Sentences with phrase «called environmental work»

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Goal no. 8, on decent work and economic growth, calls for an endeavor «to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation,» and includes «equal pay for equal work.»

«Is there a line you can draw between understanding how the Earth works and the so - called politically incorrect environmental monitoring?»

Rather, the theological and scientific advisers to the section included a Canadian member of parliament, who is also a United Church minister, quoting William Stringfellow, Rachel Carson, and John Cobb; a theologian from Hong Kong who called for rejecting the «commander» image in Genesis of God giving shape and order to what he has made, in favor of the (female) «brooding spirit» image «which best addresses our current crisis»; and Larry Rasmussen of New York's Union Seminary, who linked the work of the Spirit with the growing environmental movement.

An estimated 2.5 million pilgrims have descended on the city of Mecca for the Islamic Hajj, but with the rising threat of climate change, there are now calls for both pilgrims and authorities in Mecca to reduce the environmental damage wrought by this yearly influx of travelers.

But with the rising threat of climate change, there are now calls for both pilgrims and authorities in Mecca to reduce the environmental damage wrought by this yearly influx of travelers.

For the past several years I've worked on environmental projects with American Indian communities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and I've become acquainted with remnants of an Ojibwa religion called Mediwiwin.

David Andrews, Senior Scientist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), has this to say about so - called «natural» flavors:

«The EPA Administrator has issued a clarion call that the pressing environmental issues of our times, especially the changing climate, must be engaged and engaged now,» said Tepper, who noted that all of Mass Audubon's work is now viewed through the lens of a warming planet.

Every year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) publishes a list of the produce highest in pesticide residue, from worst to best, calling the 12 worst their «dirty dozen.»

The Thompson campaign has pointed out throughout the city comptroller's run for mayor that he has worked hard on environmental efforts, including attempting to stop natural gas drilling within or near the city's upstate watershed, which provides drinking water to the city's residents; calling for the preservation of wildlife space in the Ridgewood Reservoir; and issuing a report documenting the impact of airport congestion at the city's three major airports; and the rise in airport runoff, especially the flow from Kennedy Airport into marshes in Jamaica Bay.

Also at 12:30 p.m., environmental advocate Erin Brockovich, the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires» Disease, and the Allergy and Asthma Network will hold a press conference to call on lawmakers and health officials to work towards real, effective solutions to New York's escalating Legionella and Legionnaires» disease crises, LOB, Room 130, 198 State St., Albany.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has responded to a study released by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that calls for further PCB removal work on the Hudson River.

Speaker Vos, in a report to Assembly Republicans called «No Easy Answers,» said, «Transportation is a bigger concern for job creators looking to locate a business than Right to Work, tax incentives or environmental regulations.»

We analyzed the environmental programs at each of the businesses and then awarded the contract to the company doing the most progressive environmental work, a business called Herman Miller.

The work opens up new possibilities for the salamander's conservation and also for using so - called environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor animals that live where humans just can't go.

Brian Shmaefsky, professor of biology and environmental science at Lone Star College and a member of the AAAS On - call Scientists initiative, described a case study to illustrate how scientists can participate in advocacy and human rights work.

They're part of the environmental justice movement, a crusade that grew out of the recognition that it was mainly the poor and people of color who were forced — by circumstance, finances, lack of political power and what activists call «environmental apartheid» that callously targets the disenfranchised — to live and work in some of the nation's dirtiest environments.

They're also valuable in environmental research, work that's discussed in an article called «The Hidden Life of Truffles» in the April issue of Scientific American magazine, by Oregon State University's James Trappe and Andrew Claridge, visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

The Texas Department of Agriculture is working with researchers at Texas A&M University in College Station and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the ants, which, along with biting humans, feed on other insects (including the beloved ladybug) and even eat the hatchlings of a small, endangered grouse called the Atwater prairie chicken.

David Schneider, a psychologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and a specialist in stereotyping, calls the study «an excellent piece of work that not only speaks to a possibly important environmental cause, but also supports a major potential theoretical explanation for some forms of prejudice.»

Because of how antioxidants work — by adhering to damaging atoms called free radicals — they are thought to help combat cancer, intercept the damage of environmental pollution, and prevent age - related degenerative disease.

The Environmental Working Group publishes a list of what's called the «Dirty Dozen», the top 12 produce that have the highest concentration of pesticides (that's after being washed).

In a collaborative study performed at Duke University with the Environmental Working Group, they found in 26 women that a common synthetic chemical in nail polish called triphenyl phosphate (TPHP, sometimes TPhP or TPP) is leaking into the bodies of women who wear nail polish.1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26485058 They think it leaches through the cuticles or possibly that another ingredient in the nail polish makes the nail itself more permeable.

Many environmental triggers are known to activate asthmatic symptoms, such as cold air, chlorine, food and other allergies and even working out (leading to the so - called «exercise - induced asthma» name), but these don't cause asthma.

