Sentences with phrase «on grass roots»

There are several different types of grubs — which are the larva of beetles that like to feed on grass roots — with the most common coming from Japanese Beetles, June Bugs and European Chafers.

She is on a grass roots mission to put the «care» back in health care, and to heal our broken health care system — one doctor and one patient at a time.

Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi savored his first step toward a possible political comeback following a victory in a low - turnout congressional primary Tuesday that relied heavily on grass roots efforts in Queens and his home base of Glen Cove.

Not exact matches

You really have to be involved on the grass - roots level so you can immediately respond to your customers» changing demands.»

In northeastern England, a battle is raging between grass roots campaigners and a company intent on digging a new open cast mine as world coal prices soar.

GRASS - ROOTS explorer Tuart Resources NL listed on the bourse on Friday after raising $ 2.6 million to explore a diverse portfolio of properties in WA's renowned Yilgarn region.The Perth - based company will commence exploration immediately on a number...

With support of the CRLA Foundation, she co-founded Líderes Campesinas, in 1992, the first state - based farmworker women's unique grass roots organization that became a movement of campesina leaders advocating on behalf of campesinas.

Edward Walker, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles who focuses on grass - roots lobbying by businesses, said such a public call to mobilize against Airbnb was unusual.

On the marketing side, Shel was still a teenager when he started doing publicity and marketing for grass - roots community organizations with zero promotional budget.

It conducted a survey of 10,000 CBA staff to get a view on culture and risk management from the bank's grass roots, and reviewed more than 10,000 documents, including board and executive committee papers.

Hence, Wallis proclaims the need for a new politics that will transcend liberalism and conservatism, The tenets of this new politics, he says, come from the grass roots - from unconventional, innovative moral activists on the frontlines of

Social reform movements that turn to lawsuits devote time and money that could be spent on grass - roots activity that might establish their goals more firmly among the people.

We need to continue work already begun by lay - people everywhere on a holistic depiction of God's grass - roots strivings for holiness and justice in history.

The book argues that American Christians face declining political influence, while their churches are in disarray: therefore they must focus on creating strong, faith - filled grass roots communities that love people on the ground, rather than interfere with politics.

In them we find clearly articulated such themes as the importance of the communidades de base («grass - roots «Christian groups); Jesus as the liberator from hunger, misery, oppression and ignorance; the refusal to separate Christian sanctification from «temporal» tasks; challenges to capitalism (as well as to Marxism); the theory of «dependency» on inhuman economic systems; the need for liberation from neocolonialism; the need for «conscienticization»; the need for the church to support the downtrodden; the correlation of peace and justice; and the reality of «institutionalized violence.»

I have to admit that this is a very difficult question and perhaps one of the reasons I have focused on applying myself to small - scale grass roots solutions with more easily observable outcomes.

This chapter reviews the three levels on which alcoholic sickness can be prevented by the counselor and religious community: At the grass roots, through the influencing of symptom selection, and through early detection and treatment.

Fancying dry bread too great an indulgence for so great a sinner as himself, he began to feed on potatoes, acorns, crabs, and grass; and often wished that he could live on roots and herbs.

Actually, it is incumbent on every grass - roots pastor to spell out «the gospel according to Jesus Christ» locally and globally.

The grass - roots theologian is regularly called on to translate the language of theology, a task involving a creative synthesis of the art and science of theology.

Reddy's rationalization is fairly representative of views popular with the government and the development elite, who strive to keep the international and local media's attention on South Africa's AIDS crisis in order to foster foreign aid and grass - roots projects.

Crucially important to winning support for these reforms has been a grass - roots group on «faith and learning» which meets regularly to reflect on the college's religious character and to support efforts to strengthen it.

Jesus had a social program which «sought to rebuild a society upwards from its grass roots, but on principles of religious and economic egalitarianism» made concrete in «the combination of free healing and common eating» which «negated alike and at once the hierarchial and patronal normalcies of Jewish religion and Roman power.»

At the meeting with the grass - roots movements will be intellectuals who hold their cause dear and work on analyses of the situation, since in order to provide focussed solutions and offer alternatives it is indispensable to arrive at a diagnostic which can globalize problems.

p.s. Don't miss Paige and Sasha's upcoming event — Mindful Evening at Grass Roots Juicery in Brooklyn on September 14 and Fitness & Foolishness in Palm Springs October 27 - 30.

Dawn says, «We want to work with and support at grass roots the education of the next generations (and their parents and grandparents) about the importance of living sustainably and responsibly and Australian Organic Schools does this in an interactive, informative and hands - on way.»

According to legend, he would try all the roots, grass, etc. on himself, and whenever he ate something toxic, he would cleanse himself by eating tea leaves.

