Sentences with phrase «change public attitudes»

Environmental militant groups are said to use economic sabotage, which includes destruction of property, to try to change public attitudes about environmental damage caused by businesses, including harm caused by sprawl.

I agree, and I agree the costs can not come down quickjly even if it was possible to quickly change public attitudes to nuclear and to quickly removing the regulatory and legislative impediments that have cause it to become so costly.

On Mark's broader arguments, it is important that political movements seek to challenge and change public attitudes on issues that they think most important.

Critics of GFI might be concerned that their work does not directly help to change public attitudes towards animals, and changing those attitudes may be essential for ensuring lasting progress.

The key to its success was that, rather than restricting its activities to law enforcement, Hong Kong's ICAC also worked on changing public attitudes that consider personal loyalties more important than formal rules and public duties.

Academy officials plan to hold a series of meetings around the country to drum up support for the report, the first step in what Lane sees as a long process of changing public attitudes.

But I'm deeply doubtful that this is a path to changing public attitudes and — more importantly — behaviors related to curbing emissions of greenhouse gases.

Not exact matches

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

«It used to be that Silicon Valley had the attitude that Washington was inconvenient,» Vivek Wadhwa, an entrepreneur and researcher of public policy at Stanford Law School, says, but over the last few years Silicon Valley has reached a turning point, and that perspective has changed drastically.

«During the latter stage of the bull market culminating in 1929, the public acquired a completely different attitude towards the investment merits of common stocks... Why did the investing public turn its attention from dividends, from asset values, and from average earnings to transfer it almost exclusively to the earnings trend, i.e. to the changes in earnings expected in the future?

However, we still think it's important for the animal movement to target some outreach toward individuals, as a shift in public attitudes could lead to more institutional change.

I wonder if these results from the recent Pew poll of attitudes toward religion in public life don't foretell a real change, however partial, however qualified by any number of other factors.

«But public attitudes had changed markedly by the second half of the last century as understandings of mental health had developed.»

The Public Square Rapidly changing attitudes toward Christian ministry reflect a cultural incursion into the life of the churches that is getting mixed reviews.

Television was taking away customers, more overtly sexual material was being imported from Japan and Europe, and public attitudes were changing.

We have witnessed, within our own lifetimes, the legal battle to nullify state laws against miscegenation and the gradual change in social attitudes toward toleration and even acceptance of interracial couples in public.

Then the public attitude changed, and for several decades very few new power stations were built.

As they despaired over fostering change through the process, secular antiwar movements — which strongly influenced church attitudes, both negatively and positively — became extreme in their efforts to awaken a stubborn public.

At first there was public resistance to their use, but she said that during the last ten years there has been a change of attitude regarding Aboriginals and their foods.

Making Europe's production, consumption and trade in food environmentally sustainable is possible, but it will require a major shift in public attitudes, policies and knowledge and seizing current opportunities for change, according to a newly published European Environment Agency (EEA) report.

A sense of the changed attitude toward sport — not only among students but among a large, variegated public — can be found in a recent play, The Great White Hope, by Howard Sackler.

«We're hoping the results of this survey will draw attention to the public's need to change its attitudes toward tanning, which is the first step in changing behavior,» said Dr. James.

Dr Brown called for a change in public attitudes, saying:

* Issue 40, Mar - May 2006 Insert 1 - WABA Annual Summary Report for 2005 Insert 2 - Attitudes Can Change: Supporting Mothers and Their Babies in Public Nursing Insert 3 - Announcement: Breastfeeding Advocacy and Practice Course Insert 4 - From the desk of Ted Greiner, WABA Research Task Force Coordinator

Evidence is emerging that the combination of law reform and public education is more effective than either strategy alone in changing parental attitudes and behaviours.54

Touching on work in the Public Sector, President Mahama said most public institutions can work efficiently if the workers change their lackadaisical attitude towardsPublic Sector, President Mahama said most public institutions can work efficiently if the workers change their lackadaisical attitude towardspublic institutions can work efficiently if the workers change their lackadaisical attitude towards work.

But thanks to what appears to be a rather lucrative five - year contract deal — it's hard to tell, exactly, because scant details on the agreement have been made public — Donohue appears to have had a change of heart where Cuomo and his political aspirations are concerned, though the union president's newfound magnanimous attitude toward the governor likely won't extend beyond 2018.

The public's attitude toward high - density housing will have to change before any politician will be allowed to change zoning strategies.

In truth, the general election after this one may be the most critical, for if a new group of politicians come into Parliament, and the public, after five years, sense that little has changed, then public attitudes to politics and politicians may plummet still further.

If there were to be a re-examination of attitudes towards MPs from the public at large, it would be a sign that the 2010 intake has learnt the lessons of the last Parliament and is managing to change perceptions of this one.

«But he will have his work cut out in convincing ministers of this new approach, who are going to have to change their attitude towards civil servants, public bodies and unions if they want this strategy to succeed.»

A survey published by the Department for Transport on «Public attitudes towards road congestion», which was carried out between November 2009 and February 2010, found that over half of adults agreed that the current system of paying for road use should change so that the amount people paid was based on how often, when and where they used the roads.

While being married was once a requirement for public office, he said attitudes have changed.

Public attitudes are changing, and the drug reformers» condemnations have taken on a new, more confident and aggressive tone.

The winds of change in Europe have circled back to the 1930's as public attitudes have grown dark and bitter.

The public's attitude to successful wealth - creators may not have changed, but it is more hostile to bankers and the City's bonus culture.

He further stated that for such an incident to be avoided in future a change in attitude is required from the general public.

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

Public health messages have long relied on the notion that by changing attitudes, you can shift behavior.

During a 6 - 10 June training program, the 15 AAAS Leshner Leadership Institute fellows also engaged in interactive sessions on the science of science communication, public attitudes about climate change, how Americans consume science news, best practices in leveraging social media, and the fundamentals of engaging policymakers in science - based dialogue.

Tougher UK health warnings about alcohol are creating fertile territory for a change in public attitudes to drinking, says Martin McKee

A study of 172 University of Texas students enrolled in a «responsible conduct of research» course, for example, found «no significant change» in attitudes after training, says Elizabeth Heitman of the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.

«As well as protecting people from the deadly effects of passive smoking, we've also seen big changes in public attitudes towards smoking.

The IUCN's Hyena Specialist Group focuses on developing hyena conservation strategies worldwide through integrated research and public education to change attitudes toward these much maligned animals.

He continues, «Cultural attitudes and values and the public's tolerance for distracted driving need to be targeted by informative and persuasive public health campaigns that make evident the need and create a public demand for individual behavior change.»

Although an increase in knowledge is important, programs need to be able to contribute to actual behavior change,» said De La Rue, «It is well established in the educational and psychological research literature and in public health, that changes in knowledge and attitude are not associated with reductions in actual behavior.

With spanking a public health concern, this approach offers a simple way to reach a large audience to change attitudes and reduce parents» reliance on corporal punishment, said Holden, who was recently elected president of Dallas» oldest child abuse prevention agency, Family Compass.

Shifting public attitudes toward marriage, hard economic times and changing The Tuesday after our wedding, Ben and I had left the frigid Midwest behind and were more than ready to board our cruise ship in Long Beach, California.

A series of public policies are implemented in different areas of life, in order to ensure equal access of Roma people to education and employment, but very little is done in order to change the negative attitudes of the majority population towards Roma.

The poll found that attitudes are changing; three of every four Americans favor fixing up the nation's schools instead of spending public money for vouchers.