Sentences with phrase «influence changes in their communities»

This data is updated every few years and provides conservationists, town planners, and local agencies with information for planning while helping residents understand and influence changes in their communities.

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Whether you're a leader within your family, your workplace, or your community, you are always in a position to influence others towards positive change.

It does not have to be this way and through our mission we want to change the statistic of 99 % of businesses failing in the first 5 years to 99 % being successful and having an amazing positive influence on society and our communities.

If we seek to stand in the faithful line of those who would change the world, then we need to reclaim the positive potential of power as well as a modest but sure conviction of the gospel's capacity to influence, to change lives and to renew communities.

While I've spoken at many of them, and Passion has influenced them around the world, I want to be able to lay down at the feet of Jesus and say I gave it a shot — I tried to build into the local community of faith that he gave his life for, that he loved, and that he believed is the best agent for change in the world.

While modifying an external behavior is useful, it isn't necessarily transformational, whereas changing one's inner being for the good, can result in multiple external changes across the range of one's life, and thus, in every sphere of influence a person has (including in ones» community), and the effect is usually more permanent.

When the Church finally begins to demonstrate that abuse survivors are greatly loved and valued members of our Christian community, I have little doubt that many of them will be the greatest supporters of those influencing for change in this area.

It hasn't, but the NOP has changed many relationships and attitudes subtly, markedly altering the balance of power and influence in the organic community.

«We feel lucky to have had the unwavering support of Senator Stone as our county supervisor for the past ten years and are excited to work with Supervisor Washington on our continued mission to influence positive change in the community.»

Work with partners to develop and deliver community engagement programmes which mobilise communities and get them talking Apply our expertise in getting resources and support to where it is most needed through grant programmes and networks Act as an honest broker between different sectors and interests in communities and use the insights of this work to understand communities and encourage further action Carry out research to generate evidence to influence practice, policy and legislation to bring about positive change in people's lives About our brand refresh

The Young Republicans National Federation is tasked with bringing together Republicans between the ages of 18 and 40 to create a grassroots movement where individuals can influence change in their local community.

«Shifting bacterial communities in the stomach may influence cancer risk: Microbe changes linked with specific conditions could explain differences in risk and type of tumor.»

The National Science Foundation - funded study, published in the April 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, looked at how marine communities change across natural gradients to better understand the influence of the three climate stressors.

Her research aims to enhance our understanding of environmental changes that impact primary producer communities, as these influence the ecology and fitness of higher trophic levels, and to inform future spatial population trends in light of current predictions of climate change.

PNNL scientists also have contributed intellectual frameworks that influenced IPCC assessments and the broader climate change community in areas as diverse as integrated assessment, technology's role in mitigation, carbon dioxide capture and storage, and social science contributions in addressing climate change challenges.

By bringing together microbial ecologists, biogeochemists her group examines the influence of microbial communities on coastal ocean processes, especially in light of a changing climate.

If awareness and action at home is set to increase, there is a real opportunity for schools to introduce programmes that are really fit for the future of recycling, reflecting the changes in attitudes and behaviour and influencing the critical formation of new recycling habits right across the school community.

All LCANs are committed to influencing change in their local communities and boosting the number of people enrolling in postsecondary education.

The research community must become participants in the change if we are to influence the outcomes.

Learn ways to amp up your leadership skills, explore avenues to influence change, and become decision makers in your school, district, community, and beyond.

This network transforms status quo systems and approaches in education by sharing ownership of the change efforts, engaging communities in defining and working toward success, serving as role models for young people to pursue roles with influence and risk, and accessing financial capital and power brokers to develop new solutions.

Changing Mindsets, Enhancing Leadership, and Strengthening Professional Development: Leadership and professional development programs in education, social work, community development, and other fields need to offer a sharper picture of the inequities that influence public education.

«Not only do we fix a single problem, we also inspire communities to seek justice, address issues of animal treatment, and demonstrate their concern by influencing change in laws and policy.

The three artists included in this year's residency exhibition extend this notion to explore how communities themselves can influence the ways in which art is produced, whether through incorporating images that document change and progress, questioning the contexts of cultural and physical representation so as not to repeat history's mistakes, or archiving materials from a community's past in order to benefit future generations.

