Sentences with phrase «humans and nature around»

Myriah Cornwell is trained as a cultural anthropologist, focusing on the intersections between humans and nature around issues of environmental justice.

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Marsh calls it, «an eye - opening exploration into how children are raised around the world and how child - rearing can inform the understanding of human nature more broadly,» noting the author's most essential point is that «one of the things which makes humans special as a species is that we don't limit care to our own children.

«We make a big deal about the controversial nature of our business and market around it,» explains Biderman, pointing out that the thousands of user profiles on Avid's various international sites represent, in the aggregate, a vast sociological study of human infidelity, an area that has traditionally attracted little in the way of sociological scrutiny.

It's human nature to react to financial losses more strongly than we do to slow, steady gains — which unfortunately leads some people to «buy high and sell low» rather than the other way around.

In fact, it goes against much of human nature, and women's self - protective inclinations used to be supported by the people and institutions around her.

Read the news, look around you Cheese, are you happy with the state of humanity and comfortable with morality being determined by human nature.

In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.

The reaction of nature is a blindingly flashing red - light that man's actions are unnatural; that he need be true to his inner demands, which acted upon automatically set a proper balance within human consciousness and adjust the physical conditions in the entire creation around him.

He had long explored the complexities of human nature in history and society, but in this book he turned the problem around and looked at the subject which was involved, turning from the objective self which most analysts look at to the subjective self behind the object.

It does not reflect prevailing patterns of human behavior... If you look around carefully, you will see that most people are not really maximizers, but instead what you might call «satisfiers»: they want to satisfy their needs, and that means being in equilibrium with oneself, with other people, with society and with nature.

By nature, humans are born and have evolved to be communal beings — for the most part — interested in the survival of themselves foremost, but also to a large degree of other beings (and other mammals) around them.

Knox seems to acknowledge that some of ourproblems arise from our «friends», when he writes: «There will be fresh attempts to dissociate natural theology altogether from our experience of the natural world around us, to concentrate more and more on precarious arguments derived from the exigencies and the instincts of human nature itself.»

There will be fresh attempts to dissociate natural theology altogether from our experience of the natural world around us, to concentrate more and more on precarious arguments derived from the exigencies and the instincts of human nature itself.

There will be fresh attempts to dissociate natural theology altogether from our experience of the natural word around us, to concentrate more and more on precarious arguments derived from the exigencies and the instincts of human nature itself.

In the wisdom and religious beliefs of Africans, we human beings are linked with the earth and nature around us although we know ourselves to be children of God.

Humboldt states in his monograph on the dual that, though the study of language should be pursued for its own sake, it «resembles other branches of learning in not having its ultimate purpose in itself but that it conforms to the general purpose of interest in the human mind to help humanity to realize its true nature and its relation to everything visible and invisible around and above itself.»

But, in the midst of a gentle rain, while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly sensible of such sweet and beneficent society in Nature, in the very pattering of the drops, and in every sight and sound around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once, like an atmosphere, sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.

The building of the Church as a community with complex organizational structure, with manifold functions and leaders, with various responsibilities to the society around it, can easily degenerate into the building of religious clubs, of sororities and fraternities and of national associations for the promotion of good causes, if the understanding of the Church's purpose, of its responsibility to God, of the nature and action of God, of man and his history, of the meaning of the Church's work in all the complex of human activity and of the interrelation of the various aspects of its work are lost to view.

Anyone with any common sense can look around at the world, look at the genius in the design of the human body and in nature and know that intelligent design was behind it all.

Nature insures that the newest humans are perfectly cued to observe and interact with the world around them.

It's funny though, because human nature guides these little angels, and most of their first tastes (outside of baby food firsts) come because they show an interest in what those around them are eating.

The process has already worked in rats (Nature, doi.org/b63kt9) and in a small human trial this year, where it helped around half of the participants.

In 33 hunter - gatherer societies around the world, parents typically take 1 - to 2 - year - olds on foraging expeditions and give the youngsters toy versions of tools to manipulate, reported psychologist Sheina Lew - Levy of the University of Cambridge and her colleagues in the December Human Nature.

In 2011, another Nature paper featuring Dr Katerina Douka of the Oxford team obtained some very early dates (around 45,000 years old) for the so - called «transitional» Uluzzian stone - tool industry of Italy and identified teeth remains in the site of the Grotta del Cavallo, Apulia, as those of anatomically modern humans.

The researchers, who published their work online November 5 in Nature, are now investigating just how long the improvement might last and how deep sleep affects memory — for some reason, humans begin to lose the ability to sleep deeply around 40 years of age, at about the same time that memory begins to decline.

Not only are these fossils entirely consistent with evolutionary theory, their transitional nature makes them strong evidence for human evolution, and a major problem for creationists, not the other way around.

