Sentences with phrase «modeling the way toward»

For the past several years we've been working to bring you Changemaker Interviews, where we connect with the leaders in the NW Earth Institute community who are modeling the way toward a brighter, more sustainable future.

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Sociologists who study the Nordic model have found that social cohesion between citizens and the government goes a long way toward ensuring a (mostly) peaceful society.

The convergence model represents human communication as a dynamic, cyclical process over time, characterized by (1) mutual causation rather than one - way mechanistic causation, and emphasizing (2) the interdependent relationship of the participants, rather than a bias toward either the gisource» or the «receiver» of «messages.»

However tempting it may be to paint a picture of villain - and - victim that fits some model of liberation from oppression, historical and biblical honesty compels us to search more deeply for a way toward justice and reconciliation in the Holy Land.

One way of moving toward such a model is through a consideration of the philosophy of language.

Modeling the things we want to see in our children is the single most powerful mode of instruction, so living a life of gratitude ourselves goes a long way toward raising our little ones to be happy, grateful humans.

«I'll be looking for ways at little or no cost how we can put Gardiner on the map as a destination,» he said, citing Rhinebeck's use of interpretive signage geared toward two - wheeled tourists as a model.

And separate modeling showed that the resulting damage to crops and buildings would have been similar either way, though the detonations did shift the damage zone toward Missouri and away from Illinois and Kentucky.

The study, published in the journal eLife, provides a valuable model for uncovering the basic molecular mechanisms governing the interplay of immunity and regeneration, and could point the way toward new therapies to combat serious human ailments like chronic non-healing wounds.

Your Leader article went a long way toward describing the challenges inherent in animal models of disease (29 October, p...

Prohibiting runway models from participating in fashion shows or photo shoots if they are dangerously thin would go a long way toward preventing serious health problems among young women — including anorexia nervosa and death from starvation — according to experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Scientists have three models for this communication: MutS and MutL combine to form a clamp that slides toward PCNA to interact with the signal, marking the area they slide along for deletion; or they make a fold in the DNA and «pull» the PCNA toward them to the same effect; or MutL somehow coats the defective area, signaling for repair that way.

Because elements of this system are poorly understood and poorly represented in global climate models, collecting real - time, complementary data from a variety of areas will go a long way toward improving scientists ability to use these models for making accurate predictions about Earths climate.

Expanding this study to a larger range of sources, and getting more models involved will go a long way toward providing information on how the climate system works and how to better understand climate change.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new report on schools implementing blended, or «hybrid,» instructional methods — which integrate traditional face - to - face teaching with greater use of online instruction — are pointing the way toward more effective and efficient school models.

As public budgets shrink, and technology enables increasingly individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

«As a result, your approach to social relationships and the emotions you have toward role models, teachers, and peers will change the way you think about non-social concepts like math or democracy or political issues like the death penalty.

Allison's experience was transformative — for her, her parents, and the educators in the room — as an example of personalized learning, an academic model offering flexible pathways for students to progress toward a diploma in ways that are personally meaningful.

«The proposed increase in the budget through giving thousands of charter schools the funding needed to open new charter schools, and expand and replicate their successful models will go a long way toward providing those students and their families with a much - needed, high - quality public school education.

As public budgets shrink, and as technology expands to allow for remarkably individualized instruction, schools are justifiably looking toward online models for ways to improve student performance.

Despite a growing body of evidence that a practice - based approach is the best way to prepare teachers, few studies to date provide tangible insight into how to move toward a clinical model.

Instructional models that celebrate peer feedback and revision go a long way toward preparing students for what's to come in college and careers.

The authors describe four key ways teachers should support students as they move toward being able to learn independently: (1) establishing clear learning objectives, (2) modelling expert thinking, (3) promoting peer collaboration, and (4) providing guided instruction.

Modeling creative enterprise such as this goes a long way toward teaching students the value and benefits of creative thinking and the ingenuity that emerges from creative problem - solving, community collaboration, and a spirit of open - mindedness toward diverse perspectives.

Defendants of the program have appealed that ruling all the way to the state Supreme Court, and while a final ruling on the merits of the program is to come, today we take a second look toward other states that have implemented school voucher programs or similar models of their own to see how they have fared.

To be successful, teachers need to find ways to not only share success criteria and to model quality work for their students, but also to help them take responsibility for moving toward those success criteria.

