Sentences with phrase «in environmental learning»

Located at the foot of the Tunnel Top Parkland, the Crissy Field Center is a nationally recognized program hub for youth engagement in environmental learning and community betterment.

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As the world began to learn in September, when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a shocking «notice of violation,» the vehicles met emissions standards for dangerous oxides of nitrogen, known collectively as NOx, only when running their paces in an artificial, indoor lab setting.

He soon learned that air pollution is the world's single largest environmental health risk — and that in 2012, nearly 14 percent of deaths worldwide were attributed to household or ambient air pollution.

With so many U.S. corporations racing to the bottom — moving manufacturing to foreign countries for cheap labor and no environmental responsibility, taking advantage of the H1 - B Visa program to bring cheap workers in, lowering benefits and eliminating pension plans — it's refreshing to learn that some companies are taking the exact opposite approach.

In hiring Coady two years ago to fill its newly created chief sustainability officer position, Enbridge was acknowledging that the oilpatch might have something to learn from the forest industry about moving past environmental controversy and renewing its social licence.

It could, in fact, be said that the first thing we Americans need to learn to contain is, in some ways, ourselves: our own environmental destructiveness, our tendency to live beyond our means and to borrow ourselves into disaster.»

And can we learn once again to be happy in traditional towns and cities — not only as a moral antidote to individualism, inequality and the misuse of environmental resources, and not only as an aesthetic antidote to suburban sprawl, but also for the sake of the genuine goods and pleasures (including both communal belonging and individual freedom) of traditional urban life?

She learns in her freshman seminar that unjust economic and social «systems» have intertwined and are driving the planet toward environmental catastrophe.

If we could learn to see the universe as the story of the unfolding of God's promise we could then integrate our hope in the promise with the vigorous environmental concern that is needed today if life is to survive on this planet.

Making Biodegradable & Related Environmental Claims 2 pm — 3 pm ET Wednesday, August 24 SPI will be hosting a webinar for those interested in learning more about making biodegradable or related environmental claims about their products Environmental Claims 2 pm — 3 pm ET Wednesday, August 24 SPI will be hosting a webinar for those interested in learning more about making biodegradable or related environmental claims about their products environmental claims about their products or packaging.

A long - standing community begun in Europe, PACE is considered by many of the industry's packaging leaders as the must - attend «platform» for strategic partnering where participants work together to share, learn and discuss the latest technology, materials, innovative design and regulatory and environmental developments.

To learn more about the environmental impact of our food choices as well as trends and developments in the plant - based food space, subscribe to the #EatForThePlanet with Nil Zacharias podcast.

I learned something interesting recently in my environmental health class — that when heated under high heat, ALL high carbohydrate foods as part of the Maillard reaction produce something called acrylamide and glycidamide.

If you want to learn more about the work of local environmental water advisory groups and committees or you have any suggestions for the use of environmental water in your region please contact your local or state representative bodies, or alternatively your Local Engagement Officer.

Eco-Educators play a vital role in EXPO resource recovery and eco-education, inspiring attendees to identify and divert resources and learn about environmental sustainability.

To learn more about the environmental impact of our food choices as well as trends and developments in the plant - based food space, check out our podcast #EatForThePlanet with Nil Zacharias.

In time, baby will learn how to use their facial muscles to react to environmental stimuli to convey their feelings and thoughts

«Mass Audubon's mission is as important now as ever, so we're delighted to play a role in helping to make the new Environmental Learning Center at Drumlin Farm a reality.»

Drumlin Farm director Renata Pomponi noted, «The Environmental Learning Center represents a critical step in Drumlin Farm's goal to bring science to the forefront of environmentEnvironmental Learning Center represents a critical step in Drumlin Farm's goal to bring science to the forefront of environmentalenvironmental education.

In addition to plugging P&G «s Pampers and Luvs diapers, the commercials are addressing environmental criticism that has been aimed at disposable diapers, saying the disposables are «compostable «and urging consumers to learn more about solutions to community solid waste problems.

Certainly some of these are involved, as may be excessive processing of foods, drug residues in foods and water, now - common deficiencies in DHA and vitamin D, excessive hygiene, lack of challenging childhood diseases, and likely other nutritional and environmental causes we have yet to learn of.

Whether you choose cloth diapers for economic, environmental or health benefits, the first step in cloth diapering is learning how to use them and what you might need!

In addition to providing sustained environmental education, Mass Audubon helps support community organizations in conducting service learning and citizen science projects around critical environmental issueIn addition to providing sustained environmental education, Mass Audubon helps support community organizations in conducting service learning and citizen science projects around critical environmental issuein conducting service learning and citizen science projects around critical environmental issues.

