Sentences with phrase «despite growing awareness»

But despite growing awareness about the greenhouse gases emitted by landfills and the energy consumed in transporting garbage, the state's recycling rate has leveled off over the past decade and may have even dropped because of inconsistent programs from one community to the next, state officials said.

However, strong population growth in developing countries, especially sub-Saharan Africa, has meant that the number of people relying on biomass for cooking has grown by 400 million people, despite growing awareness of the associated health risks and decades of programmes targeting access to modern cooking.

... One possible explanation for this inconsistency is that teachers continue to respond in the traditional way to bullying incidents despite a growing awareness — not yet translated into action — that the use of sanctions is often ineffective in stopping the bullying.»

Despite growing awareness of sports - related concussions and campaigns to educate athletes, coaches, physicians, and parents of young athletes about concussion recognition and management, confusion and controversy persist in many areas.

Despite my growing awareness, I approached Searching for Sunday with a limited awareness of the sacraments and what they meant to the church.

As the American economist Samuel Bowles notes, excessive reliance on financial incentives can undermine virtue, despite a growing awareness that key markets and institutions simply will not function without some commitment to virtues such as fairness, honesty, and trust.

However, despite growing awareness of the risks engulfing oil companies, the survey revealed a startling lack of preparedness on the part of asset managers.

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Despite growing public awareness, data shows that of the total companies that received funding last year, only 4 % were owned by women.

Despite growing popularity and awareness, ayahuasca is not new.

In this book I share some of my inner dialogue, which is why this has to be a personal account and why, despite the emphasis on my growing awareness of the mystical, I reflect on some other matters.

Despite the growing attention paid to sustainability impacts, lack of awareness and lack of commitment remain the biggest barriers to solving the problems.

I'm a 6 ′ woman myself and she's far more graceful than I ever was despite growing that fast... They also really drive home the awareness that you could hurt others and to be careful not to, good when you're the biggest.

Despite the grim statistics, Burstein sees optimistic signs, including growing awareness of the problem and initiatives to address it.

Despite the possible influence of growing disease awareness and changing diagnostic standards, bigger problems with assessing dementia rates could be methodological, says John Haaga, NIA deputy director for behavioral and social research.

It is a matter of fact that despite all the research and growing awareness on sexuality and sexual orientations, people continue to remain skeptical about bisexuals.

Despite rising public concern about global warming and a growing awareness that coal is an irrevocably dirty business, the industry is spending millions of dollars on a slick messaging campaign stressing its «commitment to clean.»

* Despite growing public awareness of global warming, the world's carbon emissions are rising three times faster than they did in the 1990s.

«Plastics manufacturers assume demand for disposable plastics will continue to rise, despite evidence that global awareness of plastic pollution is growing and cultural attitudes are changing.

Despite the growing weight of evidence of climate change, along with growing awareness of the manifold adverse consequences, there remains an active and well - funded «denial lobby».