Sentences with phrase «by ecological»

In a family - centred approach to services, assessment and treatment are guided by the ecological context of the family, incorporating information about formal and informal community supports (Winters and Metz 2009; Winters and Pumariega 2007).

Moreover, the development of the MDI was informed by ecological theories of human development (Bronfenbrenner 1979, 2005) and theories that emphasize the developmental primacy of social relationships (Ainsworth and Bowlby 1991; Ryan and Deci 2000; Thompson 1999).

A sustainable society is one that has learned to live within the boundaries established by ecological limits.

Thanks in part to his efforts, the Philippines became the first country ever to pass a nationwide ban on waste incineration with the Clean Air Act in 1999, followed shortly thereafter by the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act in 2001.

► Autonomous adaptation - Adaptation that does not constitute a conscious response to climatic stimuli but is triggered by ecological changes in natural systems and by market or welfare changes in human systems (also referred to as spontaneous adaptation).

By embracing a lifeway of voluntary simplicity - characterized by ecological awareness, frugal consumption, and personal growth - people can change their lives.

Also wrt # 18, the Enclosure Acts did not lead to a life of milk and honey for the displaced farmers and in the US, for example, the life of the Okies displaced from their farms by an ecological disaster was not celebrated for the ease and luxury they found in the cities.

While BCDR promises some direct (climate) and ancillary (restoration, habitat protection) benefits, Pg C - scale implementation may be constrained by ecological factors, and may compromise the ultimate goals of climate change mitigation.

WetLand is a modified houseboat made by the ecological artist Mary Mattingly to demonstrate easy - to - do sustainability projects (solar power, rain water collection and purification, vegetable gardening, upcycling, etc.).

Inspired by the ecological crisis, artists are seeking to connect with nature on a personal level — listening to glaciers, talking to plants, or taking biospheres for a walk.

Inspired by ecological architecture, the 10 rooms - double or triple - welcome guests at the Hotel Mùita di Mari with the style of an international grand hotel and all the comforts of the most modern luxury hotels.

Tambor is known for its biodiversity (much like most regions in Costa Rica) and is also surrounded by the ecological wealth of the Curu Wildlife Refuge.

Mute swans, considered «invasive» by ecological nativists, have long been blamed for the failure of trumpeter swans to recover to huntable abundance, but ---- as the pioneering field guide author and illustrator Roger Tory Peterson (1914 - 1996) repeatedly pointed out ---- the limited numbers and distribution of mute swans suggests that their actual influence on the much more widely distributed trumpeter swan population is negligible.

Visual Art unit featuring bugs of all kinds in a n inquiry based approach inspired by ecological artists Katherine Owen and Laurie Mitchell.

Bad Weather (Giovanni Giammi, 2012) A haunting documentary about a community of Pakistanese prostitutes threatened by an ecological catastrophe.

Critic Consensus: Plagues And Pleasures is a thoroughly engrossing account, both humorous and disheartening, of a once bustling community ravaged by ecological change and human greed.

Critics Consensus: Plagues And Pleasures is a thoroughly engrossing account, both humorous and disheartening, of a once bustling community ravaged by ecological change and human greed.

The cotton scarf is dyed with natural St. John's wort by the Ecological Weavers from San Juan de la Laguna, who proudly preserve the

You mentioned Nutricillin above, by Ecological Formulas.

This in turn supports the idea that, in birds, tool use for foraging is facilitated by ecological conditions typical of islands, such as reduced competition for embedded prey and low predation risk.

Zakiya Holmes Leggett is lauded by the Ecological Society of America for her efforts to increase the diversity of future ecologists through mentoring, teaching and outreach.

Tan and other researchers in the laboratory of Georgia Tech Professor Lin Jiang tested that hypothesis using P. fluorescens, which rapidly evolves into two general phenotypes differentiated by the ecological niches they adopt in static test tube microcosms.

«Correctly identifying an invasive species as either native or non-native is important for developing sound policy, management and scientific research programs, because effective responses depend on knowing whether the species» dominance is caused by ecological or evolutionary novelty, changes in environmental conditions that facilitate it or both,» Taylor said.

