Sentences with phrase «civic infrastructure»

Several of the most significant movements that provided civic infrastructure for previous generations were not, after all, designed primarily to promote community involvement.

Part of this shift needs to be a change in outlook and the underlying civic infrastructure.

It may be expensive to shift to all renewable energy and a different civic infrastructure, but the local economic benefits will be great.

Gothenburg's quality of civic infrastructure impresses new Lost Generation travelers.

«We need to build a new civic infrastructure that enables public learning and input, and the place to start may be in the cities and states where research is taking place.»

Now, not just the beauty of Syria has been destroyed, but the necessary civic infrastructure as well; the majority of schools and hospitals are currently unusable.

In his sculptural installations, Handforth often transplants familiar objects found in civic infrastructure — such as municipal signs, motor scooters, hydrants, street lamps, wheels, and traffic cones — into unfamiliar surroundings and transforms them, by reworking or deforming their structures and configurations, in order to reveal something new about the ways in which these objects function in our everyday lives.

While of course it's expected that Sapphire Energy will tout its green crude as the source of energy enlightenment, and it certainly could have a large impact on reducing the impact of climate change, in much of the world it's our current civic infrastructure and consumption patterns themselves which are a large part of the environmental problem.

A better solution would be to have electric powered vehicles, better public transportation infrastructure to reduce private motor vehicle demand, civic infrastructure changes so daily commutes can be made shorter and use natural gas to replace electricity generated currently by coal.

Founding sponsorships are a great way for local businesses and institutions to support civic infrastructure and connect directly with residents and visitors.

nyc top - level - domain before it begins, and turn it into a public resource, «a form of civic infrastructure that belongs to all of us.»

One account called the attack on a political infrastructure a compromise of «our civic infrastructure.»

Unemployment, violent crime, and decades of underinvestment have led to a near - complete breakdown of civic infrastructure: the roads are terrible, the police are understaffed, and there is a deeply insufficient social safety net.

Rather than wholeheartedly support the kind of energy policy, civic infrastructure and lifestyle changes that will allow the United States to prosper in a post-carbon, green economy — and build a clean energy independence — the focus is on populist false promises that developing oil shale or lifting bans on offshore oil drilling will reduce short term energy costs.

Our most critical need is to rebuild our civic infrastructure, investing in institutional reforms that enable interaction with people who are politically not like ourselves.