Sentences with phrase «global awareness of environmental issues»

In 1998 — the year after Titanic made audiences sob around the world and DiCaprio an international superstar — the 23 - year - old launched the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation with an eye toward increasing «global awareness of environmental issues,» — which has meant everything from keeping a calendar of current campaigns and partnering with the Natural Resources Defense Council to distributing grants and producing The 11th Hour.

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The first Earth Day was held in 1970 as a way to boost awareness of global environmental issues.

Pete Demola April 22, 2018 The Sun Plattsburgh − Earth Day is serious business in the Adirondacks and across the North Country, and the public took advantage of the sunny weather over the weekend to celebrate the global event designed to boost awareness of environmental issues.

Teen Hoopla highlights the potential of the Internet to heighten students» awareness of such local and global issues as environmental pollution, while providing teachers and students with avenues, ideas, and plans for social action.

Inspired by growing up in Denmark and Iceland, Eliasson's use of natural elements evokes an awareness of the sublime world around us and how we interact with it; his projects often point toward global environmental crises and consider art's power to offer solutions to issues like climate change and renewable energy.

March 25, 2017 completed a decade of the foundation of the global initiative Earth Hour for raising awareness regarding the environmental issues and supporting the action for climate change.

Even in light of the recent policy work in the US energy sector, the ambitious goals and approaches to carbon emissions reductions coming out of global climate summits, and an increasing awareness of the various environmental issues we're facing, any changes we're making in our habits, systems, and policies feel like they're too little, too late.