This is done by adding compost on pasture to increase soil health, planting wind breaks and hedge rows to reduce soil erosion, planned rotational grazing of animals to best manage pasture health, and planting perennial grasses to increase underground root systems.

At Amazing Grass our roots run deep... Back to our family farm in Kansas, where for over 3 generations Amazing Grass has organically grown & harvested the most nutrient - dense greens on earth.

Upon learning the nuts — in actual fact tubors that grow on the roots of a type of grass — were virtually unknown in the UK, she decided to set up The Tiger Nuts Company with her husband Chris.

His Honours thesis focused on «grass roots» electorate based political campaigns.

I focus on adding a variety of high quality foods to my routine like spirulina, hemp seed, blue - green algae, many different spices, herbs, barks, berries, roots, grasses, you name it I probably use it.

They need stronger grass roots on that pitch.

@Fatboy Gooner The Ozil deal was far less that 40 plus million as has been exposed on football leaks it was more in the region of 32 million with verious clauses that enable REM to take a percentage of any profit we make on selling Ozil and I would assume there are similar attachments with the Sanchez deal, even our record signings are clouded in smoke and mirrors so let not run away with the idea that its all SWengers fault, if your employer is on your back and pushing for results then you perform at a higher rate and push harder where as Wenger has no push from above so does nt go out of his way Kroenke does nt have the culture around him to win trophies cos thats not his aim and that filters down to the grass roots at Arsenal and shows in Wengers transfer policy and in the players performance.

I like the Dorsey hire — he does have some grass root skins on the wall.

Instead the Padres basically shut fans down and said don't bother interacting with the Padres or try to start a grass roots marketing campaign on behalf of the team.

He is still young and more or less not going to have a problem playing every week at his present club, The new owner who is a Russian with plenty of money to spend on players has no need to sell and will spend the same sort of money we will and at moment the way Ithey are playing and the way we are they would have no trouble turning us over, We need to go back to grass roots which is what the majority want produce local talent and actually give them a chance in the first team, Play entertaining football all the time not respect the point (they will come if you play well) There is talent all over the world we need to find it, Howe is showing the way and in years to come may be a great England Manager but not for us right now and if I was him I would stay put

With Barton, Savage and Claridge on the books perhaps the Bleeb are trying to compensate for the FAs lack of investment in grass roots football?

Instead, Ecale - Schultz said, museum officials should concentrate on grass - roots fundraising programs such as membership sales, profit - generating art classes and smaller grants from local businesses.

He would like to see more tax incentives to attract new businesses, but he declined to offer details until next Thursday's candidates forum hosted by Save Buffalo Grove, a grass - roots organization which has collected signatures for a referendum measure on plans for a proposed downtown Buffalo Grove.

While I will not be able to participate in the roundtable, it is probably just as well because, with MomsTEAM Institute's SmartTeams Play Safe summit in Boston in my rear view mirror, I am devoting all my energies the rest of the fall sports season to working with an incredibly talented and dedicated group of certified athletic trainers at the grass roots level on our SmartTeamTM pilot program, which is helping parents, coaches, administrators, and more than 800 athletes in youth football programs in six states play safe by being smart.

Smith and other members of a grass - roots organization working to create a park district scored their biggest victory to date on Friday, when McHenry County Associate Judge Haskell M. Pitluck validated the group's petitions, allowing the question to be placed on the March ballot.

Politics from grass roots movements move slow like a snail but go on and on.

«On the grass - roots level, the mother - to - mother support has been a major influence,» said Brenda Snyder, the state breastfeeding coordinator at the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Maneuverability: Maneuverability is assessed by trained testers, taking into account how well each stroller, with a weight bag «passenger,» maneuvers on our course: in S - turns through cones, in narrow sections, on grass, dirt trails with tree roots and other debris, uphill, downhill and up and down curbs.

It was tactical and not based on any democratic process --[further symbolized by the paucity of widespread, grass - roots consultation of the subsequent and brief Smith Commission]-- and without proper debate.

But Bellavia has racked up a long list of local county and town committees in the sprawling district on his side, giving him an edge in organizational, grass - roots support.

Time's Up has thrown its support behind the grass - roots protest campaign #MuteRKelly, putting new pressure on the once - untouchable R&B musician after more than two decades of allegations of sexual misconduct.

Schultze (2003) distinguishes here between policy - takers and policy - makers, i.e. a «managerial», hierarchically organised, top - down implementation of policies versus a «participatory» emphasis on grass - roots bottom - up activity in combination with top - down flows of governance.

At virtually the [same] time, there was an email exchange between a relatively small group of bloggers and a couple of representatives from grass - roots organizations in which the same idea arose: finding a Senator who would be willing to place a «hold» on the Rockefeller immunity bill.