Sentences with phrase «new environmental learning»

«Mass Audubon's mission is as important now as ever, so we're delighted to play a role in helping to make the new Environmental Learning Center at Drumlin Farm a reality.»

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Canada might learn a thing or two about sustainable development by reading the Trans - Tasman Resources Marine Consent Decision issued by New Zealand's Environmental Protection Agency (NZ EPA) on the same day that Northern Gateway was approved.

«It is shameful that as communities across the state struggle to find the funding to repair crumbling sewage systems and drinking water supplies, we learn that the Cuomo Administration was working in secret for more than a year to divert more than a half a billion dollars from clean water funds to pay for a new bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New Yonew bridge,» said Peter Iwanowicz, the executive director of Environmental Advocates of New YoNew York.

ALBANY — The Cuomo administration is set to appoint Basil Seggos as commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation, POLITICO New York has learned.

ALBANY — The director of the state Department of Health's Center for Environmental Health, Dr. Nathan Graber, is stepping down from the position early next month, POLITICO New York has learned.

Environmental Advocates of New York is confident that the more New Yorkers learn about fracking, the less they want it in their communities.»

«We're glad the governor went to global warming school, but he didn't learn the lessons from it,» said David Pringle, campaign director of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, about the governor's recent meetings with climate scientists.

Of the 2,199 children between the ages of 6 and 15 included in the new study, 12.6 percent had a learning disability and 10.5 percent were enrolled in special education classes, according to the study, published online in Environmental Health Perspectives last month.

Regardless, the then administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and former governor of New Jersey Christie Whitman said on September 13, 2001, «EPA is greatly relieved to have learned that there appears to be no significant levels of asbestos dust in the air in New York City.»

In the January issue of Environmental Science & Technology the researchers described their efforts mapping nearly 5,900 natural gas leaks of varying severity across 1,500 road miles of Washington, D.C. To learn more about the state of the gas pipelines running through several major U.S. cities — in particular those serving New York City — Scientific American interviewed Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study'sEnvironmental Science & Technology the researchers described their efforts mapping nearly 5,900 natural gas leaks of varying severity across 1,500 road miles of Washington, D.C. To learn more about the state of the gas pipelines running through several major U.S. cities — in particular those serving New York City — Scientific American interviewed Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study'senvironmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study's lead author.

«It shows that it is not only important to break the links between environmental cues and fear, but also to substitute new learning about safety that prevents fears from encroaching on hard - won therapeutic gains.»

For instance, every time we learn something, the new information is transformed into memory through synaptic plasticity, a process in which synapses are strengthened and become more responsive to different stimuli or environmental cues.

But New Scientist has learned that plans drawn up by the Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, a coordinating group for government agencies, to commission research into treating dip waste to make it more environmentally friendly have recently been dropped because no funds could be found.

If we do not learn any lessons from the past about the creation of environmental justice communities... we're going to create new ones.

Childhood cancer, learning disabilities, and autism can possibly be tied to early exposure to toxins,» says pediatrician Philip Landrigan, director of Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center in New York.

Her next series of studies was to show that these multiple loops and bundles of neurons form the anatomical basis for the learning of new habits in response to environmental cues.

We're always evolving, we're always learning something new, we're always coming in contact with different environmental factors.

sy going, compassionate, enjoy the outdoors, returning to school to become an educator in environmental science, volunteer for the National Park Service.Many different interests enjoy learning new discovery's.

But if you're not into the Hippie - granola - tree - hugging thing or you don't have the space to go environmental, here are a couple service learning projects that have happened in my school, Green - Fields School in West Deptford, New Jersey.

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The Environmental Learning Center is a new, free facility operated by the City of Los Angeles for middle school students and up.

Waskowitz Environmental Leadership & Service (WELS) is a program for students who stand to benefit the most from the use of an active curriculum, a smaller more supportive learning community, alternative learning formats and a new peer group.

Senior officials from the U.S. Department of Education and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will visit four ED - Green Ribbon Schools in New York and New Jersey on Wednesday, Aug. 13 to see and discuss ways that school facilities can enhance the conditions of learning.

Project Learning Tree has published a new set of activities designed to engage middle and high school students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) as they calculate the economic and environmental benefits of trees.

During her junior year, she studied Environmental Stewardship in New Zealand and Samoa, where she learned about sustainable care for the environment and animal conservation.

