Sentences with phrase «on local environments»

«The next generation of sustainable building practices will not be about material performance or building imprint on local environments.

Those fields are strong enough to wreak havoc on their local environments.

As the World Commission on Environment and Development noted in its report Our Common Future, decentralization of industry reduces levels of pollution and other negative impacts on the local environment.

The impact on the local environment would be considerable, with pollution and untreated sewage trapped inside Venice's lagoon.

Of course tidal barrages can have a big impact on the local environment, but they must be part of the solution if we are serious about moving to sustainable energy.

Lead author of the research Dr Kelly Redeker from the Department of Biology at the University of York said «As microbial activity and its influence on its local environment has never been taken into account when looking at ice - core gas samples it could provide a moderate source of error in climate history interpretations.

Turning marginal lands into biofuel farms could also have a negative impact on the local environment.

Off - grid power capability, Passive Haus building techniques, and New Zealand's first renewable distributed heating scheme all ensure the retreat treads lightly on the local environment.

We purchase our produce and pasture - raised meat from these local farms, and happily support them through Farm Fresh RI, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving Rhode Island farmland, and reducing the impact of farming on our local environment.

They still live along Guyana's rivers and rely heavily on the local environment for both food and materials.

Leafing through it, you can examine close - up color photographs and scientific descriptions of species ranging from sponges to herons, compare maps by early explorers to those made with the latest Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, or reflect on the impact of military and industrial use of the bay on the local environment and culture.

What impact does car transportation have on the local environment?

Because trees are one of the pillars of an ecosystem, their destruction has a domino effect on the local environment.

Learn about the impact of beach plastics on the local environment and how you can make a personal difference while creating a handmade jewelry piece.

Byron Bay Dive Centre — aim to provide the best possible experience for customers, showcasing the unique beauty of the Cape Byron Marine Park with minimum impact on the local environment.

In addition to the outdoor sculptural works (which apparently remain accessible even in winter) 2016 also saw the start of the Verbier 3 - D Glacier Project, four years of interplay between artists, locals and environmentalists looking at the challenges of climate change and chronicling its impact on the local environment.

It will get many people thinking about our effect on the local environment and the world's habitability.

Climate Witness is WWF's initiative to document the experiences of people who are witnessing the impacts of climate change on their local environment and community.

This is good news for those who care about renewable energy and its immediate impact on the local environment.

Offshore oil and gas exploration have devastating impacts on the local environment and climate, and the continued extraction and consumption of fossil fuels is incompatible with the Paris agreement and limiting global warming below 1.5 °C.

What happens is that every IR photon brings forward the timing of evaporation and the evaporation then requires more energy than the photon provided for a net cooling effect on the local environment.

The impact on the local environment would be considerable — Carbognin calls it an «unsustainable aggression».

During a visit to a Repsol oil drilling site they witnessed first hand the complex propaganda machine of petroleum industry, the impact it is having on the local environment and how it is affecting the local indigenous communities.Can you tell me how the idea for the Toxico Mission came about?

a well balanced concept of sustainability including minimal impact on the local environment, affordable to heat and cool, and affordable to build and purchase... Homes should be shotgun typology and strive to create cohesive neighborhoods.

But you don't need to look hard to find the deleterious effects it's having on our local environment — all of which are traceable to our dependence on fossil fuels and their heat - trapping emissions.

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On these visits, the manager would gather information on the local regulatory environment, and also set up meetings with current or potential clientOn these visits, the manager would gather information on the local regulatory environment, and also set up meetings with current or potential clienton the local regulatory environment, and also set up meetings with current or potential clients.

«It was awesome, a high - impact, high - energy, hackathon kind of environment,» says working group participant Mike Green, director of the ScaleUp Campaign, a nonprofit partnership to encourage local innovation based in Portland, Ore. «Since you were pitching multiple times, you had to have your game on.»

The EPA outlines the benefits of sourcing local materials on the environment, including saving money, reducing pollution and helping cut down on greenhouse gases.

Apple's plans of building its first data center in Ireland is facing obstacles from locals concerned about its impact on the surrounding environment.

It's far easier to practice in the relatively non-threatening environment of your family, peers, local coffee shop baristas, and so on, than to automatically make these adjustments during the interactions with someone you find intimidating.

Because it reduces price and increases volume, it suggests that if Uber ultimately succeeds, the company could have a much bigger impact on urban mobility, labor, the environment, local economies and the national transportation infrastructure than we've all supposed — and its effects could confound the expectations of its harshest critics.

Against this environment, our strategists remain bullish on equities and continue to favor emerging market currencies and, in the fixed income space, prefer local markets over external debt and maintain their higher - yielding yet better - quality bias.

Corruption, damage to the local environment, and cultural and political insensitiveness are all the potential risks that would undermine China's efforts to push out the grand vision that pledges to be implemented based on mutual respects and mutual cooperation.

Prior to local project approvals, you'll provide the public with a detailed, verified Community Impact Report regarding the project's impacts on jobs, small businesses, housing, the treasury, the environment and public health; and

«We are looking for a location with strong local and regional talent — particularly in software development and related fields — as well as a stable and business - friendly environment to continue hiring and innovating on behalf of our customers,» the company said.

To find these places, NerdWallet analyzed 181 metropolitan areas in America, parsing data on the local business environment and economy from sources including the U.S. Small Business Administration, the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and more.

Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) is focused on sustainability and serving as a catalyst for local economic development through transparent and respectful stakeholder engagement and as responsible stewards of the environment.

To say that the general backgrounds, the local color, the atmosphere of the environment, and even the existence of the patriarchs — to say that this is to the best of our knowledge true is not, on the other hand, to say that the stories are, in the usual sense of the word, history.

In many US locals Xtian Churches are built with a little under the table money to the local zoning board, and often without much care for their impact on the environment, etc...

New emphasis was placed on the internal operation of the local church, as less stress was placed on its environment.

During News Hour he said: «You're working in an environment of often decline, often marginalisation and also in terms of limited resources so you're trying to turn round a local organisation with all these other problems going on so it's an incredibly demanding and stressful job.»

Kirsten Bouthier, «Religious Leaders Weigh in on Responsibility toward Environment,» The Associated Press State & Local Wire, June 18, 2005.

Subsequent chapters will focus on two other major areas of religious television effect: the effects of religious television in relation to the local church and in relation to the broader cultural environment.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

This means, among other things, the designation of local «bio-regions,» areas where self - sufficient eco-economic systems can develop on their own, in harmony with their natural environment.

Learn2Serve's food safety training certification programs will equip managers on handling food safety issues, maintaining a food safe environment and local statutes relating to food safety.

This supports our communities and helps reduce the carbon footprint on the environment when buying local.

Consultation on the 2017 - 18 plan has occurred with New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Central Tablelands Local Land Services, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Water, the Murray - Darling Basin Authority, the Lachlan Environmental Water Advisory Group, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use and various community groups and individuals.

«Competition for milk supplies has been a key pre-occupation for local dairy companies trying to fill capacity in the production - constrained environment and «pick the winners» in terms of product and market mix, in view of their inability to compete on cost,» he said.

This session will feature a panel discussion focusing on how state and local governments help create a favorable environment for successful food recovery.