Sentences with phrase «environmental conservation practices»

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Our suppliers are committed to achieving high environmental performance through practices and policies including zero - waste, nutrient cycling, water efficiency, conservation of biodiversity, and energy and emissions efficiency.

The goals of the new certification program are to enhance transparency, encourage statewide participation and advance the entire California wine industry toward best practices in environmental stewardship, conservation of natural resources and socially equitable business practices.

Environmental best practices are taken seriously, including use of electricity reduction devices, water conservation policies and drought tolerant landscaping.

We lead the industry in environmental stewardship, dedication to organic agriculture, fair trade practices, zero waste production, medicinal plant conservation efforts, and community support.

Highlights include establishment of a trail system that is mostly wheelchair accessible; programs reaching out to 40 schools and 230,000 residents within a two - mile radius; and, in partnership with the city of Boston, creation of the George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center, which models environmentally sound building practices.

Erin Crotty, acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said, «The closure of Fresh Kills not only marks the culmination of years of effort to bring the state into the age of modern solid waste management practices, but presents a tremendous opportunity to turn this blighted landscape into an environmental success Environmental Conservation said, «The closure of Fresh Kills not only marks the culmination of years of effort to bring the state into the age of modern solid waste management practices, but presents a tremendous opportunity to turn this blighted landscape into an environmental success environmental success story.»

The 2014 Farm Bill, signed by President Barack Obama in February, authorizes $ 1.3 billion in spending over five years to help farmers adopt conservation practices in regions of the country facing significant environmental challenges.

The future of hydraulic fracturing in New York has been in limbo since the Department of Environmental Conservation began a review of the practice in 2008.

New York has established a certification program for the state's food producers who maintain certain agricultural practices for environmental conservation and safety.

Negative environmental effects can be decreased and controlled through public education, conservation, regulations, and the application of good engineering practices.

If ineffectual practices can be avoided, environmental leaders will undoubtedly look back on this marine - mega-park era as one of the most important periods in the history of ocean conservation.

I work at the interface of problem - solving environmental research, conservation practice, and science writing.

Promotion of animal and environmental conservation through sound scientific practices 11.

To benefit from the continued conservation of Fraser Island, Kingfisher Bay Resort's interpretive ecotourism practices and environmental research in general, the resort formed a collaborative partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) to establish a Fraser Island Research and Education Centre.

Such measures include membership in the ATTA, consumer reviews (launches November 2007), and eventually signed commitments to pursue sustainable tourism practices (e.g., cultural, environmental and wildlife conservation and protection) and adherence to best practices.

• Sustainability Category This category recognizes projects that successfully and compatibly apply innovative technologies, sustainable design and / or practices to historic structures or sites, which promote environmental design, material and energy conservation, and an improved quality of life.

The Green Lodging Program provides third - party verification that hotels and lodging facilities have met environmental best practice standards and have demonstrated a strong commitment to water quality, water conservation, waste minimization, resource conservation and energy efficiency.

Chabil Mar is dedicated to sustainable tourism practices and environmental conservation and is proud to employ locals on its staff and encourages guests to spend money at the nearby Placencia Village in order to sustainably develop the region.

The result of research conducted on two fronts — conservation and curatorial — the catalogue offers a reconsideration of the cut - outs by exploring a host of technical and conceptual issues: the artist's methods and materials and the role and function of the works in his practice; their economy of means and exploitation of decorative strategies; their environmental aspects; and their double lives, first as contingent and mutable in the studio and ultimately made permanent, a transformation accomplished via mounting and framing.

We are passionate about and driven to promote and practice environmental conservation.

In a decision that strikes a blow against the federal government's controversial practice of excluding industry from consent decrees with environmental citizen groups, a practice known as «sue - and - settle,» the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court's approval of a consent decree between a coalition of environmental groups and several federal agencies in Conservation Northwest v. Sherman, No. 11 - 35729 (9th Cir.

Drawing from a collaborative research project with the community Utqiagvik, Alaska, we detail best practices for social science environmental research programs that operate at the nexus of conservation, community - directed heritage efforts, community - based practice, and multi-institutional partnerships.

Ricardo and the Social Environmental Institute are currently focused on youth education programs that promote sustainable development in Brazil's Ribeira Valley, where Western conservation models are squeezing out traditional agricultural practices that have sustained the land for generations of families.

Draft policy recommendations and provide accurate information to the President and College community in order to promote and ensure conservation of resources, energy efficiency, waste reduction and recycling, emissions reduction, reliance on renewable energy sources and resources, healthy and safe environmental practices, and the sustainable operation of the College.

«This offset protocol will allow farmers and ranchers from across the United States to earn revenue for conservation practices from emerging environmental markets such as California's carbon market,» said Robert Parkhurst, Director of Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets at Environmental environmental markets such as California's carbon market,» said Robert Parkhurst, Director of Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets at Environmental Environmental Defense Fund.

I head the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), which is a secular foundation working with all the major religions of the world, helping them develop environmental programmes on their lands, in their forests, on their farms, through their investments, schools, media and as a result of their teachings, beliefs and practices.

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This program specifies rigorous environmental and conservation practices for forestry, wildlife, water quality protection, biodiversity conservation, and harvesting practices.»

«We want to be more responsible and sustainable in our practices, whether it's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, water conservation, recycling, all of these things we've done for the same purpose.»

In 2016 the Pinchot Institute for Conservation awarded him its Pinchot Medallion, which honors «an individual who has made extraordinary and valuable contributions to science or practice in environmental conservation and sustainable natural resources manageConservation awarded him its Pinchot Medallion, which honors «an individual who has made extraordinary and valuable contributions to science or practice in environmental conservation and sustainable natural resources manageconservation and sustainable natural resources management.»

In private practice, Tom represented clients in a wide range of federal civil and criminal litigation brought under federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, while also representing clients in the environmental review and permitting for major energy and railroad infrastructure projects.

Freeths LLP's practice head Penny Simpson, who is «highly rated for nature conservation matters», has considerable expertise pertaining to protected species and habitats matters, water resource issues, environmental permissions and licenses, and defending criminal investigations.

The dispute resolution practice group has particular expertise in regulatory and judicial proceedings related to environmental law, including compilation of, representations, appeals and reviews related to the grant of environmental authorisations under the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 and the National Environmental Managemeenvironmental law, including compilation of, representations, appeals and reviews related to the grant of environmental authorisations under the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 and the National Environmental Managemeenvironmental authorisations under the Environment Conservation Act, 1989 and the National Environmental ManagemeEnvironmental Management Act, 1998.

Other factors mentioned were improved indoor environmental quality, water conserving products / practices, and material conservation and recycling.