Sentences with phrase «important national effort»

Learn about an important national effort to make organic food more widely available and less costly.

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«Frankly saving space and time,» were the most important considerations in the company's efforts to reduce paper use, project manager Kip Kypuros explains, but this «coincidentally works with the industry and national «green» buzz.»

Obviously, ecumenical efforts at the national and world levels are required in order to involve most effectively the whole body of Christians around the earth in providing the dreamers and doers that are so vitally important to the achievement of a desirable human future.

Beginning to imagine the world as if religious solidarities were more important than national ones would inevitably divert imaginative effort from depicting and ornamenting the glories of the nation and of citizenship.

«We believe this issue is important and that is why we have increased our efforts to educate the public on the cost and inconvenience of a national container deposit scheme,» Mr Parker added.

I hope they continue their efforts and are heard on a national level as their voice is a very important one.

«The polling station, constituency, regional and national executives at all levels are encouraged to support in the effort to ensure the success of this important mission,» he said.

«So we thought for that reason, in our effort to ensure that every Nigerian is given the opportunity to register, we should approach the Air Force to assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in respect of these five local government areas, to airlift and deploy our personnel and equipment for the purpose of this very important exercise, in the interest of our democracy and service of our fatherland.»

«In the coming months, along with entrepreneur Adam Pritzker and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University,» he wrote, «I will launch a national effort focused on addressing (the) crisis (facing the national Democratic Party)-- joining others already doing important work toward 2018 and beyond.»

Part of a national effort, this local take - back program ensures the materials are disposed of properly which is extremely important on several levels.

This fun, interactive campaign is — by design — an important part of the overall efforts to restore this National Treasure into a visible icon befitting the «World's Borough» for generations of families and visitors to enjoy.»

In the coming months, along with entrepreneur Adam Pritzker and Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, I will launch a national effort focused on addressing this crisis — joining others already doing important work toward 2018 and beyond.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

Also today, NHGRI and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that all three sequencing centers will devote a significant part of their efforts to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Pilot Project, which is testing the feasibility of a large - scale, systematic approach to identify important genomic changes involved in cancer.

The Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the National Science Foundation, together with other NSF programs, has an important role in supporting cognitive neuroscience research in the United States, including international collaboration efforts.

«This study is an important step towards developing precision medicine for at - risk and understudied minority populations,» Burchard said, «But the current lack of genomic data from these populations highlights the urgent need for a dedicated national effort to prioritize diversity in research.»

«I am confident that more basic research efforts in academia will complement the applied efforts of the national laboratories and industry in supporting the critically important national security goals of our country.»

There is a concerted national effort to connect the country's high - end designers with its local producers, and St. Petersburg is becoming increasingly important in this network.

But the most important effort is the national campaign to add 100,000 STEM teachers by 2021.

Important partners in this effort are the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) and their affiliates in the participating communities.

By participating actively in national advocacy efforts, HECSE is demonstrating the important role higher education plays in America's public education infrastructure.

«It's important to guard against any precedent that would allow a school district to be found deliberately indifferent if bullying or harassment by others continues, despite a district's efforts to address reported misconduct,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, Executive Director, National School Boards Association.

Respondents selected improving teacher quality as the most important national education strategy, besting efforts to create better standards, devise better assessments, or improve failing schools.

NAGB's efforts to track college readiness in the United States is uniquely important as it has the only assessment program that reports on the academic performance of a representative national sample of high school students.

Putting educator quality at the center of national school improvement efforts remains as relevant today as it was 20 years ago when a national commission described recruiting, preparing, and supporting teachers as the single most important in - school resource for providing all students with an equitable and excellent education.

In order to help school districts better understand this important ruling and the changes they needed to make in order to remain compliant with the ruling, the NSBA led an effort — in partnership with the National Education Association (NEA) and the AASA, School Superintendents Association (AASA)-- to develop a document, which consisted of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on school district employer and employee issues related to the DOMA ruling.

Wallace's efforts in school leadership helped put an important but marginalized issue — the need to better train and support principals — high on the national education reform agenda.

The shift toward accountability policies for schools over the past two decades — first introduced in some states, and made national under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), signed into law in 2002 — has been an important part of these efforts.

Director of No Kill NOW said, «This presents a unique opportunity for interested individuals to become an important part of the national No - Kill effort.

Previously, Best Friends performed painstaking manual data collection that revealed the estimated number of dogs and cats euthanized in the U.S. has dropped from 9,000 to 5,500 per day in the past six years — an important statistic that highlights why a national, uniform data collection effort is so important.

Speaking at the second annual John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art, held on March 23, 2018, at the National Gallery of Art, Charles Brock discusses how this unsettling depiction of a violent interracial boxing match was acquired when there was little American or modern painting of any kind at the Gallery and established an important precedent for later efforts to better represent the diverse achievements of American modernism.

The scientists also point out that because reefs overlap national boarders, that networking is important among politicians as well — governments need to talk with each other and get in sync with conservation efforts to ensure reefs» survival and strong fish populations.

In the lead up to a series of important international events culminating in COP 21 (Paris, December 2015), C40 developed a City Diplomacy Strategy as a mechanism to further accelerate city action and support efforts to better link these to national ambitions.

These city - led efforts to catalyze local clean energy economic development are important to watch as federal grants sunset, especially in the absence of a comprehensive national energy or climate policy.

Spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation is a highly effective weatherization product that is playing an important role in national efforts to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of our homes, schools, and buildings.

In addition, we believe that removing defective or harmful products from the market is a critical national priority and is an important tool in FDA efforts to promote the safety and efficacy of the products it regulates.

The National Health ISAC is pleased to support this important effort.»

Please join this effort, led by the National Coalition for Maternal Mental Health, of which Maternal Mental Health NOW is a member, by contacting your lawmakers and urging them to support these important bills.

This annual reporting to parliament has become an important tradition that keeps the efforts to close the gap on the national agenda.

«This campaign is an important component of our efforts to both eliminate unfair barriers to housing opportunity and to establish vibrant, diverse, and inclusive neighborhoods in all communities,» said Shanna L. Smith, president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance, HUD's partner in the creation of the campaign.