Sentences with phrase «stimulate public discussion»

We must also implement targeted research programs to study the stabilizing impact of natural ecosystems, to stimulate public discussion, and to raise people's awareness of the real value of forests.

Our campaign gained new supporters and stimulated public discussion,» Hirshberg says.

By experimenting with the use of words visually displayed in public spaces, Holzer is able to stimulate public discussions about violence, sexuality, oppression, human rights, feminism, power, war, and death.

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«Instead of stimulating worthy discussions about over-testing, cultural bias in tests, and the misuse of test data,» responded the anti-reform Network for Public Education in the Washington Post, «these activists would rather claim a false mantle of civil rights activism.»

The discussion of school choice stimulated by Capitalism and Freedom has grown and penetrated the broad public.

The need to reduce spending on public education should stimulate a serious discussion of what works and what doesn't in American education.

This question stimulates a lively, thoughtful classroom discussion that is followed up by students in small groups researching the formation, development, and effects of hurricanes to make public service announcements (PSAs) that encourage residents to evacuate a community before a storm hits.

They have helped garner support for the prize and its attendant programs, including a series of public programs called Nasher Prize Dialogues, which are intended to foster international awareness of sculpture and of the Nasher Prize, and to stimulate discussion and debate.

Although many over emphasize the social aspects of such an event, I found the most stimulating conversations I've had in years happening in the auditorium tent where borders — political, spatial, ideological and imagined — were debated and stretched to their limits through heady discussion from artists and the public alike.

REDD + has stimulated almost every dimension of forest activity: real - time satellite tracking of global forest loss; local communities using handheld data devices; long - simmering disputes over forest ownership and use; methods for benefit sharing; nested accounting to meld project and national approaches; the role of women in forest stewardship; the place for certification and reduced impact logging; enticements of billions from donors; open discussion of illegal timber trade and corruption; public platforms for indigenous groups to command large audiences, and many more... the exponential interest in REDD + has been tremendous.

The half - day event was a tremendous success and brought together businesspeople, members of the Chinese and California governments, academics, journalists and members of the public to engage in a stimulating discussion about greenhouse gas reporting in China.