She served as co-leader until July 2016 and continues to volunteer in schools on issues of wellness, environmental health, outdoor learning and gardening.

In fact, even innate language - learning ability is dependent on environmental stimuli, which includes emotional bonding that results in a desire to communicate more intimatelIn fact, even innate language - learning ability is dependent on environmental stimuli, which includes emotional bonding that results in a desire to communicate more intimatelin a desire to communicate more intimately.

You can learn to read labels carefully and double - check ingredients in the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep Database.

Learn all about cloth diapers, the environmental impact of diapering and washing cloth diapers in Cloth Diaper Basics.

«Gardens can improve the ecological complexity of the schoolyard in ways that promote effective experiential learning in many subject areas, particularly the areas of science, environmental education, and food education.»

Mass Audubon has officially broken ground for its state - of - the art Environmental Learning Center at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln.

And finally, I just learned about the Healthy Schools Campaign, a non-profit organization that addresses not just food but general issues of environmental health and wellness in schools.

In addition to the motivational training provided by the adventure center, Irons Oaks serves as an environmental learning center, encouraging local teachers to use the site throughout the year.

This summer I have been working in the environmental quality lab to learn more about the inner workings of this fantastic Chicago museum.

Other initiatives discussed from the Dec. 14th agenda included Brad Hoylman speaking about the negotiations in the NYS Senate regarding the IDC; Laurie Hardjowirigo gave the Voter Reform Committee Report; Nat Johnson gave the Environmental Committee Report by stressing what was learned at the December 4 Future of Renewable Energy Forum; Erik Coler of Affordable Housing recapped the year's achievements by saying this year 42 units had been re-stabilized and he was hoping next year to add 90 more.

First up, Kira Marchenese at Environmental Defense has been learning a lot in the past few weeks about using Facebook for political organizing, and she's put together some quick bullet points about its strengths that she's graciously allowed me to reprint.

The format of the initiatives meant that they not only learnt about the science of environmental problems such as climate change, but were also engaged in considering solutions and how to bring them about, both in terms of their own lives and community and the wider political context.

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox plans an all - out - attack on Gov. Cuomo for «caving in to environmental Luddites» by refusing to approve «fracking» for natural gas in upstate's Southern Tier, The Post has learned.

It is an excellent opportunity for students interested in environmental science to learn from local natural resources professionals as well as to spend a day enjoying the outdoors.

Environmental Day: Come to River Park on Boston Road and East 180th Street at 10 a.m. to learn the important part trees and other fauna play in our ecosystem.

After directing the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health February 6 to investigate the cause of the leak, Cuomo expanded his directive after learning of the second reading of higher tritium levels in groundwater.

We learned through an announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the USEPA has added the Saint - Gobain Performance Plastics McCaffrey Street facility in Hoosick Falls to the Superfund program's National Priorities List.

Environmental Advocates of New York is confident that the more New Yorkers learn about fracking, the less they want it in their communities.»

It was 16 months, remember, from August 2014 — when state officials first learned of high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in Hoosick Falls» public drinking water supply and private wells — to the time the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and told residents not to drink or cook with their tap water, in December 2015.

We look forward to learning about Governor Cuomo's environmental agenda and seeing how well his public statements are reflected in his budget proposal in January.»

It will be important to learn whether the virus is present in bats at low levels all the time or if certain environmental factors trigger periodic outbreaks that might then affect people.

The project is co-led by Haruko Wainwright, an expert in environmental monitoring and estimation methodologies in Berkeley Lab's Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, and Ben Brown, an expert in machine learning and microbial analysis in the Biosenvironmental monitoring and estimation methodologies in Berkeley Lab's Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, and Ben Brown, an expert in machine learning and microbial analysis in the BiosEnvironmental Sciences Area, and Ben Brown, an expert in machine learning and microbial analysis in the Biosciences Area.

Pan: Per capita, they are still obviously way behind the United States and other industrial nations and there is this argument that the United States and the West, you know, they went through their industrial revolutions and we need to go through ours, but still that ignores the argument that the others, the lessons learnt, you know, China should be able to take a different path and there is a budding environmental movement right now in China, trying to put pressure on the government to do something about this, but again, you know, these officials are addicted to economic growth.

Eliza Reilly, executive director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a non-profit which seeks to strengthen student learning and interest in STEM by connecting course topics to issues of local, national and global importance, said rethinking STEM education is necessary to produce graduates equipped to tackle society's environmental, economic and political challenges.

To establish whether environmental changes could improve learning ability the team put mice with significant neuronal damage in one of two types of cages.

Instead, the researchers wanted to learn how tissues on the outside of the early ducts communicate with the tubes» lining, says Yao, of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, N.C.