Each year the Environmental Working Group produces a list called the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen.

The Environmental Working Group has created a list called the «Dirty Dozen» that calls out the top 12 (now 14) most offensive (highest concentrations of pesticides) produce.

Just a quick search on the Environmental Working Group will show you that Aquaphor contains a level 8 chemical additive called oxybenzone which has a long list of potential risks.

And you know, what people understand is that you - you may not have any copies of MTHFR, that you can have what I call a functional polymorphism where those pathways are not working because of too much oxidative stress, or environmental chemicals, or nutrient deficiencies.

Take a look at the Environmental Working Group's guide called the Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen to see which foods are most important to buy organic.

The Park Hill Project was part of a national program called Earth Force, through which groups of students choose an environmental issue to study and then work on sustainable local solutions.

Across the country there is a growing movement being led by students who are working with adults from their communities and schools to contribute to school improvement by calling for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice in schools.

Victoria Rusnak went to school to be an environmental lawyer, but family business called and she has used her work experience outside the auto retail industry to modernize the Rusnak Auto Group's operations, reports Wards Auto here:

It also works with Careli Tours and FundeNic, an NGO, on a program called Eco Escuelas that provides environmental education in public schools and is funded by private sector.

It is possible to see the influence of experimental games in the Bioshock series, in the work and philosophy of Ubisoft, even in the Call of Duty series, where the surreal, hallucinogenic memory sequences that have come to typify the Black Ops titles, with the same focus on environmental and audio effect over player input.

«10:30 am» (2006)-- Elements of this large - scale work demonstrate what Katz calls «environmental» painting.

Article by Katharine Doyle in Berlin / / Aug. 11, 2017 Increasingly, artists are being called upon to represent viewpoints on climate change into their work; this artistic phenomenon champions environmental awareness on various levels, whether in its material... [read on]

Anchored by 28 newly commissioned works that were created in Gwangju itself, the Biennale explores a wide range of subjects, from past political histories to urgent environmental and social issues, while also reserving for artists what Lind called «the right to opacity.»

Despite the political and environmental underpinnings of these images, Maisel's work refuses didactic interpretation, evoking instead an experience that the artist has called the «apocalyptic sublime.»

Crafting Resistance Opening Reception: January 26th, 2017 5 - 8 pm Exhibition continues through March 28th, 2017 Visual Arts Center — Gallery One (Liberal Arts Building) The Visual Arts Center gallery at Boise State University has organized the exhibition Crafting Resistance featuring the work of twenty artists from around the United States as well as Canada and Mexico whose work creates awareness of political issues, examines issues of racial and social justice, or calls for change in environmental issues and human and equal rights.

The curator is seeking works for the exhibition that create awareness or call for change in political issues, racial and social justice, environmental issues, and human and equal rights.

His most recent landscapes — large - scale immersive works he calls «environmental paintings» — make up a third of the show.

I include sections at the end of each chapter called the Bad News, because as a working scientist, I am fully aware that nothing is ever all one way (a mistake often made in environmental books).

Its latest project is called «Patagonia Action Works,» and it is essentially a dating site (this is what CEO and founder Yvon Chouinard called it, jokingly) for environmental protection organizations and wannabe activists.

Called Habitat, it's the work of Tania Kovats, an environmental artist who has an affinity for the canal.

As the founder of Green For All, a national organization working to get green jobs to disadvantaged communities, Jones calls for an environmental revolution that is inclusive and equitable.

So, needless to say, until the Tea Party stops calling for the abolishment of the EPA, ceases trying to halt all - important regulations that preserve the quality of our air and water, and quits working to roll back every imaginable environmental protection on the books, I will continue to be critical of the group's aims.

At the same time, the State Department is working to slash global emissions of potent industrial greenhouse gases called HFCs through an amendment to the Montreal Protocol; the Environmental Protection Agency is cutting domestic HFC emissions through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program; and, the private sector has stepped up with commitments to cut global HFC emissions equivalent to 700 million metric tons through 2025.

Those against will be Daniel M. Kammen, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, focused on renewable and «appropriate» energy technology and a senior energy adviser to the Obama campaign; Oliver Tickell, an environmental writer / campaigner in search of what he calls Kyoto2, a framework for controlling greenhouse gases that is effective, efficient and equitable; and Adam Werbach, who gained fame as the youngest president of the Sierra Club (elected at 23), but now is focused on «blue» marketing for business growth framed around sustainability, as the head of Saatchi & Saatchi S. I'll have to ask him about how that works.

The Environmental Working Group tested canned food bought across America and found BPA in more than half of them, at levels they call «200 times the government's traditional safe level of exposure for industrial chemicals.»

Our music comes from Feist.TreeHugger: Natalie, something you've been working on recently is what you call the Environmental Health Clinic.