on improving economic prospects for the farmers who make the industry possible.

Also take a look at the National Farm - to - School Network website, where you won't want to miss the newest resource you can download directly; Evaluation for Transformation: A Cross-Sectoral Evaluation Framework for Farm - to - School explores farm - to - school vis - à - vis public health, community economic development, education, and environmental quality.

Environmental reasons, economic savings, or for the health and wellness of baby.

Breastfeeding provides short - term and long - term health and economic and environmental advantages to children, women, and society.

In the «Diaper Duty» episode, currently viewable on the Parents TV website and Parents TV Select On Demand channel, Salina showcases the range of modern cloth diaper styles, their ease - of - use, and discusses their environmental, economic, and health benefits.»

Breastfeeding benefits include optimal infant nutrition (Allen, 2005), psychological, developmental and physical health benefits for both mother and infant (McFadden and Toole, 2006), economic benefits for the family (Cattaneo and Quintero - Romero, 2006) and environmental benefits for the community (Leon - Cava et al., 2002; Mettner, 2006; Oddy et al., 2006).

5) Little, A. D. Disposable Versus Reusable (Cloth) Diapers: Environmental, Health and Economic Considerations.

Whether you choose cloth diapers for economic, environmental or health benefits, the first step in cloth diapering is learning how to use them and what you might need!

Breastfeeding offers significant short - term and long - term environmental, psychosocial, economic, and particularly health benefits for the infant, mother and community [1][2].

Extensive research using improved epidemiologic methods and modern laboratory techniques documents diverse and compelling advantages for infants, mothers, families, and society from breastfeeding and use of human milk for infant feeding.1 These advantages include health, nutritional, immunologic, developmental, psychologic, social, economic, and environmental benefits.

In addition to specific health advantages for infants and mothers, economic, family, and environmental benefits have been described.

USBC points out that beyond the numerous health benefits to both mother and child, breastfeeding also provides «significant economic and environmental benefits for families, employers, and society.»

Obviously, you're trying to appear rational and pragmatic about all this, talking about following «the science» while balancing economic development with environmental and public health concerns.

Clean water and wastewater infrastructure is of vital importance to our nation's economic prosperity, public health and environmental integrity.

He has produced studies on the National Health Service, crime, big government projects, the dynamic effects of tax cuts, Gordon Brown's economic record, hate education in Palestine and environmental policy.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

«Pipeline vandalism also damages the environment, health and economic activity of inhabitants of affected areas, as well as complicates environmental cleanup efforts.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

Sue Sullivan, 52, said in a press release Wednesday that she's running for Congress to put her experience in economic development, health care, environmental protection and small business to work for the Mid-Hudson district.

Scenic Hudson joined local leaders and business owners at Shadows Marina on the Poughkeepsie waterfront to continue pushing for an expanded cleanup of the river, touting not only the environmental need for the economic importance of the Hudson's health.