Sentences with phrase «in small island communities»
As an environmental activist, born and living in a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), and having experienced the destructive impact of climate change on people living in small island communities, I went to the Conference with the following expectations:
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Synopsis: In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape her oppressive family.
She lives with her unhappily married lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and her younger brothers in the small island community of New Penzance, New England (the film was shot off the coast of Rhode Island), where, as a loquacious onscreen narrator (Bob Balaban) stiffly informs us, a devastating storm is due to hit in three days.
Purchasing this site provides the stability the school needs to continue to function as a provider of quality education in the small island community.
Not exact matches
At last week's Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program graduation at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, N.Y., and again this week at the White House's United State of Women Summit, Buffett offered his number - one tip for business success.
In the West Brighton section of Staten Island, small groups of people walk across the street from the project buildings into the parking lot of New Hope Community Church, where they dodge basketballs whizzing by before congregating in a beautifully renovated building that was a staging area for an underground pit bull fighting ring up until a few years agIn the West Brighton section of Staten Island, small groups of people walk across the street from the project buildings into the parking lot of New Hope Community Church, where they dodge basketballs whizzing by before congregating in a beautifully renovated building that was a staging area for an underground pit bull fighting ring up until a few years agin a beautifully renovated building that was a staging area for an underground pit bull fighting ring up until a few years ago.
Except in a few small islands in the Pacific, until 1914 the Christian communities which arose from missions from the West were small minorities, Christian enclaves in overwhelming non-Christian populations, dependent on continued infusions from Europe and America and regarded by the non-Christian neighbors as aliens, the religious phase of Western imperialism and colonialism.
Flanked by Assemblymember Millman and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Simon stressed her deep roots in the district and decade of experience as district leader, her progressive credentials and her work on community issues both big and small — from public transportation to traffic calming in Downtown Brooklyn, access to affordable housing and education, and saving Long Island College Hospital, to name a few.
A small but exasperated group of protesters gathered on Staten Island tonight to denounce a grand jury's vote not to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, accusing the Staten Island justice system and the NYPD of once more discriminating against communities of color.
«In any one community such as Rhode Island the number of families might be small, but across the world this condition affects a bigger number of people.»
And improvements in coastal processes, the dynamics of coastal climate would represent improvements for the small island community.
Small - island communities in the Philippines prefer local measures to relocation in response to sea - level rise.
A multi-partner initiative led by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that supports climate resilience, food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of living aquatic resources in coastal communities, especially in small island developing states.
As a result, they are settling in communities throughout the U.S., from large metropolitan areas such as New York to small cities like Grand Island, Neb..
Having said that, we profile in the book a small but growing number of charter schools that are intentionally diverse — the Denver School of Science and Technology, High Tech High in San Diego, City Neighbors in Baltimore, Morris Jeff in New Orleans, Blackstone Valley Prep in Rhode Island, Capital City and E.L. Haynes in Washington, D.C., Community Roots in Brooklyn and Larchmont in Los Angeles.
He points to small learning communities at big high schools such as New Dorp in Staten Island and Hillcrest in Queens that have achieved improvements comparable to those at small schools.
New York, NY — Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF), one of the first nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions to implement a major online lending platform, and CDCLI Funding Corporation, a regional and national leader in community development, are hosting a three - part financial seminar series for Long Island small businesCommunity Development Financial Institutions to implement a major online lending platform, and CDCLI Funding Corporation, a regional and national leader in community development, are hosting a three - part financial seminar series for Long Island small businescommunity development, are hosting a three - part financial seminar series for Long Island small business owners.
Over the years she has attended the Continuing Education for Veterinary Professionals Conference at Tuft's University in Boston, MA, the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Conference in Seattle, WA, the North American Veterinary Community Conference in Orlando, FL, the Unconventional Veterinary Conference in Washington, DC, the American Veterinary Medical Association Conference in Chicago IL, the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association Conference in Hartford, CT, as well as many small local conferences and wet labs from Long Island, Central NY and Connecticut.
The pigs have mostly been replaced by water buffalo and goats; today the island's small Muslim community rely mainly on agriculture, with fishing next in line and tourism ranking a distant third.
I knew when I signed up that this unique community style retreat meant spending a week with 62 strangers in the small village of Atsitsa on the sunny Greek island of Skyros.
A small, flat island in the North Sea, Smøla is home to a fishing community of about 2,100.
We are proud to be a local island company providing daily service to communities both large and small all over the island; from Port Hardy in the North, Tofino in the West and Victoria in the South.
The island is a buzzing little community in its own right, much like a small town, featuring everything from a medical centre, hair and beauty salon, post office, bank, chemist, general store, bakery, fish and chip shop, fine dining restaurants, fashion boutiques and even a public school.
Populated since 1444, the island of São Miguel was a vast territory, with small settlements scattered about, except for Vila Franca do Campo in the central - southern coast, and the smaller community of Ponta Delgada.
G - supported Floreana Guesthouse We are investing in community training and infrastructure to develop the first ecological, community tourism program in the Galapagos Islands that sees both the islands small entrepreneurs and its unique wildlife as the primary beneficiaries of this pIslands that sees both the islands small entrepreneurs and its unique wildlife as the primary beneficiaries of this pislands small entrepreneurs and its unique wildlife as the primary beneficiaries of this project.
The rest of the population resides in rural towns, remote islands, and small communities scattered throughout the countryside.
In Nusa Lembongan, a small island southeast of Bali, local communities have been quietly nurturing their mangroves, not only as part of a larger effort to preserve coastal resources, but also as a way to develop ecotourism on the island.
This beautiful 3 - bedroom villa is located in the small, exclusive community of Silly Creek, on the island of Provo in the Turks & Caicos.
With only a small community living in the island, it is largely uninhabited.
The lack of mass tourism in such a small community has enhanced the safety on these picturesque islands, and in Boa Vista crime is exceptionally low.
«It is a testament to the strength and resilience of this small Island community that they are now in a position of recovery just one month on, with tourism being at the forefront of that rebound.»
There are many Internet Cafes in the small communities around Phuket island and especially in the more developed tourist locations.
Dark Day Interactive - is a small indie Development company, based in Australia and the United Kingdom, with past experience in the video game market, with the current release of Once Bitten, Twice Dead on PC, and iOS hits like Sky Island, the team has taken there past skills and knowledge from other projects and combined them into one tight company, answering to no major publishers, only making games they love, for the community and helped shape by the community.
A Long Island community with the feeling of a small town in New England, Northport is also an arts hub, with galleries and theaters.
Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty: Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY
His work focuses on lone individuals and small insular communities on the fringes of society, from hermetic existences found deep in the Scottish countryside to post-apocalyptic island ecosystems.
During a month - long residency on Hrisey, Puck Verkade conducted interviews with three generations of local people, about their personal connection with the island, the effect of living in such a small community off the mainland, and their relationship to silence.
30 to 40 of these horses were said to collapse on the side of the road every day until their corpses were eventually hulled to Barren Island, a small island near the Rockaways in Brooklyn inhabited by Black, Irish, Italian and Polish communIsland, a small island near the Rockaways in Brooklyn inhabited by Black, Irish, Italian and Polish communisland near the Rockaways in Brooklyn inhabited by Black, Irish, Italian and Polish communities.
I am one of those «expats» you describe, living on one of the smallest of the Canary Islands, in a multinational community.
2017 Builders, Circuit 12, Dallas, TX Fantastic Facade, LVL3, Chicago, IL Deconstructed, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, MD 2016 Helter Skelter, Launch F18, New York, NY Water Work, Soho House curated by Patrick Muhundro and Andrea Bergart, New York, NY Transaction, Knockdown Center curated by Elijah Wheat Showroom, Queens, NY Knife Hits, Spring / Break Art Show, New York, NY Faulted Valley Fog, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY Painting Reassembled, SUNY Westchester Community College curated by Erika Mahr, Westchester, NY 2015 Surface Matters, Knockdown Center curated by Holly Shen and Sam Katz, Queens, NY Handmade Abstract, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY Object» hood, Lesley Heller Workspace curated by Inna Babaeva and Gelah Penn, New York, NY 2014 Ultra Deep Field, Rockford University Art Gallery, Rockford, IL Site Lab, Old Morton Hotel, Grand Rapids, MI BRIC Biennial, BRIC Arts in partnership with LIU University, Brooklyn, NY Insider Joke, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2013 Rushgrove House, Rushgrove House in conjunction with the Royal College of Art, London, UK Limber: Spatial Painting Practices, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury UK and the Grandes Galleries de L'Erba, Rouen, France Material, Storefront Bushwick, curated by Liz Dimmitt, Brooklyn, NY Middle Zone, Projekt 722, curated by Corydon Cowansage, Brooklyn, NY No Longer Preseidents But Prophets, Delicious Spectacle, Washington DC Inside Voices, Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY Contemporary Drawing Today, Fort Worth Drawing Center, Fort Worth, TX Paint Things, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA 2012 Bleach Blue, FJORD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Primary, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD Masculinisms, Garden Party / ARTS, Brooklyn, NY Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Fakin It, Meyer Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH 2011 Living Arrangements, PLUG Projects, Kansas City, MO Off the Wall, Visceglia Gallery at Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ Small Crowd, Mixed Greens, New York, NY Out of Practice, Art Blog Art Blog curated by Nudashank, New York, NY RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI New Insights, Art Chicago with NEXT cuarted by Suzanne Ghetz, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL 2010 Interriuer / Exterieur, Dubois Galerie, Pont - Aven School of Contemporary Art, France Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University Totemic, The Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
At the same time, the world is awash in data far exceeding the processing capacity of human beings, and in an increasingly complex and sophisticated environment where communication tools such as social media are developing rapidly, people appear to be banding together into small, disparate groups of «island universe» and communities.
, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 14th Annual Inliquid Benefit Auction, Gallery Joe Booth, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2013 In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC 2011 Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010 Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000 - 2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2008 The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2007 Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - DecIn Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC 2011 Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010 Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000 - 2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2008 The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2007 Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - Decin Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - Dec.)
In Bali I was on the Delegations of Jamaica (my home island and a member state of the UN), and of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (an Intergovernmental Organization representing almost all Caribbean states), while also representing the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Partnership in New Technologies for Small Island Developing States (as Coordinator of the Partnership), the Global Coral Reef Alliance (an international NGO), and Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Coral Foundation, an Indonesian NGO that runs the world's largest coral reef restoration projectIn Bali I was on the Delegations of Jamaica (my home island and a member state of the UN), and of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (an Intergovernmental Organization representing almost all Caribbean states), while also representing the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Partnership in New Technologies for Small Island Developing States (as Coordinator of the Partnership), the Global Coral Reef Alliance (an international NGO), and Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Coral Foundation, an Indonesian NGO that runs the world's largest coral reef restoration proisland and a member state of the UN), and of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center (an Intergovernmental Organization representing almost all Caribbean states), while also representing the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Partnership in New Technologies for Small Island Developing States (as Coordinator of the Partnership), the Global Coral Reef Alliance (an international NGO), and Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Coral Foundation, an Indonesian NGO that runs the world's largest coral reef restoration projectin New Technologies for Small Island Developing States (as Coordinator of the Partnership), the Global Coral Reef Alliance (an international NGO), and Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Coral Foundation, an Indonesian NGO that runs the world's largest coral reef restoration proIsland Developing States (as Coordinator of the Partnership), the Global Coral Reef Alliance (an international NGO), and Yayasan Karang Lestari (Protected Coral Foundation, an Indonesian NGO that runs the world's largest coral reef restoration project).
«Millions of people,» it read, «in small islands, least - developed countries, landlocked countries as well as vulnerable communities in Brazil, India and China, and all around the world — are suffering from the effects of a problem to which they did not contribute....
Limits must be strict enough to avert the worst consequences of global warming that are already being felt in extreme weather events, droughts, floods, melting glaciers and polar ice caps and rising sea levels that threaten to swamp coastal communities and small island states.
The case studies reflect on the fact that, despite their remoteness and limited resources, many Small Island Developing States are now leading the world in their application of climate prediction services to strengthen their economies and develop a brighter, more hopeful future for their communities.
While a large proportion of the region's population (in much of Viet Nam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos PDR, Thailand and peninsular Malaysia) lives on the main Asian landmass, many are also spread across thousands of islands — ranging in size from Indonesia's Java and Sumatra (home to more than 190 million people) to many small island communities.
These habitat islands have been called natural laboratories, in which evolution of a species can be worked out as well as ecological patterns in a whole, but small community.
Housing prices are strongest in the Lower Mainland and Okanagan, but also doing well on Vancouver Island, in Prince George and smaller northern communities and in the Kootenays.