Sentences with phrase «through social institutions»

If humans are to maintain the Earth - atmosphere system, it is through the social institutions of research and education that they will recognize environmental threats, come to wise decisions, and attempt to exercise stewardship of the planet.

Values are transmitted through social institutions.

The work is based around Kelley's concept of Educational Complex, or the invisible construction of cultural mythos through social institutions like school and domestic life.

It seeks to develop the kinds of civic virtues and skills that can empower all citizens and, through them our social institutions, to play leading roles in the transition to sustainability.

Not exact matches

There are always institutions looking for social entrepreneurs to sponsor to create positive social change through business.

Enter the DO School, a global institution that, for select programs, borrows students passionate about social change from accredited colleges and offers them experiential learning through doing, challenging them to solve real - world, pressing problems in sustainable ways.

But as a corporation, the Basij reportedly accumulated vast sums through so - called interest - free financial institutions that the Basij and the IRGC established in mid-1980s and the early 1990s to provide social housing and general welfare to their members.

This means that social entrepreneurs, to make greater impact, must double down on the actions that create real, sustainable change: building stronger relationships with clients, partners, funders and institutions through empathy, listening, genuine understanding and the willingness to acknowledge failure.

Peer - to - peer lending (also known as person - to - person lending, peer - to - peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is the practice of lendingmoney to unrelated individuals, or «peers», without going through a traditional financial intermediary such as a bank or other traditional financial institution.

Peer - to - peer lending (also known as person - to - person lending, peer - to - peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is the practice of lending money to unrelated individuals, or «peers», without going through a traditional financial intermediary such as a bank or other traditional financial institution.

More than once this has happened through the work of a devoted and persistent minority when the Church as a whole, enmeshed as a social institution in its surrounding culture, lagged behind.

The supernatural element in human life, whether it comes to us through conscience as human beings or through the Spirit as believers, is not to be located externally in the world of nature and social institutions (as for Taylor and MacIntyre), nor internally (as for the Romantics), but in the interaction of the individual with his world.

Hegel tended always to make the individual a mere passing - point, a moment, in the cosmic process, and to insist on the individual's gaining his concrete ethical significance through being identified with the social, religious, and political institutions of his time.

It is through education, not only in schools but also in homes and in other institutions and by a variety of agencies, that individual character is formed and social patterns are» propagated.

The American civil religion is thus a product of certain ideas, but those ideas have been filtered through particular social institutions.

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

Institutions and social organizations work through the intersubjectivity created by concentric rings of participants, governed by the dynamic force of a rather fluid mission, or purpose for its being.

Niebuhr ascribed to human communities and social institutions the possibility of renewal through grace.

In the past, we have usually done this through quiet efforts at social renewal, working in and through established institutions according to their rules.

This is not to deny the transforming power of the gospel, to which Paul gave such eloquent witness, for by the workings of divine grace radical changes do take place in individuals, and through individuals in social institutions.

The reality is that «The greatest security will not come through armies or counterviolence, not through revenge or hatred, but through building a world of love and open - heartedness, a world in which the recognition of the sanctity of everyone on the planet shapes every economic, political, and social institution» [Lerner, 2001].

Through their various mandates and mindsets, international institutions have put families and poor countries on the horns of a deadly dilemma: They can have social and political progress or they can have more than one or two children.

They created a ruling institution for purposes of war and government which was based on the division of the empire into military fiefs; a chancery for the preparation of state documents and communication throughout the empire; and a religious institution which, in addition to maintaining the legal and cult services, was expected through the control of education to be an instrument of social cohesion.

We have seen that the persistence of social institutions through time is due in part to a lack of conceptual novelty which through reintegration (coordination) with its environment thereby modifies the structured society.

They respect knowledge gained through lived experience monitored by elders who differ profoundly in social class and worldview from the teachers and education encountered in American academic institutions.

In addition, the SMA supports research on this disorder by connecting with research institutions, provides information and support to professionals through professional trainings and an active listserv, and provides connection and information to families via social media, online resources, and expert chats.

Traditionally powerful institutions, such as parties and the press, have been sidelined by direct engagement through social media by outsider candidates feeding on discontent and relying on faith - based, populist and emotive appeals.