Yogic philosophy teaches us that the further we disconnect from our essential human nature, the more pain and suffering we cause ourselves and those around us.

To start off, I'm grateful for: mine, Zoey, and family's good health, a peaceful environment, rest, books to read, the space to meditate and take care of myself, a rewarding and stimulating job, friends that have re-entered my life, nature, art all around me, good people in my life who are non-judgemental, respectful and amazing human beings, the local farmer's market, facials / therapeutic services, living in a free country, access to nourishing meals, and opportunities.

I suppose it's human nature that we only agree to live with the bright side of life and not the other way around.

I have a cynical sense of humor that most people don't understand.I love the Earth and all of its creatures.It saddens me to see how humans are treating these things.I love Nature and being outdoors... I tend to notice things around me that others miss.I am a gentle person looking for gentle...

Dren starts out life as a twitchy little mite scampering around the couple's secret lab, before very quickly developing into a human female — only with wings, aquatic lungs, a tail and a venomous nature.

Despite the specific nature of the character Stiller plays, «Brad's Status» finds a universality in the uncomfortable truths it explores: the human tendency to take stock, especially around middle age, and to compare our lives against both our friends» achievements and our youthful visions of our future selves.

That plus the few philosophical tidbits involving human nature and vigilantism that gets thrown around along the way.

These projects connect them with nature in their own backyards and school yards and use the Internet to create human connections with other students in the United States and around the world for a better understanding of our global ecosystem.

These complex and often subtle rules of the culture are connected to ancient aspects of our human nature that have been around for a long time, have survived in many different cultures and will survive in the new virtual worlds that are rapidly appearing.

«It's human nature to want to really look around a place and get a genuine sense of what it's like,» said Gordon Meyer, director of marketing for YouVisit.

Human nature revolves around its need to communicate and build with community context that is massively (if not infinitely) scalable.

Capturing the moment - by - moment details of her journey, Greenlaw tells a story about human nature and the nature around us, about learning what can be controlled and when to let fate step in.

Wolves are by nature shy and quite cautious around humans.

In Oceanic, Aimee Nezhukumatathil plumbs the imagery of nature to break down barriers between humans and the world around us.

(Tangent: The vast majority of paranormal romances feature a paranormal hero and a human heroine, so their covers highlight the hero with a bare torso shot and a hint of their paranormal nature, sometimes with a woman wrapped around him.

Around the holidays each year I like to revisit that story, because it's a good reminder about how fast things have changed — and how sometimes the biggest challenge is simply our own stubborn human nature!

It's human nature to react to financial losses more strongly than we do to slow, steady gains — which unfortunately leads some people to «buy high and sell low» rather than the other way around.

Though the credit bureaus have been around for decades, the sheer size of their databases — and the nature of human error — means there are bound to be mistakes, including innocent typos and more nefarious fraudulent accounts.

Pitbulls are gentle by nature and are a caring breed around humans.

Predictable and consistent behavior Prefers human company, especially children Relatively «directable» without training Affectionate Able to be banged around, by kids and clumsy humans Comfortable indoors and outdoors Doesn't require a lot of exercise Calm in the home; not hyperactive High drives and excellent mental focus Athletic, excellent conformation, and excellent endurance Able to take, and learn from, a correction High initiative Low fearfulness Submissive to Dominant: depends upon the nature of the work Low other - dog aggression is preferred, but not always a requirement Quiet: unless barking is needed for the work If used for protection, will follow through and bite with intention, if not used for protection, then little to no aggression in most circumstances Easily Housetrained

The Ya'ax Ché Spa philosophy is based on the Mayan belief that we are all connected to everything around us: the universe, other human beings, and nature.

But then the writers make a few more terrible jokes, including one scene where Bryce checks out Arcadia's lingerie in her apartment, that start to drag poor Bryce back into the realms of being unlikable, and that leaves me at a bit of an impasse: I could argue that Bryce is perhaps an interesting study on human nature, questioning what someone would actually become after 500 - years of watching friends and family die around them without being able to die themselves, always having to live on the outer fringes of society.

Reflecting on the two sides of human nature, the creative and the destructive, as well as the capacity for humans to act and make an impact on history and the environment, Quinn hopes the installation, entitled Support, will address the ability for humans to make a change and re-balance the world around them — environmentally, economically, socially.

Her work as a curator includes exhibits «The «F» Word: Feminism in Art» a group show of 20 female artists, «Human / Nature» a group show revolving around environmental themes and «Allegories of The Held», a solo show of works by artist Jennifer Caviola aka Cake, as well as «The Voyeur» exhibit at Art Basel Miami sponsored by The American Friends of The Louvre.