"Environmental consciousness" means being aware of and concerned about the natural world, and taking actions to protect and preserve it.
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of environmental consciousness tend to focus on urban middle classes, giving the false impression that rural populations are either unaffected, do not know or do not care.
In areas with more hybrid vehicle registrations (which presumably reflects a higher degree
of environmental consciousness), the premium paid for a green home is higher.
The brainchild of a former fashion - designer, The Slow Hotel is a fashionable display of industrial - chic design, with
environmental consciousness at the forefront.
Marie Celeste is a thematic group exhibition that uses the recent environmental phenomenon of «Colony Collapse Disorder» (CCD) or «Mary Celeste Disorder,» in which bees mysteriously disappear from their hives, as a metaphor
for environmental consciousness and an exploration of the ethical sublime in our post-industrial era.
By joining the Green Business Bureau, PreCheck is contributing to the education and promotion of green businesses while spreading
environmental consciousness among their customers.
«I believe that [the public's] environmental consciousness is actually lower in Russia as a result of years of propaganda framing environmental activists as agents of the West, taking orders from outside the country,» says Gazaryan, 39, who today received the Goldman Prize for his grassroots environmental activism.
Born out of a desire to match the first - generation Mercedes - Benz A-class
on environmental consciousness, the smallest car in Audi's lineup used a lightweight aluminum spaceframe that not only provided with low curb weight but also enormous rigidity.
She does reckon we've achieved a watershed in
popular environmental consciousness, between Hurricane Katrina, An Inconvenient Truth and the Stern Review, and Bush 43's state of the union acknowledgement of climate change in 2007.
More people are buying BPA - free plastics and reusable grocery bags but for new homebuyers does that
environmental consciousness translate to Energy Star appliances and tankless water heaters?
«The Green Lane Diary program aims to
cultivate environmental consciousness among elementary school children, spreading the message of responsibility for protecting earth and humanity through influence,» according to Mr. Kawamoto, who has seen the initiative spread from Japan to Sri Lanka, Australia and South Korea.
As young leaders, our shared vision is of an ecologically sustainable future, a future where all individuals live from an
activated environmental consciousness, respecting the natural systems to which we belong.
I spent some time in Japan this summer, and though it was my first piece of honest travel (though I did so to study Japanese), I learned so much about the possibilities of public transportation and
public environmental consciousness.
Environmental consciousness first took root in Islam in the 1970s, with many «green Muslims» turning to passages in the Koran that discussed the sacredness of nature.
This group's main preoccupation is saving the Amazon Rainforest, but are also «involved in personal and group discussions about creating
responsible environmental consciousness towards nature in particular when it comes to plastic and paper waste.»
Developing a broadly
shared environmental consciousness about nature is predicated on an unimpoverished, largely urbanized world that shares the positive externalities of education, technology, and, indeed, nature conservation.
Empowered by knowledge of the Ecological Footprint from my studies at UC Berkeley and work at Global Footprint Network, I now consider Earth Hour as a great opportunity for everyone to review our relationship with the entire ecosystem and at the same time
raise environmental consciousness.
Dr. Suzuki has accomplished a good deal in the form
of environmental consciousness raising over the years but his recent aggressive and now mystical approach is simply alienating more and more Canadians.
You can add the Pershing County School District in Nevada to the long list of districts across the country that have installed solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems atop their schools to save money on utility bills and
promote environmental consciousness.
«I believe that [the public's] environmental consciousness is actually lower in Russia as a result of years of propaganda framing environmental activists as agents of the West, taking orders from outside the country,» says Gazaryan.
In recent years, there has been a new trend in
increased environmental consciousness, and many tourism businesses and developments companies, with the help of local and international NGOs, are working to reduce the impacts of new constructions.