Sentences with phrase «societal changes at»

This state of mind also arises out of a changed perception that one has of themselves, and in direct relation to societal changes at large.

And by the way, there's no rulebook that says you can't make money and societal change at the same time.

Not exact matches

Private and foreign investors could be forgiven for having concerns over investing in the country at a time of economic and societal change.

The new magazine sported a tag line that both hinted at its future while also being understandably blind to the societal changes that were to come: «A Magazine For Canadian Business Men.»

Dreams have the power to change the world, at both an individual and societal level.

It is NOT a self help book aimed at telling us how we can improve our lives or better ourselves It is NOT a book with the primary aim of introducing societal changes such that the earth becomes a better place.

The social activist movements of those years also contributed to the seminaries» guilty conscience, so that they made at least token attempts to become sources of societal change as well as exemplifications of equity and justice.

As cultures and circumstances change, roles tend to change along with them — both at the societal level and the individual level.

I've given you two examples AFTER your quotes wherein Christians — against popular notion at the time — affected societal change due to their biblical, faith - based convictions.

And despite how Societal views have changed (mostly), the Church «Can't Budge», or that implies a wrong reasoning at some point in time, and «The Church can NEVER BE WRONG».

And, while we're at it, hopefully promote the idea that you don't have to be white, wealthy and privileged to benefit from changing societal norms.

Concerted and co-ordinated action at national, local and societal level is required to change the environment in the UK and enable mothers to breastfeed; in health services, in the community and in the home.

Yes, there are cameos about natural childbirth and cheesemaking, but given the huge societal changes taking place at the time — the women's liberation movement, the Black Panthers, Stonewall — I expected more.

For the E.U. and Japan, national emissions grew at a much slower rate, due in part to slower economic expansion, fortuitous changes in their energy systems and societal choices to use energy more efficiently.

The authors have presented «fascinating» correlations between well - dated records of climate change, Nile - flood reduction and societal unrest, says Brian Dermody, who studies the impact of climate on the Roman Empire at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

A study published earlier this year and led by Prestemon used both climate models and projections of societal changes, like population growth and development, to look at how they might impact wildfire projections.

This latest study, conducted by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the City University of New York (CUNY), highlights the importance of considering societal changes when trying to determine future climate impacts.

And now: Made in Dagenham, a peppy, period labor drama about underpaid women at a Ford plant in suburban London in 1968, who go on strike for higher pay and wind up demanding wholesale societal change.

They should become incensed about slavery, suffrage, and imperialism, just like the movers and shakers of history, who were infuriated enough at societal injustice to change the rules.

In conferences both in Korea and the United States — including one held this August in Gaithersburg, Md., aimed at Korean American youths, college students, youth leaders, and church leaders — Kim and her colleagues offer a changing slate of educational colloquiums, spiritual worship sessions, and group counseling sessions that zero in on the societal and familial realities that Korean Americans face and the role that counseling can play in fostering healthy social, emotional, and psychological development.

«Through Portrait of a Tyrant, students will experience how to identify societal grievances, craft solutions, and argue for change — skills at the core of civic agency.»

Programs in Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education announced a new leadership development program designed for library leaders looking to gain insight on how to function effectively within rapidly changing societal and...

Programs in Professional Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education announced a new leadership development program designed for library leaders looking to gain insight on how to function effectively within rapidly changing societal and institutional contexts.

To determine the real value of rising high school graduation rates in the wider societal context, it is important to look at how youth outcomes have changed across other indicators.

While I don't think that his behavior is surprising given societal norms at the time I do think that his change in behavior came on pretty suddenly and I found found it a little unbelievable.

Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of «civilized society.»

Comment: In his first book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell looked at why major societal changes often happen suddenly and unexpectedly.

Their latest exhibition, «Irreversible,» at New York's Sean Kelly Gallery, presents a series of new work rooted in the semiotics of public art, and scrutinizes how political and societal changes, community, and the role of the anonymous citizen intersect.

