Sentences with phrase «conserve natural»

Over half of REALTORS ® recently surveyed in the National Association of REALTORS ® (NAR) REALTORS ® and Sustainability report say consumers have an interest in sustainability as it pertains to real estate — homes that have features intended to conserve natural resources, such as solar panels or walkability.

Under this scheme, Indigenous landowners have an opportunity to enter into biobanking agreements, whereby they set aside some of their lands and agree to manage and conserve the natural values on that land forever.

Wildlife managers are hired by both public and private sectors to protect and conserve natural resources and wildlife.

A forest ranger or a park ranger works to conserve natural resources and keep plant species or wildlife safe.

In 2011, she explains, the Canadian government amended the Patent Rules with a view to expediting the commercialization of cleantech innovations that could potentially mitigate environmental impacts and conserve the natural environment.

- Outlines for green job development: according to the summary, the new budget will «direct existing programs to find ways to prepare workers for jobs associated with products and services that use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources.»

Lovins has always focused on solutions that conserve natural resources while also promoting economic growth; Texas Instruments and Wal - Mart are just two of the mega-corporations he has advised on improving energy efficiency.

Farms that earn the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal protect shade trees, plant native species, maintain wildlife corridors and conserve natural resources.

The Rainforest Alliance has been working to strengthen the position of smallholder cocoa farmers since 2006 — both on the land and in the marketplace — by training them to conserve natural resources, increase productivity and secure decent living and working conditions.

If you've listened recently to public radio, you may have heard the following promotional announcement on Marketplace, produced by American Public Media: «Marketplace is supported by Monsanto, committed to sustainable agriculture; creating hybrid and biotech seeds designed to increase crop yields and conserve natural resources.»

With examples drawn from developing countries worldwide, the document shows how eco-friendly farming systems are helping smallholder producers to boost cereal yields, improve their incomes and livelihoods, conserve natural resources, reduce negative impacts on the environment, and build resilience to climate change.

Exelon's history of anti-renewable energy campaigning makes it difficult to argue that the Exelon - Pepco merger would conserve natural resources and preserve environmental quality.

We recognize that we must do our part to protect and conserve natural resources.

Our lab designs innovative environmental and social accounting models, whose purpose is to conserve natural, human, and financial capital, independently.

The project team must strive to reduce or eliminate the production of waste during design, construction, operation, and end of life in order to conserve natural resources and to and ways to integrate waste back into either an industrial loop or a natural nutrient loop.

I believe we can both conserve natural resources and promote economic prosperity.»

That's because recycling electronics not only protects the environment, but also helps sustain the economy and conserve natural resources.

Support and encourage restorative practices that reduce environmental impacts, conserve natural resources and protect biodiversity.

Industrial timber plantations could provide a way for Ethiopia to reduce rural unemployment and conserve natural forests.

(4) establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and for updating those strategies and actions to respond to new information and changing conditions;

(Sec. 475) Requires the President to: (1) establish the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel to serve as a forum for interagency consultation on and the coordination of the development and implementation of a Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy; and (2) develop such Strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient to, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and to identify opportunities to mitigate those impacts.

About Energy Upgrade California ®: Energy Upgrade California ® is a state initiative to help Californians take action to save energy and conserve natural resources, help reduce demand on the electricity grid, and make informed energy management choices at home and at work.

So the study offers a practical incentive to preserve species diversity and conserve natural ecosystems: that way nature delivers the breadwinning coffee bean and the honey as well.

We certainly need to conserve natural resources but the fact is that after several billion years of life on Earth the Earth's crust is simply awash with carbon in one form or another.

The course, created by Prof. Luskay some 15 years ago, has made films about efforts to conserve natural resources since I joined her in 2011.

We, nongovernmental organizations working to conserve these natural resources for the long term well being of local communities, hereby express our deep concern at the current devastation occurring to the country's natural resources:

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

Plein Air Peconic, the artist group dedicated to helping the Peconic Land Trust conserve the natural beauty of the East End, presents «Plein Air Peconic VIII» this weekend.

The island is protected to conserve its natural and cultural resources.

The choice is yours for each night you decline Housekeeping services and help us conserve natural resources.»

On the western tip of Bali there is a national park where a conscious effort is being made to conserve the natural environment which is home to indigenous species of flora and fauna.

The hotels or tours which are serious about being green will publish information about their initiative on their website to show how they help to conserve natural resources, protect the local environment and contribute to the local community.

During her stay at Florblanca, Alexandra was able to indulge in a «premium travel experience with the utmost first - class amenities» while recognizing that these services for our guests are an extension of our greater mission to conserve our natural environment and enhance our local community.

The plan is also in keeping with the vision statement of the city's land - use plan to preserve and conserve the natural environment.

The MPAs total 318 square miles, the largest such network off the continental United States and part of a larger effort throughout the world to conserve natural, historic, and cultural marine resources.

Our Sustainable Tourism practices extend to our Head Office, where we try to minimise pollution and energy loss, and conserve natural resources by recycling products wherever possible.

Secondly, according to environmental historians, the first campaigns to conserve natural resources and save wilderness occurred in the late nineteenth century (such as John Muir's Sierra Club to protect Yosemite in 1892), and a few people were writing on the subject before that, such as Henry Thoreau («in Wildness is the preservation of the world,» - from Walden).

It was designed to recognize and support green school initiatives at the school and school district level and to aid them in adopting practices that will conserve natural resources, promote sustainability and reduce operating costs.

Capricorn is the eldest of the three earth signs, so the influence of the new moon nudges us to conserve natural resources and adopt environmentally - friendly processes as we build our empires.

Scientists around the world conducting research into what actually exists in ocean depths, as well as: the impacts of fishing and other human activities on these deep unknown spaces and species; and what types of improved management options may help to conserve these natural assets (and their contribution to planetary and human wellbeing) for the long term.

(4) establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and for updating those strategies and actions to respond to new information and changing conditions;

(C) identifies and prioritizes adaptation strategies to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, including --

It is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian tribes, and other interested stakeholders to use all practicable means and measures to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

But how can cooling be carried out in future in a way that does not harm the climate and that helps to conserve natural resources?

After all, aren't diesels the green cars, the ones that use less fuel than petrol - run cars and therefore conserve natural resources and reduce global warming?

WHEN appeals to an environmental conscience can not motivate governments to conserve their natural resources, a swift kick in the wallet may.

But scientists writing in a Review published March 22 in Trends in Ecology & Evolution say that efforts to conserve natural resources present an opportunity to find common ground between communities at odds, building trust and renewed hope for peace.

This funding is an important part of the Obama Administration's plan to conserve natural resources, create jobs and lead our country on the path to becoming more energy independent.

We are firmly committed to working with every sector of the environmental community and business community to ensure that the plan enacted by the Governor continues to reduce redundant regulations and enhances our ability to conserve our natural resources and beauty.»

We are «green» Oregonians through and through; we need to be close to nature and we try to recycle and conserve natural resources as much as possible.