The cleanup is driven by ecological risk, not risk to the homeowners, Rockafellow said.

Most scientists thought that a bird's preference for a certain number of companions had to be determined at least in part by life experience or by ecological conditions such as food abundance or the threat of predators.

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While facial complexity was related to social variables, such as group size and the number of closely related species in the same habitat, facial pigmentation was best explained by ecological and spatial factors.

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Some biology journals, such as those published by the Ecological Society of America in Washington DC, for example, expressly prohibit pre-publication in citable public archives.

Their ideas may not always seem plausible, but they provide a glimpse of a possible future in which development is driven by ecological necessity.

Though the forest idea introduces elements now associated with «greening the city», and largely determined by ecological imperatives — to counter CO2 emissions, to lower ambient temperatures, to increase surface water retention and avoid flooding — there are equally important social and economic imperatives in the forest strategy too.

The industries were attacked at the early stage of that decade by an ecological movement.

There is some evidence that consumers who have recently entered the organic market are less motivated by ecological issues and are more interested by organic food as a safe product87.

While all are affected by the ecological crisis, the life of the poor and marginalised is further impoverished by it.

A consultation on ecology and development has correctly observed that while all are affected by the ecological crisis, the life of the poor and marginalised is further impoverished by it.

On the other hand, there are horrendous dangers of worldwide misery implicit in the threat of nuclear war, extinction by ecological disruption, the explosion of population, and the political problems of governing the world's peoples during a period of such momentous crises.

By ecological orientation, I mean «a new consciousness of the country» or «a new relation to it,» as the narrator of O Pioneers!

They come from persons influenced by ecological concerns, from feminists, from those influenced by Eastern forms of thought, by those interested in parapsychology, and by those who reflect on the implications of recent developments in physics.

Also, as there is an organic link between destruction of environment and socio - economic and political injustice, even though all are affected by the ecological crisis, the life of the poor and marginalized is further impoverished by it.

This trust in life and the actual experiences which it entails are part of human existence that can be far better explained, as Birch and Cobb affirm, by an ecological model rather than an older mechanical one.

«Twenty years ago everyone believed civilization was driven by ecological forces,» Schmidt says.

The second and perhaps most fundamental area requiring joint attention by ecological and political theologians is the problem of properly conceptualizing and expressing the relationship between nature and history.

Preliminary debates and misunderstandings aside, then, a number of fundamental theological and ethical issues related to the ecological crisis require sustained critical reflection by both ecological and political theologians.

This section is a good exposition of the impossibility of continuing economic «growth», including the failure of absolute decoupling of GDP growth from material throughputs (something we have emphasised9) and the basics of the «steady state economy» as proposed by ecological economists like Herman Daly.

Not exact matches

They have solar - powered lighting and a private bathroom with a dry ecological toilet and sink, separated from the bedroom by an insulated wall.

The Great Barrier Reef can no longer be saved by existing plans to protect the ecological site, experts have warned, saying that efforts should shift to a lesser, backup plan of maintaining the reef's «ecological function» instead.

Zooming in on climate change, Proxy Preview highlights one new shareholder proposal «that raises questions about transporting oil and gas by train and several taking up different angles on deforestation that connect ecological and human rights impacts.»

An important part of this was updating the existing traditional land use and ecological knowledge by consulting with local Aboriginal stakeholders.

The Husseini Group, has over a decade of funding ventures that embrace social enhancement and ecological sustainability with numerous notable holdings, including Infenera (NASDAQ: INFN), Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA), Bloom Energy, Ethical Electric, Zep Solar (acquired by Solar City (NASDAQ: SCTY), Thrive Market, Kevita, Cornerstone Capital, Sites.com (acquired by Internet Brands (NASDAQ: INET) and many others.

Thus Jews and Christians, both informed by what they have learned about the integrity of creation from the Hebrew Bible, need not try to invent ecological ethics de novo.