A larger mystery than either missing carbon or the influence of clouds / water vapor on climate change models is why the physical and life science community and the (in theory) science - based climate change advocates have not taken the time to adequately consult the evidence or experts (albeit exceptions certainly do exist) on communication about environmental issues, risk, or environmental and health literacy.

Development challenges, such as gender inequality and low levels of education, and other differences among communities in age, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and governance can influence vulnerability to climate change impacts in complex ways.

At NWEI we believe that anyone can effect change in their sphere of influence, and hope Change Is Our Choice will inspire you to take action in your commchange in their sphere of influence, and hope Change Is Our Choice will inspire you to take action in your commChange Is Our Choice will inspire you to take action in your community.

The agreement reached under the UNFCCC will, for example, influence whether post-2015 development will be implemented in a two, three, four (or more) degree world, and the SDGs will influence not only how resilient and well adapted to the effects of climate change poor and vulnerable communities will be, but also the pace and carbon intensity of development in all countries.

Band together and you've got much more power to influence change in your specific community.

Climate change has largely become a social challenge and this report offers insight into the underlying dynamics that influence public opinion and how we can expand the community of people who are engaged in the issue.

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual,... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate..»

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest under various conditions, and whether they reflect a climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate.»

We have a small, tightly knit and perhaps even insular community that everybody is relying on for accurate information on how the Earth's climate is changing over time, and what influence human activity is having on it, yet there appears to be little of self - auditing activity in that field, but rather, if anything, more of a wagon - circling going on...

Hockey stick (from memory, please anyone correct): the graph in question was put forward in a peer - reviewed paper in 1998 and quickly became the poster - child of the AGW community, including a prominent role in the IPCC TAR in 2001, thus helping influence the whole world towards irrational climate change alarmism.

While scientists long understood the greenhouse effect and understood that the earth's climate is complex and always changing, our company scientists and the scientific community did not know with precision to what extent and in what ways rising CO2 emissions from industrial activity might influence the earth's climate over time.

We integrated ourselves into the community and began the work of recommending policies to the city, creating some influence, creating some change and educating some people in green building.

This week, during Oil and Our Lifestyles: A Month of Action, we have turned our focus to community and culture, and how we can be agents of change in our respective circles of influence.

This week, during our Oil and Our Lifestyles: A Month of Action, we turn our focus to community and culture, and how we can be agents of change in our respective circles of influence.

Whether the influence of the US is welcome or not, the business community needs to be aware of the fast changing way in which businesses are regulated and investigated, and those who represent members of the business community need to continue to develop skills and techniques to avoid the US - influenced changes operating unfairly.

This study aims to identify modifiable (potentially amenable to change through policy) community - level factors that influence children's health and developmental outcomes in the 25 areas of high and low disadvantage across Australia.

He identified as a challenge «closing the gap» between the expectations of government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in order to avoid the credibility problems of previous bodies, to ensure that it has influence with government and is an effective agent of change for communities.

The goal is to empower youth to take their ideas and turn them into positive action that can influence social change in schools, communities and online.

To this end, AAP endorses a developing leadership role for the entire pediatric community — one that mobilizes the scientific expertise of both basic and clinical researchers, the family - centered care of the pediatric medical home, and the public influence of AAP and its state chapters — to catalyze fundamental change in early childhood policy and services.

Aboriginal Family Support Services influences change in policies and service delivery in all areas of capacity building within Aboriginal families and communities.

It proposes to meet this challenge by using a partnership of the community, social partners, statutory and public representative sectors to provide services, influence structures and change policies so that all local people are included in a self - sustaining community that integrates work and economic activity with personal, social and economic needs.

A few examples of topics include: social norms change, adolescent relationships abuse, meaning of consent, media influence, and ways to take action in your community.

The aim of this engagement process will be to elevate the voices of our women and girls; obtain their views of their immediate and long - term needs in order to guide and influence governments to implement policies and practices that foster agency within our communities; and provide the conditions for positive change.

Knowing how to wield influence in a positive manner can make a difference in every arena of your life — whether you're trying to effect change in your community, communicate with your teenage children, or grow your business.