She also changed her last name to Chicago after the town of her birth, shunning the patriarchal and societal construct of taking the father's last name, and pioneered Feminist art and art education through a unique program for women at California State University, Fresno, a pedagogical approach that she has continued to develop over the years.

Finally, none of these models are able to coherently explain the inter-related phenomena regarding climate change that is occurring at the individual, small group, institutional, and societal levels.

Humans at the societal / national level can cooperatively engage in the making of laws and other actions that will press these changes even further.

You may come into this because of nationalistic concerns about energy security and maintaining national place in the world — frankly, I cringe every time the words «energy independence» are mentioned as the top motivation for developing greater renewable energy — but ultimately this has to be about greater social change, both at the societal and personal level.

While the anomalous nature of recent trends in global average temperature is often highlighted in discussions of climate change, changes at regional scales have potentially greater societal significance.

A number of studies have explored the opportunities available to improve health and well - being as a result of adapting to climate change, 273 with many recent publications illustrating the benefit of reduced air pollution.2, 271,288,299,300,301,302 Additionally, some studies have looked at the co-benefits to climate change and health of applying innovative urban design practices which reduce energy consumption and pollution while increasing public health, 99,272,303,304 decrease vulnerability of communities to extreme events263, 264,303 and reduce the disparity between different societal groups.249, 305,306,307,308

For example, as law - makers consider how to vote — and consider how seriously to take the problem of climate change — they should do so with an awareness that if they don't face and address climate change via their decisions and votes, then at least some people will likely begin to embrace other approaches to societal change, including NVCD, and justifiably so.

For scientists arguing for significant change at the societal level, there us no escaping engagement with the public whose preferred forum increasingly lies in the blogosphere.

Justin's conclusions read as a manifesto for optimism and change at an individual, industry, societal and policy - making level.

Otherwise, we should use the reanalyeses for these impact studies, with, as one set of applications, perturbations prescribed in the impact models to assess at what level of change in climate statistics would result in a negative threshold being crossed in one or more key societal and / or environmental resources.

Temperature changes at and just above the earth's surface are of singular importance from the standpoint of societal and human impacts, and they are also widely regarded as an important indicator of human - induced climate change.

The long - term objective of climate change policy should be to reduce the risks of serious harm to humanity and ecosystems at minimum societal cost, while recognizing additional shared humanitarian necessities, including providing reliable and affordable energy to improve global living standards.

But the latter type of change could be accomplished at a societal, legislative level.

A rational public and private sector response to the threat of storm damage in a changing climate must therefore acknowledge scientific uncertainties that are likely to persist beyond the time at which decisions will need to be made, focus more on the risks and benefits of planning for the worst case scenarios, and recognize that the combination of societal trends and the most confident aspects of climate change predictions makes future economic impacts substantially more likely than does either one alone.

FUME (2009 - 2013) Project aimed at evaluating how climate variability and change, and societal changes in the last decades have affected forest fires in Europe.

Then you need to look at the costs of minimizing AGW, costs of minimizing these societal changes (which are presumably also economically driven), versus the benefits (which, in the case of minimising AGW, are generally considered to be much more than simply reducing storm - related costs).

«The long - term objective of climate - change policy should be to reduce the risks of serious harm to humanity and ecosystems at minimum societal cost, while recognizing shared humanitarian necessities,» Exxon Mobil General Counsel Ken Cohen wrote in the post.

Responsibility for climate change lies at the heart of societal debate over actions to address it.

But I'm equally certain that from a societal perspective, the importance of lawyers will not change at all — unless it's to become even more pronounced.

Careful at times to speak for himself, rather than for RED, Ian said this of the wider societal as well as policy changes:

To embrace, promote and practice shared responsibility and accountability for creating and sustaining positive change at multiple levels: Individual, Organizational, and Societal.

Keynote speakers and delegates will be reviewing the various aspects of leisure as a social change agent at individual, community and societal levels in a rapidly changing world.