Sentences with phrase «sea island community»

Born in the Gullah Sea Island community off the coast of South Carolina, most of portraits in the exhibition depict residents of Doyle's native St. Helena Island.

Not exact matches

Surrounding the somewhat recalcitrant materials of community and religious culture are the far less easily mastered elements of the natural world, which in «The Island» is represented by the light, the wind and the sea.

By the time visible unity is restored to the church, the community of active committed Christians may have been reduced in size and influence to a quite insignificant island in a vast secular sea.

Other grants included $ 15,000 for an obesity awareness program at the Staten island Partnership for Community Wellness; $ 100,000 for the Central Queens YMCA; and $ 800,000 to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum to replace a portion of Pier 86.

For coastal communities like Long Island, this means rising sea levels and more destructive storms.

Silver Award: Alex Kuffner The Providence Journal «Rising seas, rising stakes» Nov. 20, 2016 «Losing ground» March 19, 2017 «On the brink» July 9, 2017 Judges praised Alex Kuffner for his comprehensive look at the risks facing Rhode Island communities from either a once - in - a-century hurricane or a sea level rise of seven feet by the end of the century, as projected in a worst - case scenario by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.

Around the world, from Alaska's remote North Slope to the island nations in the South Pacific, coastal communities are watching their shorelines slip away into the rising seas.

Small - island communities in the Philippines prefer local measures to relocation in response to sea - level rise.

Yosuke Yashiro's family takes care of a mermaid egg in exchange for safe seas around their island community.

Located in the heart of Ambergris Caye, Grand Baymen is a developing island community situated in town but not right next to the sea.

Development at this popular travel destination has been comparatively restrained by stringent standards set forth in 1956 by visionary Charles Fraser's master plan for the island's first resort community, Sea Pines Plantation.

Whether you arrive at Salt Spring Island by ferry in Fulford Harbour, moor you kayak or personal craft in Long Harbour or land in a bi-plane by Ganges, Salt Spring Island presents stunning views of the Salish Sea and it's many aquatic inhabitants, a rolling, rugged landscape with stunning hilltop vistas, and a friendly, vibrant community of artists, artisans, farmers, eccentrics, visitors and locals.

A small, flat island in the North Sea, Smøla is home to a fishing community of about 2,100.

«The remarkable limestone islands, remote sandy bays, verdant landscapes and multi-cultural communities of Thai, Chinese, Muslims and sea gypsies all make the South a fascinating destination for holiday makers who want to get close to nature and respect local culture,» he said.

Channel Islands Beach is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States consisting of three historic neighborhoods: Hollywood Beach, Hollywood by the Sea, and Silver Strand Beach.

The highly popular Sea Pines community spans 5,000 acres on Hilton Head Island.

All our sea kayaking tours depart from the picturesque community of Telegraph Cove on the East coast of Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

Island House, Sea Colony's most southerly building, features 2 - bedroom - and - den and 2 - bedroom - den - and - loft condominiums and sits just steps from the community's private beach and right next to Ocean Pool 5 (with its kiddie pool).

The work is possible by working in a community level with a number of collaborators including California Department of Education, City of Oxnard, Santa Barbara City Creeks Division, The Nature Conservancy, Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute, the Channel Islands Harbor Foundation, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center, and over 20 schools in 7 school districts along the Santa Barbara Channel region.

The Turks & Caicos islands offer a sun - drenched atmosphere of picturesque beaches, sparkling seas, superb food and lodging and a community known for their warm welcome and relaxed, peaceful lifestyle.

Spain is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south and east, which is also where the Spanish autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands are located.

The eastern side of the island is also popular with visitors, who come to see the sea gypsy village and an old community of Koh Lanta.

SWEET SURRENDER is a luxurious, fully air conditioned, 5 bedroom villa located high above sea level on beautiful St John, US Virgin Islands in the upscale, gated community of Virgin Grand Estates.

2 Bed / 2 Bath beautiful condominium located in Sea Oaks gated Community on Orchid Island of Vero Beach, Florida.

Part of an exclusive gated community, the villa, whose name means «heavenly sea,» offers access to a semi-private beach and views of uninhabited islands off the coast.

