Sentences with phrase «seeks solutions to social problems»

Gastronomy can be understood as another link in the food chain, and as a change factor that offers a different perspective to the conventional outlook, and seeks solutions to social problems which, after all, affect all of us.»

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They seek to solve the world's social and environmental problems through revenue - generating enterprises that champion innovative solutions.

His story, and that of other Chinese Indonesian Christians, has much to teach us as we consider whether or not to embrace Rod Dreher's Benedict Option (retreat in order to rebuild), or instead seek positive solutions to social problems in an America that judges us on the wrong side of history.

Their influence and corpus of work offers macro - economic / social solutions that are, grosso modo, atemporal, acontextual and thus applicable to periods of time other than the problem that they sought to address in their lifetimes.

22 October 2013 Just over two weeks ago, the Skoll Foundation and Huffington Post launched the «Skoll Social Entrepreneurs» Challenge,» a global fundraising effort for innovative enterprises like Forest Trends that seek to promote sustainable solutions to the world's problems.

We argue that an «applied forward reasoning» approach is better suited for social scientists seeking to address climate change, which we characterize as a «super wicked» problem comprising four key features: time is running out; those who cause the problem also seek to provide a solution; the central authority needed to address it is weak or non-existent; and, partly as a result, policy responses discount the future irrationally.

McGonigal's game seeks to empower people in Africa and around the world to come up with creative solutions to urgent social problems.

The Drug Strategy should acknowledge that «Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations are diverse, as are their experiences of health and social problems and in acknowledgement of this diversity seek to promote a shared responsibility and ownership of the issues and solutions that are identified by working in active partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples».