Sentences with phrase «increasing grassroots support»

The Bolsa Floresta's connection to state - government» sustainable development» reserves is encouraging as a stimulus to expanding the area under some form of protected status, and as a means of increasing grassroots support for the reserves [but] a firmer financial basis is needed.»

They seem to be genuinely concerned with the pain and ugliness of «bad death,» and some of them are worried that the horrors of technological death increase grassroots support for the euthanasia movement.

By forming NYCEDF, MORE and its allies intend to increase grassroots support for a fair contract and to organize effective opposition to the new teacher evaluation system imposed on city teachers by State Education Commissioner John King and the high - stakes testing regime that has been so detrimental to the City's public schools and students.

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Over the past 31 years, the EcoFarm Conference and education programs have reached more than 75,000 participants, supporting grassroots leadership and regional solutions to increase and promote healthy, ecologically - sustainable farms and food systems.

If you are not already familiar with RDA, it trains and supports grassroots advocates in leading local Real Diaper Circles, compiles and distributes research on cloth diapering and leading cloth diaper advocacy, it works with media and other businesses and organizations to increase awareness about cloth diapers, and provides direct, reliable and unbiased support for consumers.

Even with the ever - increasing threat of independent expenditures, almost all candidates participated in the public financing program, likely because the amplification of grassroots support through public matching funds is an effective way to defend against independent spending.

There is a large segment of allies that de Blasio can count on this session: progressive grassroots organizations that will likely turn out en masse to support increasing the minimum wage, mayoral control of schools, and rent regulation renewal.

This project funds trap - neuter - return (TNR) programs in neighborhoods throughout the city, providing training, advice, equipment, and hands - on - support by TNR coaches to increase the number and magnitude of local grassroots TNR efforts.

Sha has worked with many grassroots organizations as a consultant dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and self - sustaining capacity of organizations, and in addition to popular education style trainings on grassroots fundraising, he has a virtual toolbox of skills that he likes to put to use in all of his work, including graphic design, Spanish - English translation and interpretation, and technology support.

The task now is to broaden and deepen support for taxing carbon among both the political elites and the grassroots — and to do so in the face of concerted opposition from fossil fuel interests determined to preserve (and increase!)