The only year round residents on the Surin Islands are the National Park officials at the headquarters of Surin Nua and two small communities of Moken or, Sea Gypsies, and also referred to as the «Water People», who have villages on the eastern beaches of Surin Tai and the southern beaches of Surin Nua.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a multigenerational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina — former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors» Yoruba traditions — struggle to maintain their heritage and folklore while contemplating a migration to the mainland.

SeaWomen is a video and sound installation by Mikhail Karikis focusing on a fast vanishing community of elderly female sea workers living on the North Pacific island of Jeju — a jagged patch of black volcanic rock that belongs to South Korea and floats between Japan and China.

An island of sun and sand, known for surfing and sea - scraping cliff vistas, Oahu now offers a platform to embrace the more recent flourish in its arts community.

My friend and sometime fishing partner Carl Safina, the marine scientist, conservationist and writer (who lives on Long Island), wrote a hard - edged piece for the CNN Web site calling out coastal communities and the nation for complacency in the face of climate change and rising seas.

In 1978, fresh out of college, I traveled to the South Pacific to study man's relationship to the sea in isolated island communities.

Sea - level rise threatens the long - term viability of island communities by exacerbating the impacts of coastal storms, flooding infrastructure and ecosystems, and contaminating freshwater supplies with seawater.

The SHIFT Festival at South Bank, London in 2010 underlined this ambition and the Sea Change Expeditions, led by Ruth Little, explored island communities in Scotland and their work to make themselves self sustaining and carbon neutral.

Rivers rose, water topped and broke through dams, communities became islands, roads, bridges, rails and farm animals were washed away, houses floated down the river and out to sea, settlements disappeared and many people died in the Hatfield Flood.

Limits must be strict enough to avert the worst consequences of global warming that are already being felt in extreme weather events, droughts, floods, melting glaciers and polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten to swamp coastal communities and small island states.

The trend in greater sea level variability means that many Pacific Island communities should expect not only more frequent and prolonged drops in sea level, but also more frequent high sea level events.

With satellite data, rising sea levels can be monitored, helping communities on islands and along coastal areas plan.

With a team of 40 international students from Greece, the U.S., and Australia, the Plastic Free Island project is working to engage the local community on Kefalonia about plastic pollution issues, study forensic evidence of plastic pollution and remove it from sea caves and on beaches, create large - scale public art to expose the problem, and design alternatives to plastic for local businesses.

While there have been some variations, the locations of various islands, communities, and even the Roman baths built at sea level indicate a small net change.

Sea level rise is already impacting communities now; the latest example is Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, where America's first climate change refugees are preparing to leave their home as the island is expected to disappear underwater in just a few years.

If you don't know what's happening to small islands... communities like the Carteret Islands are on the front lines of climate change, because of rising seas and severe weather — they are experiencing more severe storm surges, coastal eislands... communities like the Carteret Islands are on the front lines of climate change, because of rising seas and severe weather — they are experiencing more severe storm surges, coastal eIslands are on the front lines of climate change, because of rising seas and severe weather — they are experiencing more severe storm surges, coastal erosion.

«Sea levels will continue to rise long after greenhouse gases are stabilized, further endangering coasts and island communities,» says Rind.

Did an innocent hypothetical by Eugene Volokh give rise to this lawsuit by three residents of the Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, asking an Athens court to block the Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece from using the term «lesbian» in its name?

Coastal and island communities will be at the frontline of rising sea levels.

It is envisaged that as the Strategy progresses, there will be engagement with the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community, particularly around issues of fishing rights and the impact of sea level rises on the Bass Strait Islands.

Strategies: Develop policies and programs aimed at the recognition of land and sea rights; encourage education to the wider community about the recognition of land and sea rights; liaise with government to ensure that there is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation on all boards and advisory committees involved in land and sea management; develop land acquisition strategy; support Palm Island and other groups to prepare local Homelands Plan.

As coastal and island communities confront rising sea levels, and inland areas become hotter and drier, Indigenous peoples are at risk of further economic marginalisation, as well as potential dislocation from, and exploitation of, their traditional lands, waters and natural resources.

As coastal and island communities confront rising sea levels, and inland areas become hotter and drier, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face the loss and degradation of the lands, waters and natural resources they have relied upon for generations.

There are many different types of property available on the island including condos overlooking the sea, beautiful luxury villas, family homes, houses in gated communities, vacant land and city homes.