Sentences with phrase «for ecological themes»

The Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel, is an ecological hotel designed in accordance with boutique hotel standards, is not only one of the best hotels in its class in Peru, but it has received important international distinctions, especially for ecological themes, emphasizing the followings:

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Such identification is the theme of a famously influential essay by Lynn White, Jr. in the March 1967 issue of Science magazine entitled «The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis,» an essay which prompted a reply by Thomas Derr in the January 1975 issue of Worldview magazine — which Richard Neuhaus, then a political liberal, edited even before he edited This World, the immediate predecessor of First Things — entitled «Religion's Responsibility for the Ecological Crisis: An Argument Run Amok.»

That people were essentially a problem, even a pollutant, rather than a resource; that social, political, economic, and ecological catastrophe was right around the corner, unless drastic steps were taken to stabilize and then reverse world population trends - these were the themes, familiar to even the most casual student of the American anti-natalist lobby, that set the agenda for Budapest and Mexico City.

The outcome statement of the Rio +20 Conference on Sustainable Development (2012) centred around ecological sustainability.2 If countries of the world are serious about the commitment made at Rio, then the MDGs need to evolve into a new framework; sustainability was not at their heart, and it is increasingly clear that without such an orientation, various «development» goals are impossible to meet for both the current and future generations.3 As the report of the UN System Task Team on the post-2015 development agenda says, «the proposed vision and framework for the post-2015 agenda must be fully aligned with that (Rio +20) outcome».4 Accordingly, the theme of sustainability should be running through all the post-2015 goals (as should the themes on equity and human rights), even as more specific environmental targets such as halting the erosion of biodiversity could be specified in one of the goals.

Located on Playa Flamingo, designated a Blue Flag beach for ecological purity and tourism safety: 120 beautifully decorated guest rooms & suites, 2 outdoors swimming pools (with waterfalls), Serenity Spa, covered childrens pool with water features and adjacent play area, swim - p pool and snack bar, tennis court (lit for night play), breakfast and All Inclusive plan available, new restaurant and weekly theme buffets, new rooftop sunset lounge with spectacular ocean view, casino and piano bar, fitness center, beauty salon with select spa services available, sundry shop, two souvenir shops, tour desk featuring optional (volcano, rain forest, white water rafting, deep - sea fishing, and other tours), on site scuba and snorkeling Shop, table games area (Billiards & Air Hockey.

Grounds for Progress does not attempt to anthologize the overarching themes of historiography, globalization, or ecological devastation.

Giles Lyon is known for large - scale, pop surreal paintings: comic book abstractions that explore themes of interconnectivity and imminent ecological collapse.

The operas selected for First Take explore themes ranging from gender equality — Laura Karpman's Balls, about the legendary tennis match between Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs — to ecological anxieties, in John Hastings» The Former World, adapting texts by pioneering land artist Robert Smithson.

In 2007, The Center for Ecological Living and Learning (CELL) pilot tested four NWEI discussion courses as part of its college semester program in Iceland focused on a theme of «sustainability through community.»