Sentences with phrase «from water conservation»

If we're thinking of this from a water conservation mindset, I'm tempted to just ignore the advice.

From water conservation to less pollution to women's empowerment, a founder of Netafim explains why drip irrigation is the future of agriculture.

With teams spanning the country joining in from Baltimore, Boston, Austin, San Francisco and New York, this firm is taking on challenges ranging from water conservation to sustainable food options to trash reduction to alternative transportation.

Over the next few weeks, I invite you to join me and my colleagues at the Knowledge Matters Campaign as we tour schools across the country to see the many ways knowledge - building curriculum is enhancing classroom instruction — by asking students to read, write, and speak to high standards, but to do so from a wide range of topics that enrich students» understanding of the world around them — ranging from water conservation to the Revolutionary War to Renaissance architecture.

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With VR having such a positive impact with potential donors, nonprofits have created a wide range of immersive experiences, from Oxfam's 360 experience of searching for clean drinking water in Kenya to Conservation International's exploration of the Amazon «s fragile canopy.

After graduating from Middlebury College with a major in geography in 2003, he spent a couple of years working for the Conservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservatiConservation Fund, a nonprofit that helps fund land and water conservationconservation projects.

The budget calls for more enforcement money for the FDA to step up drug safety rules, more for the EPA to crack down on industrial polluters, additional funds to protect endangered species and land and water conservation and to protect wildlife from climate change.

Climate - smart agriculture promotes a number of water conservation practices, such as planting a buffer of trees and bushes along streams and rivers to prevent erosion and contamination from crop runoff.

The workbook has 14 chapters encompassing best practices from the grape to glass: viticulture, soil management, vineyard water management, pest management, wine quality, ecosystem management, energy efficiency, winery water conservation and quality, material handling, solid waste reduction and management, environmentally preferable purchasing, human resources, neighbors and community and air quality.

Trending Story: Bumper California harvests won't mean oversupply, says Constellation The chief executive of Constellation Brands has rejected a suggestion that consecutive large harvests in California will lead to an outpouring of cheaper wine from the US region... Today's News Sonoma County Water Agency launches conservation effort Sonoma and Marin county water agencies have -LSBWater Agency launches conservation effort Sonoma and Marin county water agencies have -LSBwater agencies have -LSB-...]

A total of 367 GL of Commonwealth environmental water was released from Hume Dam to support in - channel, wetland and low elevation floodplain habitat throughout the River Murray for improving the condition, movement and recruitment of native fish — both silver (critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999) and golden perch were detected spawning in the Mid Murray in response to flow variability; improve riparian and wetland vegetation condition; and contribute to the managed export of salt from the River Murray system.

The guide uses best practices from multiple sources including industry, academic and government experts to address water conservation and efficiency, water quality protection, soil conservation and management, air quality protection, human resource management, energy conservation and efficiency, integrated pest management, weather monitoring and preventive planning, selection of appropriate insurance policies and tools, and proactive business planning and management.

The Workbook has 14 chapters encompassing best practices from the grape to glass: viticulture, soil management, vineyard water management, pest management, wine quality, ecosystem management, energy efficiency, winery water conservation and quality, material handling, solid waste reduction and management, environmentally preferable purchasing, human resources, neighbors and community and air quality.

The grant recognizes the uniquely cooperative approach California wineries and winegrape growers are taking to conserve vital air, water, soil and energy resources, and will allow the Alliance, with the assistance of the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG) and Wine Institute, to help growers and vintners learn about, access and benefit from market - based conservation opportunities.

The Company is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity.

The material must meet standards like being produced from renewable resources and include the conservation of soil and water to ensure the health of the environment for the future.

It has not been agreeable, however, to the National Park Service, whose approval is necessary because half of the $ 42,000 used to purchase the property came from its Land and Water Conservation Fund in 1974.

The funding includes $ 9.7 million from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development program and $ 685,000 in federal Land and Water Conservation Fund grants.

The grant program began about 25 years ago when the National Park Service began setting aside money from off - shore oil leases and formed the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Trainings will showcase water and land management best practices, successful examples from other communities, and will provide resources, advice, and support for local conservation, restoration, and sustainable development initiatives.

Friday's announcement from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health said 20 additional properties with private wells would be hooked up to municipal water lines.

The British government has sought to dampen down concern from conservation group WWF that «water wars» are a growing threat to global security.

Finally, last week we tossed a new site into the water to help a woman who's canoeing up the U.S. east coast from Miami to Maine to highlight ocean conservation.

