Sentences with phrase «to address sustainability»

We had just had the booming years of the 90s during which all countries failed to address sustainability issues ranging from energy transitions to tackling public debt.

This rating system addresses the sustainability of base building elements including the site selection, mechanical and electrical systems, plumbing, fire protection, and building envelope.

We can't skip the soft sciences when we try to address sustainability through hard science.

-- Less than a third of survey respondents said that their company has developed a clear business case for addressing sustainability.

The company has distinguished itself by addressing sustainability, providing leading innovation and introducing new packaging technologies.

As plastics grow in volume at a rate of about nine percent each year, the authors emphasize that tackling its problems means addressing its sustainability.

It is particularly important that the budget plan address sustainability.

The book wisely addresses sustainability as an issue largely of morality.

We were expecting a hot debate about the relative merits of design and how it can address sustainability issues, what we got was a series of presentations about individual design projects.

There is recognition among urban sustainability leaders that the district is an important scale for addressing sustainability, including reducing carbon emissions, improving our natural systems, and building community action.

Richard Jobson addressed sustainability in a session titled «The challenges facing the 21st century university estates, before Chris Pattison delved into campus design, with Jason Challender of Leeds City College completing the conferences with a session on masterplanning and strategy.

Mr. Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability at York University in Toronto, Canada

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from businesses that have sought to address the sustainability conundrum.

The Virtuous Circle project addresses the sustainability of multilayer plastic packaging while tackling the broader societal objectives around education and childhood nutrition.

«This means the UK has gone further than any other country to address the sustainability impacts of biofuels and we will not support any increase in biofuel targets beyond five per cent until effective standards are in place,» he added.

The study, published in the journal Pathogens, directly addresses the Sustainability Development Goals outlined by the United Nations.

To enhance e-assessments and implement them successfully, we need to understand how ICT can be used to improve assessment experiences, provide evidence of higher - level learning, and explore its institutional and pedagogic dimensions while addressing sustainability and cultural issues (Guàrdia, Cris & Alsina, 2016).

Over the past few years, the Schools Panel at CABE reviewed the design of more than 300 new educational schemes which demonstrated that there were many ways to address the sustainability agenda.

In WA there is support available for schools to teach and address sustainability concepts and issues from various sources.

The ARCS framework addresses Sustainability through questions that help schools think about and plan for longevity, ensuring that the improvements made last and are worthy of lasting.

She is a contributing member to a group supported by the United Nations addressing sustainability and the role of media.

I've also been inspired by working with communities and organizations that are addressing the sustainability movement through various approaches, including community organizing, education, social justice, public health, the legal system, and ecopsychology.

Nuritas not only addresses the sustainability issue of our food systems, but paves the way for disease prevention and nutrition of the future.

They are Most Innovative — which recognizes companies that have developed truly innovative solutions to address sustainability challenges — and Leadership Personified — which recognizes an individual who creates a positive influence for sustainability within his or her organization and the broader REIT community.

Address sustainability in community planning: Establish community - based land - use planning with First Nations that includes a sustainability - centred agenda as a follow - on to broader R - SEA planning.

In sustainability funds, Dimensional seeks to address the sustainability issues important to investors while maintaining sound investment principles.

Mr. Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair on Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability at York University in Toronto, Canada Mr. Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Coordinator, Green Jobs Programme, International Labour Organization (ILO)

The Responsibility Starts Here brochure was produced as a communication tool to address the sustainability of corrugated packaging.

In all, the report constitutes a significant contribution to the dialogue on how we address the sustainability challenges ahead.

These programs have standards that address sustainability, environmental and social responsibility, and economic stability.

Over the past three years, the two groups» nonprofit California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance worked with consultants to develop a flexible framework that would address sustainability issues facing businesses of all sizes and in all of the state's diverse wine regions.

Although the health risks of collecting and using firewood and charcoal in traditional ways are real, policy makers, researchers and donors need to address the sustainability and viability of the biomass used by the majority of people, according to Ruth Mendum, director of gender initiatives in the Office of International Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State.

Transform regional planning to address sustainability: Re-focus the Far North Land Use Strategy into a truly integrated, comprehensive regional planning approach that helps First Nations, multiple government ministries, and stakeholders to arrive at a shared future vision for the region.

With the new Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Sustainability Priority, we have a great opportunity to support schools to address the sustainability issues around waste.

«Tools to Reorient Education» offers K - 12 teachers, administrators, and curriculum designers evaluative tools to identify potential changes to existing curricula in order to address sustainability.

Since 2008, the program has been successful in bringing green practices to school systems that want to make the case, through proven results, for staff capacity to address sustainability.

Guidelines and recommendations for reorienting teacher education to address sustainability

Environmental and Sustainability Education: Schools emphasize interdisciplinary learning about the relationships between environmental, energy, and human systems; use the environment and sustainability to develop students» knowledge and skills in science, technology, engineering, and math; and develop students» civic - engagement knowledge and skills, providing students with opportunities to apply these skills to address sustainability and environmental issues in their communities.

Dimensional's goal in designing sustainability strategies is to address the sustainability issues important to investors while still providing broad diversification and emphasis on securities with higher expected returns.

Usually, product changes and raw materials are top of mind, but there are a host of other areas with which to address sustainability.

Thus, in one vitally important sense, they add more weight, grounding, and urgency to addressing the sustainability issue.

Some of my science research students are involved in long term original projects that address sustainability... I'll let them tell you what they are doing...

[Response: I'm not sure that we should be building dikes around New York, but in point of NYC has plan to address sustainability, and the threat from sea level rise is part of the things being considered seriously.

The Gulf real estate sector must address sustainability issues if it wants to deliver the US$ 500 billion of developments planned for the next seven years in the region, Dr. al Jaber has said.

Student teams will address sustainability issues including alternative energy technologies, collection, purification, and distribution of water, agricultural practices to reduce pesticide run - off, and new technologies for green buildings.

But making some effort will help you address sustainability in a productive way.

Our relationship with the Northwest Earth Institute has informed our strategies to address sustainability issues within our operations and the communities in which we live and work.»

A quick look through TreeHugger's archives will yield numerous stories about Google's efforts to address sustainability.