We must come together in a new partnership with our faith - based institutions, civil society, businesses and government to create a powerful locomotive for transformation so that our President's coordinated program of economic and social development policies will create «an optimistic, self - confident and prosperous nation through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources and operating within a democratic, open and fair society in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all.»

The way this new strategy towards drug use is taking shape is that of a comprehensive discussion among Iran's drug policy, addiction, anti-narcotics and social policy experts through the Expediency Council, which is the institution that has the power to carry out this change.

It is down to us, through our own democratic institutions, to fight to expand social protections

Nana Oye, however, said statistics from DOVVSU showed that out of 1,547 sexual and gender - based violence cases sent to court in 2014, convictions were secured for 160 cases, representing 10.3 per cent and asserted that the way forward was to ensure that the laws were enforced and implementation tracked through an effective monitoring system, in addition to building the capacities of law enforcement institutions, social services and healthcare providers.

For fellowships paid through the institution, there is some variation on whether the institution should withhold federal employment taxes: social security and medicare taxes (FICA) and unemployment tax (FUTA).

While formal attempts like diversity awareness training in the workplace and in learning institutions like colleges have had only mixed results, bringing two families of two or even more diverse culture through marriage may provide a more natural and effective way to end social segregation.

Some negative social and environmental impacts are prevented through legislation requiring environmental impact assessments from proponents of big projects as well as through social and environmental safeguard requirements of multilateral development financing institutions.

Learning institutions can help people understand that movement toward equal dignity may coincide with people becoming highly conscious of indignities — humiliations — inflicted either intentionally by direct mistreatment, or unwittingly through outdated practices, or systemically through obsolete social frames.

Critical pedagogy extends critical theory - the neo-Marxist examination of the relationship between power and culture, aimed at addressing issues of class, race, gender, and social justice through the remaking of societal institutions - to the realm of schools.

In the 1960s and 1970s, many social and political institutions began to be viewed through the prism of psychiatry and sociology and so, in schools, through the personal psyches of individual students.

Today, they help schools across the country work through how to best approach social media for their institution.

In recent years, with both its membership criteria and its strategic plan, UCEA has taken a public stand to foster «human progress» through its support of equity and social justice in our institutions, our organization, and our work.

Through social analysis, students try to understand a social institution's current situation and then envision an improvement to which they can actively — and collectively — contribute.

A clash and entwinement of ideologies and social institutions — church and state, military and revolutionaries, politicians and priests — is visualized through the amalgamation of numerous figures, some of whom carry Maasai and Zulu war shields.

The Scandinavian duo, Elmgreen & Dragset, who are well known for their subtle, aesthetic and ironical way of social critique through installation works, question the art institution's power positions.

O'Grady subsequently found her way through photography, performance, writing, photomontage and film to critically engage the complicated power structures, institutions, and social constructs that guide feminist histories, interracial relationships, biculturalism, and Western subjectivity.

The Amistad Center for Art & Culture, located within the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, is a not - for - profit cultural institution dedicated to celebrating art and culture influenced by people of African descent through education, scholarship and social experiences.

But of course, also, its radical social and political histories, its artistic community, which I have long admired from afar, and the incredible commitment that the city has shown in the realm of culture, which is made manifest through its diverse institutions.

«Take It or Leave It,» Ellegood explains, aims to challenge power structures and social - cultural institutions — be it politics, media, racism, sexism or art museums themselves — through artists who borrow and re-contextualize images, text and other elements from pop culture and fine art, among other places, to make a conceptual point.

The exhibition's artists, through expanding and redefining their respective mediums, have by consequence reshaped how we think about social and gender politics, the environment, and the role institutions play in shaping art history.

Between October 2011 and March 2012, each institution made its own contribution to this grand - scale story of artistic innovation and social change, told through the multitude of simultaneous exhibitions and programs on post-World War II art in Los Angeles.

Through the early 30's he worked as an art instructor at many institutions including Art Students League, Miss Halls School, Pittsfield, MA, and The New School for Social Research.

Going further than a sabotaging of art through an unconventional register of forms and techniques, it was art as distinct social territory, governed by institutions, and determined by the market economy, that was in these movements» crosshairs.»