Sentences with phrase «about environmental issues like»

Firstly, the one key lesson that I've seen time and time again throughout all of our projects is that the most effective way to engage and excite children about environmental issues like energy saving is to allow them to take the lead.

Gung Ho uses prints to convey messages about environmental issues like saving endangered species of flora and fauna, for example.

Not exact matches

In early January, Walden Asset Management, a corporate client who uses Vanguard for their 401 (k) program, wrote Vanguard about its proxy voting practices with respect to social and environmental issues like political spending and climate change.

If you hear someone talking about sin they are more likely talking about big problems like environmental degradation, economic justice, and war, than about issues of personal morality like adultery or gluttony.

... in an election year that has been dominated by environmental issues like fracking, the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy, and what to do about climate change, the Green Party candidate for Governor, Howie Hawkins, is resolutely carrying his message across the state....

And in an election year that has been dominated by environmental issues like fracking, the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Sandy, and what to do about climate change, the Green Party candidate for Governor, Howie Hawkins, is resolutely carrying his message across the state.

Parents appear to be more likely to express concern about critical environmental issues like climate change and more interested in changing their behavior to be smarter consumers when it comes to purchasing energy -LSB-...]

(2017) Learning outside the classroom, Issue 302, p38 Frauman, E. (2010) Incorporating the concept of mindfulness in informal outdoor education settings, Journal of Experiential Education, Vol.33, Issue 3, p225 - 238 Humberstone, B; Stan, I. (2009) Well - being and outdoor pedagogies in primary schooling: The nexus of well - being and safety, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.13, Issue 2, p24 - 32 Marzano, R., Pickering, D. (2007) The case for and against homework, Educational Leadership, Vol.64, Issue 6, p74 - 79 Moffett, P. (2012) Learning about outdoor education through authentic activity, Mathematics Teaching, p12 - 14 Mudd, A. (2007) Outdoor learning in the school grounds (primary), Environmental Education, Vol.84, p5 - 6 Scott, G., Boyd, M., Colquhoun, D. (2013) Changing spaces, changing relationships: the positive impact of learning out of doors, Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, Vol.17, Issue 1, p47 - 53 Sharpe, D. (2014) Independent thinkers and learners: a critical evaluation of the «Growing Together Schools Programme, Pastoral Care in Education, Vol.32, Issue 3, p197 - 207 Skates, E. (2014) On the up: Learning outside and raising attainment, Primary Geography, Issue 85, p14 - 15 Whawell, G., Tanner, J. (2015) Not like in the classroom, Primary Geography, Vol.

Opinion polls for the past decade have consistently shown that the public would like to see something done about the global warming problem, along with many other environmental issues.

I also liked this story because it features some good news about an environmental issue.

Fearmongering about an imminent climate doomsday also hogs news coverage and important environmental issues like GM food, mad scientist chimera cloning and the usurpation and abuse of corporations like Monsanto flies under the radar.

6 Jan: Daily Mail: Richard Hartley - parkinson: Prince Charles says becoming a grandfather has boosted his environmental beliefs saying he doesn't want to «hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world» The Prince of Wales has spoken about how the prospect of becoming a grandfather is spurring his environmental beliefs, saying he does not want to «hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world» Prince Charles, an outspoken campaigner on environmental issues, told ITV's This Morning that he did not want the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's child, due to be born next summer, to ask him why he had not done more to tackle issues like climate change... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257993/Prince-Charles-says-grandfather-boosted-environmental-beliefs-saying-doesnt-want-hand-increasingly-dysfunctional-world.html

If you'd like to learn about this issue in more depth, please visit Maplecroft's website and download The Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas 2014: http://maplecroft.com/themes/cc/.

Regarding Alex Merz's comment: the problem with the debate about global warming (and many other environmental issues) is that the uninformed are thinking that they ARE informed because they are getting their information well - spun from «authorities» like Crichton and Lomborg and Gregg Easterbrook and Patrick Michaels.

To remedy this, she suggests encouraging more women to go into environmental fields, increasing women's representation in decision - making roles, and educating a broader spectrum of women about water issues through nontraditional methods like soap operas — which have already proven successful in other countries at boosting awareness about population and family planning.

She would like to set up a charity that would develop youth centres; to teach young people about political and environmental issues.

My exposure to this movement — through case studies and the work of activists like Van Jones and Majora Carter — made me passionate about wanting to spread the word about the connections between environmental and social justice issues.

Researchers at the University of Missouri have concluded that while the public is troubled about a range of environmental issues, close - to - home concerns like clean air and water outweigh fears of global warming.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

Every week, I'll bring you important stories from across the country about the impacts and politics of climate change, the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources and environmental issues like water and public lands.

Thus the rule should exclude persons or groups whose interest in the issue is only policy - based: for example, an Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) speaking about a project in Town X not because it is particularly involved in what happens in Town X but because Town X has an environmental issue and the NGO is interested in environmental issues generally; or, similarly, a Business NGO speaking about the levying of a municipal tax in Town X when the Business NGO or its members would not pay the tax but it does not like the precedent the Town is setting for the Town is setting for the purpose of the possible future enactment of similar taxes in other muEnvironmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) speaking about a project in Town X not because it is particularly involved in what happens in Town X but because Town X has an environmental issue and the NGO is interested in environmental issues generally; or, similarly, a Business NGO speaking about the levying of a municipal tax in Town X when the Business NGO or its members would not pay the tax but it does not like the precedent the Town is setting for the Town is setting for the purpose of the possible future enactment of similar taxes in other muenvironmental issue and the NGO is interested in environmental issues generally; or, similarly, a Business NGO speaking about the levying of a municipal tax in Town X when the Business NGO or its members would not pay the tax but it does not like the precedent the Town is setting for the Town is setting for the purpose of the possible future enactment of similar taxes in other muenvironmental issues generally; or, similarly, a Business NGO speaking about the levying of a municipal tax in Town X when the Business NGO or its members would not pay the tax but it does not like the precedent the Town is setting for the Town is setting for the purpose of the possible future enactment of similar taxes in other municipalities.

From extreme weather events like Superstorm Sandy to everyday concerns about energy consumption, there are a wide range of environmental issues that impact America's property owners and communities.