The resolution is a way the board is showcasing high - performing schools, and Garcia noted in a news release, «The movement toward 100 percent graduation in Los Angeles is a model for the nation on collaboration and partnership with students, families, educators, employees, schools and community partners.

The Buick Enclave still has the fat windshield pillars common to most Buicks, but the positioning of the side mirrors on the front doors, plus a small, extra triangle window in each door, go a long way toward helping with the old model's blind spots, which could hide a pedestrian or bicyclist.

A three - model lineup would go a long way toward establishing the General's novelty brand as the third major force in the world of four - wheeling, right alongside Land Rover and Jeep.

Make a trade: If you've got a current model that you're thinking about selling in order to go for the new 2015 Chrysler 200, our trade - in process is straightforward, easy, and a great way to help you put money toward your down or monthly payments without the hassle of selling privately.

At the time, we didn't know whether or not the Sportspace would pave the way for an actual model, but toward the end of 2015, our spy photographers caught a similar prototype on public roads.

The popularity pendulum that swings between big autos and small is on its way back toward little cars, so expect to see a whole lot more compacts like the basically - already - here Dodge Dart and Ford Fusion hybrid models enter the mainstream market.

Although just a concept at this point, a sport - tuned model such as this Beetle R — with custom front and rear fascias, plus a tauter suspension and big brakes — would go a long way toward making the new car more masculine, a goal made very clear by VW ever since it revealed the latest Beetle.

This big bruiser is most of the way toward being a Class 5 medium - duty truck — which means, despite its name, it's more robust than the so - called 3500 «heavy duty» pickups — and the 2015 model year brought major improvements to the automaker's available 6.7 - liter Power Stroke diesel engine.

I really don't have an opinion one way or another, except to state that the 18 - inch wheels installed on the XSE model go a long way toward improving the car's look.

In the A8 luxury sedan and in the new A7 Sportback, the MMI touch response operating concept is already in use; it is now also making its way into the Audi A6: Two touch displays with tactile and acoustic feedback, both tilted toward the driver, replace the rotary / pushbutton control and most buttons and controls on the predecessor model.

Singapore is heading toward a business / premium economy / coach model on their A350 planes, and Cathay Pacific has been operating this way for some time now.

«Our ideal is to capture engagement and offer access through any business model on any device for all of our players in a growing global community, what we're seeing is a real move toward subscription as the best way to access content and the most frictionless way to access content, and a way to build a relationship with a platform play who offers that collection of content wrapped in services.

The extraordinary intensity of the trade winds in recent times (Merrifield [2011], England et al [2014]-RRB- may go some way toward explaining these discrepancies, or maybe the climate model is just deficient in this regard.

New research into model independence is also pointing toward ways to create more statistically robust ensembles4.

I think that the seven points you raise could be used to point the way toward establishing the requirements necessary for formal IV&V of the global climate models.

The distinct lack of any warming has compromised greatly the ability of climate models to accurately predict short and long - term climate trends, and in my opinion goes a long way toward the «critical failure» that falsifies the very hypothesis and foundation of the anthropogenic global warming theory.

Even just acknowledging more openly the incredible magnitude of the deep structural uncertainties that are involved in climate - change analysis — and explaining better to policymakers that the artificial crispness conveyed by conventional IAM - based CBAs [Integrated Assessment Model — Cost Benefit Analyses] here is especially and unusually misleading compared with more ordinary non-climate-change CBA situations — might go a long way toward elevating the level of public discourse concerning what to do about global warming.

Given that re-analysis products are really just model runs that have been fed the actually data through the course of the model run to, as one person put it, «nudge» the model toward the real data, is there a better way to assimilate and evaluate historic humidity data?

While modest warming of the tropical East Pacific did occur, the atmosphere never really responded to the oceanic changes in a meaningful way, and model forecasts by early summer quickly fell toward a borderline event, at best.

From simple living in tiny houses to the value of DIY culture, we've already seen plenty of ways that people are thinking beyond the earn - spend - consume economic paradigm and toward a more connected, rich and ultimately sustainable economic model of «plenitude».

The Cuban missile crisis project in many ways became a model for our other historical documentation projects at the National Security Archive, including studies of U.S. policy toward the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union and the superpower rivalry, a series of crises in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, and more.

One of them, commissioned by the Brookings Institute, suggests that adoption of this insurance model across the country could reduce driving by up to 8 % — more than a $ 1 - a-gallon gasoline tax, which would go a long way toward reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil supplies.

Such business models might be timely and go a long way toward increasing our credibility and improving our integrity ranking.