Sentences with phrase «share local heritage»

These libraries will have the opportunity to associate professional metadata with their collections, providing the ability to share their local heritage globally via the DPLA's portal and platform.

So the Heritage Lottery Fund is today announcing an additional # 6 million to enable young people working in their communities to conserve, explore and share local heritage of the First World War.

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She grew up in Hazard and returned after earning a Ph.D. at Mississippi State University, so she shares the local pride and heritage surrounding coal.

Organization Goals From it's beginnings in 1994 as a local Washington DC parent group to its growth as an international, multi-region support resource, FRUA continues to focus on the following goals: * To improve the lives of children * To strengthen families * To share the culture and heritage of our children * To provide peer group support for our children * To provide peer group support for parents * To promote a reality - based perception of our children

Among its recommendations: encourage local farmers to maintain local types of livestock; share breeds across borders (particularly when breeds are likely to be suited to specific regions due to certain adaptive traits, such as a need for less water); and establish a gene bank — similar to the regional seed banks that preserve crop diversity — to maintain this genetic heritage.

The tour will take you through the fertile Clare Valley, famous for its premium wine, to the Flinders Ranges where you will experience rugged beauty, unusual landscapes, and explore the heritage of the early pioneers and share in the culture of the local Adnyamathanha people.

The local community is friendly and ever ready to serve and share their culture and heritage with tourists and visitors.

One of the best ways to experience more of the local heritage, and desert oases is to travel inland, and an easily accessible place to do this is to visit the ancient silk road junction of Al Ain, which the UAE shares with Oman.

This programme has facilitated creative workshops, engagements with project artists, exhibitions, community events for school groups, young people and adult participants, and research and practice sharing activities for stakeholders, all developed to connect audiences with local and national art, artists and heritage.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.