This is of special interest to the BOL because the ten Croton Watershed towns of northern Westchester have been saddled with $ 150 million in unfunded mandates by the New York States Department of Environmental Conservation to reduce phosphorous from the watershed to protect New York City's water supply.

Legislator Rob Calarco (D - Patchogue) said the Southern Pine Beetle Joint Commission would assemble a team of representatives from several agencies to combat the threat: four towns — including Riverhead and Southampton — the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the County Executive's Office, parks and environment departments, Cornell Cooperative Extension as well as the Pine Barrens Commission and the county water authority.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about water quality at Emerson Park Pavilion as, from left, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill, Owasco Town Supervisor Ed Wagner, Cayuga County Legislature Chairman Keith Batman and state Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos applaud.

Sharon Frost, a soil district technician for the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the state.

Legislator Lynne Dixon announces that order forms for the 2012 Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale are now available from the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District.

From the local soil and water conservation district to the U.S. House of Representatives, candidates vowed to protect the environment at a recent forum at Tallahassee City Hall.

For your personal reading, here is the post from 2010 which seems to be still relevant for the actual seat / position: What is the Broward Soil & Water Conservation District seat?

New York is directing state conservation officials to write a plan for protecting Long Island drinking water from a plume of contaminants and chemicals from the former military plane manufacturing site in Bethpage.

Minutes from an Oct. 8 meeting of Red Hook's Conservation Advisory Committee show Town Board member Brenda Cagle reporting that the Northern Dutchess town's planner and another board member had been approached by the bottling company about a plan to draw water from Cokertown Springs, located on Turkey Hill Road.

Fried argued for not only such an examination of past studies on supposed water scarcity, but also limitations on transfer of water to New Jersey, a common suggestion from conservation advocates.

A large portion of the permanent conservation funding for the New York portion will come from the U.S Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program through the Land and Water Conserconservation funding for the New York portion will come from the U.S Forest Service's Forest Legacy Program through the Land and Water ConservationConservation Fund.

Despite this lack of critical data, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has classified Hudson River waters from north of the Bronx Borough line all the way to the northern end of Columbia County as acceptable for swimming.

This website is updated with support from the Hudson River Estuary Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund, in cooperation with the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

A coalition including Environmental Advocates, Riverkeeper, the New York League of Conservation Voters and the Adirondack Council is pushing for lawmakers to earmark $ 800 million from the state's $ 5 billion bank settlement windfall for various clean water projects around the state.

Christopher Goeken, director of public policy with the New York League of Conservation Voters, notes that lead, either from paint or from water, can have a tremendously bad effect on young children.

The city of Newburgh is seeking guidance from the state Department of Environmental Conservation on how to handle the rising water level in its PFOS - contaminated public water source, which could soon overflow.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell and North Fork Legislator Al Krupski and a representative from the Suffolk County Water Authority will take part in a forum Tuesday night to talk about the importance of water conservaWater Authority will take part in a forum Tuesday night to talk about the importance of water conservawater conservation.

Legislator Joseph Lorigo announces that order forms for the 2012 Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale are now available from the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District.

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation last week received a draft of a feasibility study looking at what new water sources contamination - ravaged Hoosick Falls could draw from and findings will be shared soon, Commissioner Basil Seggos said Friday.

After receiving confirmation from the New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health, operators can begin flushing the municipal water system this weekend.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has entered an agreement to hold company Taconic responsible for removing the chemical PFOA from water supplies in the Rensselaer County community of Petersburgh.

Also among the many items its agenda, the board will hear from the Soil and Water Conservation District and the County on a plan to protect the aquifer from petroleum storage.

Because of your relentless effort and fierce commitment to keep fracking from polluting our water, air and harming our health, last Wednesday on December 17, 2014, at a public, livestreamed meeting of Governor Cuomo's cabinet in Albany, Governor Cuomo acknowledged the overwhelming science that speaks to the inherent dangers of fracking to public health and the environment presented by Joseph Martens, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner of the Department of Health, Governor Cuomo banned high volume horizontal fracturing in New York State.

Order forms for the 2017 Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale are now available from Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District.

New Agricultural exemption (need to include a soils worksheet from the Albany County Soil & Water Conservation District along with the exemption form)

Potanovic says he hopes the money from the rate increase goes toward reducing demand for water and conservation measures.

Given both the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the state Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) refusing to allow a water draw down, the project now includes the building of a coffer dam, thus the increase from the $ 970,000 original forecast.