Past topics include: Making environmental cues work for you Puppy socialization Addressing unwanted behaviors Separation anxiety Integrating a new dog with other pets «Disobedience» Pulling towards other dogs Fearful dogs Capitalizing on informal behaviors Training your dog with affection Multipurpose cues Creating reliable cues Importance of fundamentals When «sit» doesn't happen Crate training your dog How to split a sit The problem with «ignoring» Training with the Grain Positive reinforcement: turning the world into a treat Learning what predicts what It depends: Why dog training «tips» often fail Teach your dog to wait at doors Teaching When, Where, and Why Redirect or Preempt?

By the time they are weaned and sent on their way to new homes, they have learned a vast amount of things — all from their mom, their littermates, and from any environmental influences they had.

An environmental change offers a wonderful opportunity for a dog to learn new household rules.

Your Dog's First Couple of Weeks at Home An environmental change offers a wonderful opportunity for a dog to learn new household rules.

Simply put, learning by association means that the dog takes in the environmental set - up when he is learning a new behavior or experiencing a specific event.

This means that breeders, new puppy owners, veterinarians, trainers and behaviorists have a responsibility to assist in providing these learning / socialization experiences with other puppies / dogs, with children / adults and with various environmental situations during this optimal period from birth to 16 weeks.»

Immerse yourself in a tropical paradise, live in a beautiful part of a different country, with the opportunity to experience a new culture, food and way of life; learning about the Mesoamerican coral reef and how to identify the wildlife it supports; participating in monitoring dives that explore different sites along the coast; seeing mega-fauna such as dolphins and sharks; snorkelling in cenotes or waterways; joining in with community programmes; teaching English and raising the environmental awareness of the local community; and joining fun - dives.

Learning new scuba diving skills, conducting underwater surveys in the warm, turquoise waters of the Pacific, spending time getting to know the local community and their traditional villages, teaching children about environmental conservation during weekly school visits, assisting in the creation of coral farms, discover a myriad of fascinating marine creatures to study, enjoy island hopping, stunning remote island locations, scuba diving, snorkelling, traditional ceremonies, idyllic traditional Fijian villages, white beaches, climbing volcanic mountains, enjoying breathtaking scenery, cave swimming, cultural immersion in the Fijian way of life, learning to speakLearning new scuba diving skills, conducting underwater surveys in the warm, turquoise waters of the Pacific, spending time getting to know the local community and their traditional villages, teaching children about environmental conservation during weekly school visits, assisting in the creation of coral farms, discover a myriad of fascinating marine creatures to study, enjoy island hopping, stunning remote island locations, scuba diving, snorkelling, traditional ceremonies, idyllic traditional Fijian villages, white beaches, climbing volcanic mountains, enjoying breathtaking scenery, cave swimming, cultural immersion in the Fijian way of life, learning to speaklearning to speak Fijian.

As Hawaii's first LEED - EBOM Silver resort, Hyatt Regency Maui's list of leading environmental initiatives include LEED - EBOM certification maintenance by the resort's own Green Team; sustainability and recycling tactics supporting renewable energy and recycling; the recent installation of one of the largest photovoltaic solar panel systems in Hawaii that significantly reducing the resort's carbon footprint; and a new sustainability tour for guests to learn about environmental initiatives on site.

Printmakers and photographers who want to learn these techniques are encouraged to enroll in this workshop, as well as beginners who want to learn the new health and environmental friendly techniques in non-toxic printmaking.

[I] t is only through learning communities of the type proposed for A.E.S.S. that we can achieve «whole system» environmental education and the creative synthesis of new knowledge that promotes a healthier Earth.

In our new white paper NWEI's Director of Learning Lacy Cagle and curriculum designer Dr. Veronica Hotton explore how even though many people claim to care about environmental issues, their behavior often doesn't align with expressed environmental values.

«The Big Book of Nature Activities: A Year - Round Guide to Outdoor Learning» (384 pages, New Society Publishers, 2016) is written by outdoor education expert Jacob Rodenburg and award - winning environmental advocate and teacher Drew Monkman.

The procession will end after about 40 km at the Sudkreuz (South Cross) train station, a new venue for the annual Environment Festival where bikers can recover from the demonstration ride with a bio-bratwurst or an organic, vegetarian meal while learning about new green trends and supporting environmental organizations.

The new policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the SO2 allowance trading system, with an eye toward identifying lessons learned for future efforts to apply cap and trade to other environmental challenges, including global climate change.

At the Centre, Canadians can learn about and explore creative projects that enrich the social fabric and environmental stewardship of rural New Brunswick.

They also found New Yorkers are interested in learning about and adopting new technologies and investing in clean energy to generate cost savings and environmental benefiNew Yorkers are interested in learning about and adopting new technologies and investing in clean energy to generate cost savings and environmental benefinew technologies and investing in clean energy to generate cost savings and environmental benefits.

