Sentences with phrase «done by planting trees»

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He will be like a tree planted by water: it sends its roots out toward a stream, it doesn't fear when heat comes, and its foliage remains green.

We want to be firmly planted in the Word, like a tree by streams of living water, that bears fruit in season, it's leaves don't whither in the drought, it doesn't blow over with all kinds of trends and false teachings, it is there through thick and thin, when the sun is shining and the rain is pouring, that is the kind of church we want to be.»

It is said that you can not teach anyone what they do not know already; and Jesus, being a good teacher, has reached back into the tradition that he shares with the young man and pointed out what both of them know: If you would be like a tree planted by rivers of water, learn to know, love, and obey the Law of God.

Commonly used by farmers to control weeds, and Landcare groups to kill grass and weeds before tree planting, many don't have any qualms about using glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup ® — but not the Storti's and thousands of other organic farmers.

However, he said, the Farm Bureau does recognize that a cap - and - trade system can offer benefits to growers, who sequester carbon by planting crops and trees.

In recent years, geoengineering, a blanket term for techniques to cool global temperatures by doing things like planting more trees or thickening clouds, has gone from lunchroom pariah to potential new cool kid.

Nor do they know what such changes mean for the food web; for life - cycle events like migration, breeding and nesting; for the amount of moisture that trees will suck from the soil; or for the amount of carbon dioxide stored by plants.

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When the Sarah Harding character (played by Julianne Moore) walks around with a blood - smeared jacket leaving trails of blood all over on plants, trees, etc. we in the audience know that it is a stupid thing to do.

Woodland Trust commissioned research shows that primary age children who take part in tree planting remember it as a significant experience, even into their teenage years; by planting trees they felt that they were «doing their bit» to help the natural environment.

At Energy Management we're doing our bit to help the government fulfil its pledge to plant 11 million trees by the year 2020.

Unfortunately, we were met by torrential rains but that did not stop us from planting those trees in the mountain.

From long walks in remote Japanese or American woodlands and Europe, to urban forests such as Central Park in New York or the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, Takeshi Shikama trained his lens to capture fleeting moments of living things: plants and flowers about to wither, flowing streams or shadows cast by trees.

And one of the best ways to do that is by planting shade trees in the right location around our home, where they can block the sun from streaming in our windows and heating our walls and roofs during certain times of the day.

This past month, an op - ed by Nadine Unger appeared in the New York Times with the headline «To save the climate, don't plant trees».

Inspired by Wangari Maathai, who planted 30 million trees in Africa in 30 years, Felix formulated his vision: Children could plant one million trees in every country on earth and thereby offset CO2 emissions all on their own, while adults are still talking about doing it.

Simple but effective things that individuals can start doing NOW include: reducing energy use at home by purchasing energy efficient home appliances; planting trees to absorb carbon from the atmosphere; walking or taking public transportation instead of driving; making smart consumer choices by purchasing environmentally sound products and energy - efficient vehicles; and practicing waste minimization, product reuse, and recycling.

Biomass power plants do emit carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, but they release no more than what is naturally in the carbon cycle as trees are planted, downed — by man or nature — and replanted.

For example, do we try to mitigate against forest harm by assuming the previous climate will return, or do we accept it and plant new trees that are better adapted?

In the late 1980s, a policy analyst with the World Resources Institute named Mark Trexler realized you could sponge up even more carbon dioxide if you saved endangered rainforest rather than planting new trees, and the energy company Applied Energy Services (AES) worked with him to reduce their carbon footprint by doing just that.

Many of you are doing more than the average person when it comes to making smart, sustainable choices, but by visiting vising the WED Challenge site & telling UNEP about some of your actions you will help add to the total number of trees Gisele, Don and UNEP will be planting.

In an effort to bring a bit of green back to the small city of Pires do Rio, a local priest has begun telling churchgoers that the only way to get square with the man upstairs and cleanse themselves of sin isn't through prayer, but by getting their hands dirty planting trees.

* Using the process of succession, as for example, permaculture does, we can maximize carbon sequestration while meeting multiple other needs — by planting a combination of trees and other plants.

I think it's notable that the phenomenon that Grist is lampooning here — people defending their otherwise consumptive lifestyles by pointing to the green things that they do (and perhaps winkingly at the kind of folks who show up in support of Earth Day, plant a tree, and drive home and leave it at that)-- is a relatively new phenomenon.

Pruning and weeding is done by machete, and the coffee is grown among banana and grapefruit trees, planted to diversify the plantings and create the right shade conditions.

I mean their idea that man's influence on climate is negative can be mitigated by man's influence creating positive, so surely, even in their world, man does positive, like for instance planting trees.

Whether you care about helping the homeless people in your area by joining forces with a local charity that hands out food and clothes, or you want to help plant trees, or take care of animals, these things will all allow you to boost your skills and work experience, while also doing something you enjoy.

They do this by trimming trees and hedges, planting trees, maintaining grass and performing pest control tasks.