Sentences with phrase «sustainable action»

by Deborah McNamara on September 21, 2016 0 creating positive change ecochallenge 2016 ecochallenge and business engagement EcoChallenge Launch Party engaging organizations in sustainable action online sustainability events wanderwell and nw earth institute

Gamification can be anything from raising chickens to competitions between neighbors to getting positive feedback for sustainable actions on social media platforms.

With new leadership will surely come novel ideas, better judgements, more reality - oriented decision - making and sustainable action plans that will replace the soon to become patently unsustainable business - as - usual production, unrestrained consumption and unregulated propagation activities of the human species.

The L41 home is designed for a generation that understands the principles of «small is beautiful», preservation of resources, improving the lives of others and enhancing our f uture by means of sustainable actions.

Throughout the semester, students and staff teamed up to make an impact, choosing new sustainable actions such as conserving water, reducing waste or curbing CO2 emissions.

«It seems we can better encourage sustainable actions by understanding the human condition, and these works begin to reflect the human - to - animal relationship, where humans influence, are entertained by, or reject outright their relationship with the animal world.»

The reports enable global changemakers to take sustainable action in a complex, fragile and uncertain environment.

I learned about all the things that I was over doing and she helped me figure out what nutrient and sleep deficiencies I had and how to correct these things through a few sustainable actions.

by NWEI on September 28, 2012 1 2012 EcoChallenge Jefferson Smith kick off launch party Portland events Portland mayor September 28th sustainable action

Its work on the arena complements the Town's commitment to the Partners for Climate Protection's Five Milestone Framework for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, a roadmap for sustainable action developed by a network of municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and acting on climate change.

Parolin's remarks came in a message Wednesday to a conference of business and church leaders on how sustainable actions can drive the economic growth needed to lift people out of poverty.

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However, when sustainable actions are conveyed in the context of family or helping others, audiences are much more likely to respond.

For example, UMN researchers found that lack of support is a barrier to changing behavior — and that what ultimately motivates people to make changes towards more sustainable action is both knowing how to make changes along with adequate social support.

Looking to make the most of the forced rest day and wait out the storm, we found a store that specialized in «green» home supplies and had a nice, long conversation with the owner about how our individually sustainable actions can «add up.»

• Developed series of progressive policies and sustainable actions over 2 - year period that stabilized authority's finances and avoidance of federal takeover.

The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and Goethe University in Frankfurt as well as other, directly involved partners, co ‐ operate closely with regional, national and international institutions in the fields of science, resource and environmental management, in order to develop projections for the future and scientific recommendations for sustainable action.

First, we are convinced that sustainable actions such as upcycling / recycling are essential for our life on this planet.

As a way out of this quagmire, the Sultan urged tertiary educational institutions, including the University of Ibadan «to take real and sustainable action to address this sad situation».

It distributes the stoves in partnership with Oxfam America and the Sustainable Action Group, a Sudanese organization.

That's why Grant Williard and his team at Cleanbit Systems Inc. developed JouleBug, an app in which people log their sustainable actions and get reactions from their social network.

Ecosystem - based approaches provide an important route to sustainable action and represent a vital insurance policy against irreversible damage from climate change, whereas failure to acknowledge the relationship between climate change and biodiversity and failure to act swiftly and in an integrated manner could undermine efforts for improvements in both areas.

The Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and Goethe University in Frankfurt, as well as other directly involved partners, co ‐ operate closely with regional, national and international institutions in the fields of science, resource and environmental management, in order to develop projections for the future of scientific recommendations for sustainable action.

Last week, Van Roekel joined Stanford professor and fellow commission member Linda Darling - Hammond, Joe Bishop of the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign and teacher Renee Moore for a webinar sponsored by the Center for Teaching Quality and the NEA to discuss how to translate the commission's findings into real and sustainable action.

It is powerful to work toward empowering historically underfunded and disenfranchised communities; empowerment is a sustainable action and impact on Native communities and children.»

In her words, «95 percent of my sustainable actions are a product of NWEI influences.

We also have to include culture in sustainable thinking and be aware of the effect one sustainable action in one place might have on others, which could be totally unsustainable in turn.

In teams, the participants commit to taking one sustainable action for two weeks.

Individuals can make smart choices about recycling, composting, and sustainable actions that illiterate populations are not typically able to make.

The success was dependent on translating the measures from the sustainable action plan into opportunities empowering existing policies and helping everyone involved reaching their own goals.

However it boggles by mind when I look at OMSI for instance, that should be a leader in sustainable actions, but have so little to show for it, in terms on the ground real projects; like growing food.

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