Sentences with phrase «resources than nature»

Not surprisingly, we found that on average people across the world use vastly more resources than nature can replace.

Not exact matches

«PVG's updated resource estimate for Valley of the Kings was slightly larger than the previous resource estimate and confirmed the high - grade nature of the deposit.»

He rang the changes on sin more eloquently than anyone of our time, but that dissection, set forth with particularly telling power in the first volume of his Gifford Lectures, was followed by a second volume in which his acknowledgment of the power of the gospel as grace made it possible for him to speak of «the agape of the Kingdom of God [as] a resource for the infinite development towards a more perfect brotherhood in history» (The Nature and Destiny of Man, II [Scribner's, 1943], p. 85)

Fulbrook's study illustrates especially well the importance of resources such as political support and economic patronage, both of which may depend less on the nature of the popular audience than on macro-level linkages among institutions.

The radical opposition of Grace to nature in classical Protestantism has resulted in a Western civilization that despises our humanity and ignores our responsibility to practice stewardship rather than exploit our natural resources.

According to the passage, not even military objectives can justify the destruction of the natural resources which sustain human community, nor any more destruction of wild (non-fruiting) nature than is essential to those ends.

An employer that employs less than 50 employees shall not be subject to the requirements of this subsection, if such requirements would impose an undue hardship by causing the employer significant difficulty or expense when considered in relation to the size, financial resources, nature, or structure of the employer's business.

But because the problems of resource wealth are fundamentally political in nature, the solutions need to be more than merely technical.

Both Zeitgest and communists unveil us how capitalist market and greediness create problems in our society, both advocate the common property along with rational social planning (socialism) based on natural resource and science rather than money (education of Nature is a source of tensions Marxists with church).

«For the first time, we can predict the outcomes of modifying multiple genes involved in lignin biosynthesis, rather than working with a single gene at a time through trial and error, which is a tedious and time - consuming process,» says Jack Wang, assistant professor in NC State's College of Natural Resources and lead author of a paper about the research in Nature Communications.

Beyond these, other space - based resources could investigate Alpha Centauri in visible, reflected light rather than infrared — providing crucial multiwavelength analysis that could pin down the true nature of any discovered worlds.

The current rate of extinction is up to 1,000 times faster than it would be without humans, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

In compiling its report, the commission drew on data from the National Peatland Resource Inventory, drawn up by Richard Lindsay of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland to conclude that there are 67 000 hectares of surviving raised peatland in Britain, but that no more than a tenth of this is close to pristine condition, with a full range of plants and animals and water tables undamaged by drainage.

Each organization contributed different resources and undertook different responsibilities related to the workshops, events that provided more supports and were higher profile in nature than any of the organizations could have achieved individually.

Fifty - four percent of state resources are conceptual in nature, providing information about standards rather than practical resources to use in classroom instruction.

Democrats offered a single amendment in the nature of a completely alternative bill (PDF) proposed by ranking Democrat George Miller (D - CA) that would provide for a stronger federal role in school accountability and improvement as well as more robust resources than the Kline bill.

Throughout the story, Proulx explores the ways indigenous populations live more in harmony with nature than colonizers; they instinctively protect and nurture resources, are deeply connected to places they have inhabited for generations, and possess knowledge that can only be sustained by allowing those traditions to continue unfettered.

Each year more than 15 million people visit the parks to walk, hike, bike, swim, surf, nature - watch, and learn about local history and natural resources.

This central campus resource serves as a hub for exploring design in nature and the natural connections between art and science, offering students hands - on access to more than 80,000 specimens along with high - end microscopes and aquatic tanks.

Paleohumans were not less capable (or more capable) than us; however, their capabilities were relevant to resources found in nature.

I am impressed by the number of online resources, including lengthy lists of «citizen science» projects (such as the Christmas Bird Count, the Great Backyard Bird Count, and Nature's Notebook) and nature apps that, the authors point out, «are much lighter than field guides!&Nature's Notebook) and nature apps that, the authors point out, «are much lighter than field guides!&nature apps that, the authors point out, «are much lighter than field guides!»

(English translation: «These figures alone show that we should take resource security seriously, and we are living on the principal rather than the income of nature.

Fossil energy sources by their very nature are a limited resource, though some are far more abundant than others.

It has exploited the natural resources the Earth holds, and has modified the planet more than nature ever has.

(Sec. 437) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to review and report to Congress on coal assessments and other available data to identify: (1) federal lands, other than National Park lands, with coal resources available for development; (2) the extent and nature of any restrictions or impediments to the development of coal resources on such lands; and (3) resources of compliant coal and supercompliant coal.

The commentary, published in the British scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, estimated the impact of consuming the fuel from oilsands deposits â $» without factoring in greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction and production â $» would be far less harmful to the planet's atmosphere than consuming all of the world's coal resources.

A new report from the World Resources Institute and the Nature Conservancy says governments around the world have committed to reviving nearly 400 million acres of wildernessâ $ Â — â $ an area larger than South Africa.

They are a reminder to us modern - minded people, who have been indoctrinated to look at nature's bounty as a collection of resources, rather than as part of who we are.

And the browser is doing much better than real firefox, which are listed as «vulnerable» on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources» «Red List.»

Rather than imposing a burden on representative bodies, I consider that the long - term nature of native title litigation and projects, the paucity of representative body resources to progress them, and the necessity for fair allocation of resources, make transparent planning processes essential to the effective operation representative bodies.

College campuses often witness higher - than - expected rates of physical and sexual violence; consequently, organized and sustained outreach and dissemination of information about domestic abuse (nature, risk factors, campus and community resources) is recommended (World Health Organization / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2010).