Sentences with phrase «changing human attitudes»

WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2018 (ENS)-- Celebrated on Sunday, April 22, this year's Earth Day theme is End Plastic Pollution by fundamentally changing human attitudes and behaviors to reduce plastic pollution.

Earth Day focused its attention on fundamentally changing human attitudes and behavior about plastics and catalyzing a significant reduction in plastic pollution across the world.

The theme for this year's celebration is End Plastic Pollution, which is dedicated to providing the information and inspiration needed to fundamentally change human attitude and behavior about plastics.

In response, Earth Day Network (EDN) has built a multi-year campaign and program to End Plastic Pollution, which calls for Earth Day 2018 on April 22 to be a pivotal moment to fundamentally change the human attitude and behavior concerning plastics and catalyzing a significant reduction in plastic pollution.

Not exact matches

These individual American attitudes may have changed corporate culture seeing that 89 % of Fortune 500 companies implemented their own policies prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation according to Human Rights Campaign.

While glad to see the change of attitude among conservative Christians with respect to gay civil rights and acceptance of gays as human beings, some persons were troubled over other aspects of the issue.

Wisdom, cleverness, experience and psychological «know - how» are all useful tools in dealing with human situations, but unless they are used by love no situation is permanently changed and no human attitude radically altered.

For here it is a matter of the application of the ultimate fundamental attitudes and doctrines of the Gospel to the unimaginable multiplicity of situations in human life which, moreover, are involved in a perpetual historical flux and change.

But they reveal perhaps more clearly than the Graham preaching that, even with sophistication updated, there has been no change from the nineteenth century's revivalistic attitudes that are out to make sales and are intensely suspicious of genuine human encounter.

They did not change human actions or attitudes in any problem of collective behavior by a hair's breadth, though they may well have helped to preserve private amenities and to assuage individual frustrations.

We have adopted the saccharine attitudes required to get along in a complicated world, but none of this changes the fact that we human beings are prone to violence; we are jealous, competitive, and capable of hatred and killing.

It is wise, in fact, to go beyond this by frankly stating that most human problems are complicated, that some require professional therapy, that many can not be solved fully, and that often the best we can do is change our attitudes toward them.

«Is the Minister aware that the recent guidelines of the House of Bishops state clearly that those who enter a same - sex marriage, together with children in their care, should be welcomed into the life of worshiping communities, and also that the Church of England is about to begin a two - year process of structured conversations to explore the changing attitudes to human sexuality and their implications for the life of the church and its disciplines?»

Today we have to change our attitude from that of description to that of appreciation; we have to ask whether the fruits in question can help us to judge the absolute value of what religion adds to human life.

«The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals — and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia's when it comes to human rights,»

«The ECHR can bind the hands of parliament, adds nothing to our prosperity, makes us less secure by preventing the deportation of dangerous foreign nationals and does nothing to change the attitudes of governments like Russia's when it comes to human rights.

Saudi Arabia's attitude to human rights can not be changed overnight, the government's minister for the Middle East has claimed, arguing that any progress would need to «move at a pace that is acceptable to [the country's] society».

After documenting the growing partisan gap in support for environmental legislation in the U.S. Congress, it presents data from The Gallup Organization that shows an increasing gap between self - identified Republicans» and Democrats» attitudes towards human - caused climate change.

This is an attitude that some sincere climate change «skeptics» (as opposed to ExxonMobil - funded deliberate frauds) exhibit: their so - called «skepticism» arises from an a priori sense that human activities can not possibly affect the Earth system in the way that the theory of anthropogenic global warming describes.

The main objective of the event was to draw attention to the environmental threats posed by human behavior and stress the urgent need for a change of attitude, turning towards sustainable practices.

«The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.»

Quote of the day: «The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.»

Human sexual behavior has been shifting for decades if not centuries, and with the advent of internet dating and changes in social mores, notably more open attitudes toward sex, hooking up has become a «thing.»

Fortunately, attitudes are beginning to change as good humans rally around these wonderful, loyal dogs» defense.

Although cats were seen as a nuisance prior to the program, human attitudes changed by the end of the three - year period (Zaunbrecher and Smith, 1993).

Studies show that humane values, taught in the regular classroom for one year, permanently change students» attitudes toward animals and those attitudes are later transferred to humans when children become adults.

Although nearly one hundred years have passed since the birth of Dada in Zurich and much has changed in terms of the initial purpose of the movement (which was founded to diminish social pretensions, ridicule the human situation, and force audience self - awareness by attacking their common assumptions about art), there are contemporary artists, like Boller, who employ similar forms, gestures and attitudes towards materials which like a steady heart seem to keep the beat of the movement alive.

This is an attitude that some sincere climate change «skeptics» (as opposed to ExxonMobil - funded deliberate frauds) exhibit: their so - called «skepticism» arises from an a priori sense that human activities can not possibly affect the Earth system in the way that the theory of anthropogenic global warming describes.

«I am convinced that the loss of biodiversity is the most important survival challenge that we face as a species... in order to survive, other species need a change in human values and attitudes,» Hull told the website artdesigncafé in an interview.

We won't get any good songs on matters of consequence as concerns the protection of this planet; not until the majority of the people can all say for certain that that the human species is indeed about to come to its senses, a wind of change is blowing across the globe, and people of all races, nations, and ages are, as a matter of actual fact, geared up for a fundamental change of attitude.

To see the relationship between extreme weather and public attitudes on human - driven climate change, check out the latest report from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication — «Extreme Weather and Climate Change in the American Mind April 2013.&change, check out the latest report from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication — «Extreme Weather and Climate Change in the American Mind April 2013.&Change Communication — «Extreme Weather and Climate Change in the American Mind April 2013.&Change in the American Mind April 2013.»

But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap about which we have already warned, by human intervention and it is only through changing attitudes and behaviors that they can be overcome.

All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed attitudes and behaviour that they can be overcome.

If I attempt to put myself in the position of a robot from Mars who doesn't know anything about the climate change debate except that it seems important to humans, I don't believe I could conclude that anyone was «taken to the cleaners» in this exchange (assuming a robot from Mars knows what that expression means:) I think I'd have to conclude that both participants were framing the issue in different ways and so there wasn't a meeting of minds, nor any change of the needle by either one on the attitudes of the other, nor likely much to help inform locals who were just as mystified by the debate as I was.

But long standing historical reality and human mass psychology suggests that the underlying belief system in the climate change meme is very shallow and will be rapidly be discarded when another more persuasive meme appears on the scene to either counter it or displace it as circumstances and human attitudes go through their everlasting permutations.

In many respects the changing attitude toward international law, headed by the House of Lords under the unmistakable leadership of Lord Bingham, has provided an example for other national courts (NCs) to follow, starting in 2004 with the so - called Belmarsh Detainees judgment, that stunning 8 - 1 majority declaration that found the detention of foreign suspected terrorists incompatible with the Human Rights Act.

Ashley: So, do you think in the future, I mean, selfies aren't new, this isn't a new phenomenon, but do you think in the future, that these attitudes could change or do you feel like this is just something that humans are going to think till the end of time about selfies?

second, the development of respectful values and attitudes and changed behaviour that reflects human rights values, and