Sentences with phrase «communities around the planet»

Over the past decade the former vice president has trained thousands of climate leaders who are now spreading awareness about global warming in communities around the planet.

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The longevity of the coffee industry is directly linked to the social, economic and environmental conditions of coffee communities around the world, and Starbucks is committed to sourcing all of its coffee in the most ethical way possible that is good for the planet.
We can not be sure that The Flood had no relationship to all flesh around that area having «corrupted its way»... The very protection of mankind from natural disasters that were inevitable from the contingent, limited perfection of the planet Earth as a habitat, might well have been mediated to human communities by great prophetic souls, even as Christ prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem as a consequence of his rejection, and because «in the day of your visitation, you did not know the things that were to your peace».
We are a growing network of people working together to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.
But as my A.S.U. colleague Kim Hill has put it, Even before the invention of agriculture, human communities may have eventually numbered around 70 million individuals... as Homo sapiens spread over the planet more broadly than any other large vertebrate.
The agency shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.
NASA shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.
This discovery was a surprise to the astronomical community, which had expected planets around «normal» stars and not around ultra-dense stellar remnants.
We, as a scientific community, know the planets quite well, enough to make predictions on the possibility of finding planets around other nearby stars.
«The news is that the community is forming around the concept of going back to Pluto with an orbiter mission that would stay and study the planet for years, and do it in ways that we could not have in a simple flyby like New Horizons.
Many from all around the planet have accomplished here their yoga teacher training, had powerful and transformational experiences and have become part of the inspiring and supporting sangha community of sattva yogis.
Loveawake has a vast network of singles communities around the world Planet Rock Dating is the dating site for people who love rock music!
Since the public release of Planet Coaster around a year ago now, Wasolski has been crafting some of the finest cinematic rides for the community to gawk over.
Speculation floating around the gaming community suggests the planet maybe of forerunner origin.
«Our journey into the world of self - publishing wouldn't have been possible without the terrific communities that have assembled around Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster.
Setting up Green Planet Rural Agricultural Industry Centres — GPRAIC — these are the processing and social support services that form hubs around rural communities enabling subsistence farmers to compete in the world market places and support their families and their own communities
Without casting every challenge as a political battle or focusing on apocalyptic visions of a despoiled planet, Alex Steffen, first with Jamais Cascio and then a global community of contributors, built a conversation around designing a human future that could work for the long haul.
Because the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, with grave consequences for local biodiversity and cultures, and for low - lying communities around the world at risk from climate change.
Leading scientists also warn that this process is endangering the entire planet: Arctic warming and melting cause more extreme weather in the mid-latitudes and sea level rise that will have catastrophic consequences for low - lying coastal communities around the world.
Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»
Solar energy has the power to transform the way people around the world use electricity — improving our communities and our planet.
The agency shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.
Creating a community around sustainable fashion design where people have access to the most «green» and eco-friendly textiles is an exciting step in making our planet both stylish and sustainable.
The BBC reported Schools Minister Jim Knight as saying, «Climate change is one of the most important challenges facing our planet today -LSB-...] This pack will help to give young people information and inspiration to understand and debate the issues around climate change, and how they as individuals and members of a community should respond to it.»
We are a growing network of people working together to rebalance the planet by building strong forests and healthy communities around the world.
On and around April 22, communities across approximately 192 countries voice their concerns for the planet and take action to protect it.
EarthRx: How Community Mycoremediation Projects Can Clean Up Oil Spills Around the Planet.
Whether it's their pioneering work on decentralized supply chains for charcoal or firewood production, their localized paper - recycling systems, or their ambitious plans for One - Planet Living communities around the world, they always seem to be rethinking the way we do things, with dramatic reductions in ecological impacts as a result.
NASA shares this unique knowledge with the global community and works with institutions in the United States and around the world that contribute to understanding and protecting our home planet.
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