Sentences with phrase «environmental crisis only»

The American public will wake up to the current global oil and environmental crisis only after it's too late.

Not exact matches

A cosmic interpretation of revelation is important today not only because of our need to address the question of purpose in the universe, but also because our globe is now threatened by an environmental crisis of unprecedented proportions.

Such «solutions» would only compound the industry's horrific treatment of workers and animals and exacerbate the environmental and health crises caused by the industry.

Following on from the 2014 Extinction Marathon which presented environmental and human crises facing the world today (co-curated with Gustav Metzger) and the 2015 Transformation Marathon, which proposed ways of identifying and effecting change in the face of increasing complexity, the 2016 Miracle Marathon focused in on ritual, repetition and magical thinking to consider ways in which the imaginary can not only predict, but also play a part in affecting long - term futures.

I've said this before: global warming is certainly not our only big environmental problem, but it is an urgent crisis that must be fixed immediately, if we are going to buy the time to address the other problems.

While the dangers in Flint and Standing Rock eventually became major stories this year, they were not the only ones worthy of attention, and there are other environmental crises hurting communities of color that still need the support of media to amplify a harsh reality.

Although buses only account for about 4 % of UK road transport emissions and are generally seen as part of the solution to the climate crisis, there is still potential for environmental improvements.

If we address the climate crisis only through the transition to renewable energy sources we may not be able to provide solutions to the whole environmental crisis.

Civil society groups not only play an important role in tackling China's environmental crisis, they also employ the environmental leaders of tomorrow.

Climate change skeptics like James Taylor, environmental policy fellow at the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank, said the pushback in schools and legislatures reflected public frustration at being told «only one side of the global warming debate — the scientifically controversial theory that humans are creating a global warming crisis.»

This crisis is compounded not only by many other environmental problems caused by industrialised agriculture — loss of biodiversity, pollution, over-use of water and land, to name but a few — but also by escalating health problems caused by industrialised food production — including obesity, cardiovascular diseases, some cancers, and diabetes — alongside continuing problems of hunger and malnutrition, worldwide.

Only last month we saw headlines from two studies arguing that land use changes may nix any environmental benefits of many biofuels, while they have also been singled out as a contributing factor in the looming food crisis.

Instead of adopting economic «fixes» that only deepen the environmental crisis, conference participants are looking for solutions that ease both crises.

To solve today's environmental crises — climate change, deforestation, mass extinction, and marine degradation — while feeding a growing population (on its way to 9 billion) will require not only thinking outside the box,...