Sentences with phrase «edge of survival»

«These are very dry areas already, and people who are marginal farmers depending on rain - fed agriculture or pastoralists are kind of living on the knife's edge of survival already,» Busby said.

Many other users hover on the edge of survival.

Long story short, the capitalism that can raise standards of living around the world, is NOT the same capitalism at work in negotiating with people who are living on the edge of survival.

I believe it induces an almost schizoid state, which is not helpful when you're on the edge of survival.

Amundsen realised instinctively that at the edges of survival you have got to save energy so didn't bother measuring longitude.

The reefs, exposed to the tidal currents of the Atlantic Ocean, are just on the edge of survival as hard corals.

Political delusion pushed human society to the edge of survival; as such, nature suddenly became exceedingly important.

Children are not toys or added work hands when your family is on the edge of survival - they are liabilities to the welfare of their families, nations and the world.

The poorest of the world's poor, who live always on the edge of survival, will fall over it as GMST rises.

If you're on the edge of survival you can't take small change [s].

Ian Plimer makes an interesting point in his book,» a short history of planet earth», that humans live right on the edge of survival.

The challenge, however, is making participation worthwhile for people that are themselves on the edge of survival.