(11/15/07) «Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal - Fired Power Plants» (5/9/07) «Massive Diversion of U.S. Grain to Fuel Cars is Raising World Food Prices» (3/21/07) «Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated: World May Be Facing Highest Grain Prices in History» (1/4/07) «Santa Claus is Chinese OR Why China is Rising and the United States is Declining» (12/14/06) «Exploding U.S. Grain Demand for Automotive Fuel Threatens World Food Security and Political Stability» (11/3/06) «The Earth is Shrinking: Advancing Deserts and Rising Seas Squeezing Civilization» (11/15/06) «U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million: No Cause for Celebration» (10/4/06) «Supermarkets and Service Stations Now Competing for Grain» (7/13/06) «Let's Raise Gas Taxes and Lower Income Taxes» (5/12/06) «Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy» (3/22/06) «Learning From China: Why the Western Economic Model Will not Work for the World» (3/9/05) «China Replacing the United States and World's Leading Consumer» (2/16/05)» Foreign Policy Damaging U.S. Economy» (10/27/04) «A Short Path to Oil Independence» (10/13/04) «World Food Security Deteriorating: Food Crunch In 2005 Now Likely» (05/05/04) «World Food Prices Rising: Decades of Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries» (04/28/04) «Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil» (4/14/04) «Europe Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy» (4/8/04) «China's Shrinking Grain Harvest: How Its Growing Grain Imports Will Affect World Food Prices» (3/10/04) «U.S. Leading World Away From Cigarettes» (2/18/04) «Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees» (1/28/04) «Wakeup Call on the Food Front» (12/16/03) «Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond» (12/3/03) «World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall» (9/17/03) «Record Temperatures Shrinking World Grain Harvest» (8/27/03) «China Losing War with Advancing Deserts» (8/4/03) «Wind Power Set to Become World's Leading Energy Source» (6/25/03) «World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based on Unsustainable Use of Water» (3/13/03) «Global Temperature Near Record for 2002: Takes Toll in Deadly Heat Waves, Withered Harvests, & Melting Ice» (12/11/02) «Rising Temperatures & Falling Water Tables Raising Food Prices» (8/21/02) «Water Deficits Growing in Many Countries» (8/6/02) «World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise» (7/17/02) «New York: Garbage Capital of the World» (4/17/02) «Earth's Ice Melting Faster Than Projected» (3/12/02) «World's Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure» (2/5/02) «World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001» (1/8/02) «This Year May be Second Warmest on Record» (12/18/01) «World Grain Harvest Falling Short by 54 Million Tons: Water Shortages Contributing to Shortfall» (11/21/01) «Rising Sea Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country» (11/15/01) «Worsening Water Shortages Threaten China's Food Security» (10/4/01) «Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan» (5/31/01) «Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future» (5/23/01) «Paving the Planet: Cars and Crops Competing for Land» (2/14/01) «Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise - Deprived Societies» (12/19/00) «HIV Epidemic Restructuring Africa's Population» (10/31/00) «Fish Farming May Overtake Cattle Ranching As a Food Source» (10/3/00) «OPEC Has World Over a Barrel Again» (9/8/00) «Climate Change Has World Skating on Thin Ice» (8/29/00) «The Rise and Fall of the Global Climate Coalition» (7/25/00) «HIV Epidemic Undermining sub-Saharan Africa» (7/18/00) «Population Growth and Hydrological Poverty» (6/21/00) «U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn And Wind Energy» (6/7/00) «World Kicking the Cigarette Habit» (5/10/00) «Falling Water Tables in China» (5/2/00) Top of page

Because «creature cash» can only be earned after they complete environmental challenges, the kids learn that they can only indulge in the fun of say, feeding their avatar sushi or dressing it in new clothes, after they give Mother Nature a much - needed assist.

To learn more about how environmental issues interface with justice issues, check out our newest course on peace, justice and sustainability: Seeing Systems.

Pearl said the gulf between the rate at which we learn about pollution and the speed with which Congress can pass new regulations has pushed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and courts to be more proactive.

We've previously seen that he is more than capable of joining the dots between religious faith and environmental responsibility, but we were delighted to learn that he's been at it again with his televised New Year message to the nation.

As the automaker responds to environmental concerns and new trends in driving, Korbak says she spends a lot of time learning about the evolving business and what it means for legal risk.

Canada might learn a thing or two about sustainable development by reading the Trans - Tasman Resources Marine Consent Decision issued by New Zealand's Environmental Protection Agency (NZ EPA) on the same day that Northern Gateway was approved.

Thanks to a video on the New Yorker website, I've learned about the London - and Washington D.C. - based Environmental Investigation Agency.