Sentences with phrase «lasting impact on society»

«I believe this project in Texas holds hope for thousands of poor families and their precious children to have legal outcomes which preserve and protect important and sacred relationships; in short to bring about a change that is generational and with an incalculable positive and lasting impact on society for years to come,» said Jack Emmott.

Moving a percentage of the population away from behaviours that can have a long - lasting impact on society has long been a key driver behind the development of the multi-level Triple P system.

And if it was going to have a permanent, lasting impact on society, «I wanted to get involved.»

Galvani's work has had a more lasting impact on society: his experiment inspired a physicist named Alessandro Volta, whose own experiments in electricity led to the development of the electric battery.

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Thurman says that as people in business, «we should take heart because, although a lot of people who consider themselves progressive and spiritual feel like business is something very lowly, that it's about just making money, the vocation of business can be extraordinarily honorable and has the ability to make a long - lasting positive impact on our society and world at large.»

Nearly three - quarters of practicing Protestants (72 %) said the Bible should have a larger impact on society, down from 74 percent last year.

Because of changes in adoption over the last few decades — changes that include open adoption, gay adoption, international adoptions and trans - racial (racial transformation) adoptions, and a focus on moving children out of the foster care system into adoptive families — the impact of adoption on the basic unit of society and the family, has been enormous.

Cutting back the state will have damaging, lasting impacts on public services, the very fabric of our society.

[276] This purpose, and the Head Start program itself is based upon decades of scientific research that documents the strong and lasting impact of children's experiences in their first five years of life on brain development, learning, and health, [277278279] and the significant economic impact of such benefits on children individually and on society as a whole.

Rapid and deep changes in society, the economy and policy over the last decades are having an increasing impact on the delivery of social housing in North Western Europe.

Read on to learn about some of the world's most extraordinary dogs and their lasting impact on human society.

In a newsletter circulated last Thursday, the Washington Humane Society's vice president of external affairs, Scott Giacoppo, wrote that the Wildlife Action Plan as proposed «would result in the rounding up and killing of feral cats — essentially a reversal back to the animal policies of the 1800s that were ultimately proven to have no impact on the population at all.»

Hartt's work raises questions about the commingling of the personal and the public, and highlights the narratives and ideologies that underlie the Johnson firm while assessing their lasting impact on today's society.

Over the last 70 years since Konrad Zuse invented the first computer, digital development overtook society so quickly that barely any time remained to consider its dominant impact on everyday social life.

Last September, the Royal Society hosted a Workshop on Arctic sea ice reduction: the evidence, models, and global impacts.

A last comment: It is understandable, not new and natural that Politics and the Media spoil Science fields that have the potential of delivering results of high impact on politics and the society.

The new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)-- released last night — reveals several findings that decision - makers can keep in mind — both in order to understand current and future climate impacts, as well as develop strategies to help societies become more resilient to them.

Last week the Law Society published a report on the impact of LASPO («Access Denied?

Justice Murray Sinclair, who made the list last year for his contributions as the chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, wasn't on our list of nominees but with the release of the TRC's recommendations and executive summary of its hearings, Sinclair's impact and influence on Canadian society deserved mention.

Four reports on the future of legal services in specific jurisdictions, all covering the impact of innovation and technology, have been published since last August by from law societies and their equivalents covering Singapore, the United States, England and Wales and New South Wales.

«One of the last conversations he had with me was a discussion of the huge impact the digital age was having on society and real estate in particular.»