Sentences with phrase «changing cultural environment»

In a changing cultural environment where new ideas threaten the safety and security of the faith, Faith Unraveled is a fearlessly honest story of survival.

They have not effectively changed the cultural environments that reinforce class stratification.

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Galen Cranz, a sociologist and professor of architecture at the University of California Berkeley who has long crusaded for more active work environments writes via e-mail: «It will take cultural change in order to make significant change.»

We've written plenty about the job cuts, high - level departures, rise of technology, weak deal - making environment, strategic initiatives, and cultural changes.

Amid a changing social media, technology and cultural environment, H.R.'s unease is about more than whether there could be a Harvey Weinstein on their payroll.

Through cultural evolution we take charge of much of our environment and that in turn changes the direction of natural selection of genes.

So many recent cultural shifts — a growing sense of alarm over childhood (and adult) obesity, a new interest in where our food comes from and how its production affects our health and environment, concern about climate change and the need to source food locally — all point in that direction.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

«It's something that facilitates the constant adaptation of the human brain and behavior to the changing environment, which includes our social and cultural context.»

Around the time these patterns changed, humans were becoming increasingly dependent on agriculture — a cultural shift that physically altered the environment and would have introduced new barriers to dispersal of plants and animals.

The findings provide clues into changes in social interactions during a time when people are thought to have been spreading into new parts of North America and adapting to different environments, beginning a period of cultural diversification.

For example, the many learners who struggle with the traditional pedagogy and the traditional cultural bias towards certain types of learning (like verbal facility and rapid deductive reasoning) are no longer disadvantaged in an environment that is focused on relationships and processes of change.

Advocates of citizenship education cross the political spectrum, but they are bound by a common belief that our democratic republic will not sustain unless students are aware of their changing cultural and physical environments; know their past; read, write, and think deeply; and act in ways that promote the common good.

Under his leadership, the organization solidified its position in a rapidly changing media environment as Knell leveragedNPR's network of member stations, drove cross-platform journalism and cultural programming, and grew philanthropic and corporate underwriting support.

Studying their sustainability in the natural environment, these artists take the location and materials of their work into careful consideration using cultural, political and environmental histories to create art as a catalyst for change.

She observes social and topographical changes in her environment, the complexities that are embedded in these experiences, and how such things as resources, soil, earth, and its potential worth are subjected to regional and cultural scrutiny.

The exhibition showcases the most outstanding and symbolic works from the late 1990s and 2000s which directly reflect the changing cultural and social environment and values of the Chinese people in a booming economy».

Her projects such as «Awakening from Your Skin» that ran from 2000 to 2004, and «Art and Environment — A Cultural Action along the Tropic of Cancer» that was organized in 2006, advocated for communal engagement to mobilize the public and push for social change.

At the present moment in Toronto, many people are feeling pressure from the shifting and changing social, cultural and political environment.

From the clothes we wear, to the environments we inhabit, from the art that moves us, to the products we use, our graduates shape our visual cultural landscape and create surprising solutions to complex problems that activate social change, inspire, innovate, and entertain.

East Gallery Fragments Manitoban artist Marcel Gosselin creates environments which explore the genetic and cultural elements of change, the unpredictable and yet constant evolution and recycling of nature.

Manitoban artist Marcel Gosselin creates environments which explore the genetic and cultural elements of change, the unpredictable and yet constant evolution and recycling of nature.

Seeking insight into our cultural and spiritual identity in relationship to the rapidly changing environment, Bhalla utilizes photography, sculpture, installation, and performance to examine our shared relationship with water and its inseparable capacity to be both symbol and source of renewal.

In one lifetime our increasingly interconnected and interdependent economic, social, cultural and political systems have come to place pressures on the environment that may cause fundamental changes in the Earth system and move us beyond safe natural boundaries.

Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate, Organization & Environment 24:3 - 33.

Against this backdrop of a speedily diversifying, fast - paced business environment, to earn the reputation of a trusted legal adviser, a change in the cultural mindset of law firms is required, moving towards relationship management.

As a large firm partner for 25 years, I am uniquely positioned to advise lawyers practicing in today's challenging competitive environment and in a profession undergoing dramatic structural and cultural change.

The most common challenges that foreign investors and clients face when setting up a business in my country are: qualifying for the complex bidding processes for major projects; finding reliable partners to form partnerships or consortiums; and cultural nuance and legal uncertainty & insecurity caused by changing its regulatory environment and not having legal advisors with the capacity to offer them comprehensive and trustable legal services.

Even if senior travelers are in seemingly good health, the stress of travel, change in environment and cultural differences may have an effect on their health so it is important to be prepared.

The economic and cultural environment has led to more people seeking to change careers or enter new fields out of necessity or personal interest.

As discussed in chapter 5, Indigenous people's cultural and intellectual knowledge and understanding of our environments will be required to contribute to mitigate and adapt to climate change in the national interest.

[85] While this strategy has not yet been finalised, the Indigenous Economic Development Strategy must be developed to enable economic development for as many Indigenous groups as possible, and be linked to streamlining and improving Indigenous rights under legislative arrangements such as native title and land rights, cultural heritage and under various environment protection and conservation legislation, carbon sequestration and climate change, industry development regulation [86], and water legislation.

Given the close cultural connection between the natural environment and Islander culture, habitat change that impacts significant fauna (for example, reduction in turtle nesting beaches, migratory bird foraging or sea grass bed decline) is likely to affect Islanders» mental well - being.

Like any other social trait, sexual preferences, attitudes, behaviors, and identity can be flexible to some degree.1 Another related concept, erotic plasticity, is defined as change in people's sexual expression (attitudes, preferences, behavior) due to socio - cultural factors and situational concerns.2 In other words, the basic idea is that someone's sexual response can fluctuate depending on their surrounding environment.

Additionally, the strain on today's families, marriages and individuals, juggling job loss or change, growing families, and a changing cultural and economic environment, increasingly require counseling professionals trained to help others adjust and cope.

Reflecting 10 years of dramatic change in early education — especially in critical areas like assessment and cultural diversity — the second edition of this bestseller gives teachers up - to - date research, usable information, and essential tools to meet the needs of second language learners in today's learning environments.

The Australian Government are currently revising legislative arrangements that deal with water, the environment, native title and cultural heritage, and they are developing the legislative framework to address climate change.

6.5 That government departments that have specific responsibilities for Indigenous affairs (for example, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Attorney - General's Department) work closely with the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, and the Department of Climate Change, to ensure that the social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts and opportunities for Indigenous peoples arising from water and climate change are identified and addChange, to ensure that the social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts and opportunities for Indigenous peoples arising from water and climate change are identified and addchange are identified and addressed

Indigenous participation in the management of environment, cultural heritage and climate change Indigenous Australians have had very limited influence in decision - making affecting their natural environment and their means of subsistence.

Increase Indigenous participation in the development and implementation of government policies and programs in environmental, cultural heritage and climate change Indigenous Australians that impacts on Indigenous peoples» lands, natural environment and their means of subsistence; and

The NSW Government also has a number of consultative and advisory forums on specific issues, for example the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee provides advice to the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment.