Sentences with phrase «toward meaningful change»

Discussing professionalism is an essential step toward meaningful change, and as chair of the Real Estate Council of Ontario's (RECO) Board of Directors I would like to contribute to the ongoing dialogue.

No matter what stage of life your family is going through, therapy can be among the best choices you can make to help you work together toward meaningful change.

He noted that change has been defined as «relentless pressure applied continuously» and suggested that access to justice needs a champion to move the agenda forward toward meaningful change.

Together, I'm confident we can work toward meaningful change for Michigan.»

Not exact matches

If we want to break past lackluster economic growth rates and make meaningful change in lives and livelihoods, we need to move beyond incremental innovation (think slightly - better iPhones) toward revolutionary innovation (think new energy systems, next - generation electronics, and cures for Cancer and Alzheimer's).

Nevertheless, as the authors point out, a national food policy would shine a brighter spotlight on these conflicts and would also likely raise public awareness about and support for meaningful improvements to our food system — a much needed first step toward change.

Our core strengths in green chemistry and engineering research, combined with our role as a trusted third - party facilitator of stakeholder collaborations drives meaningful change toward solutions that 1) preserve natural capital, 2) are safe and sustainable across the product life cycle, 3) align and leverage different types of policy instruments, and 4) actively engage stakeholders to ensure equity.

Education reformers faced with failing schools and districts tend toward one of two camps: The Incrementalists hold that meaningful improvement can only happen slowly, with soul - wrenching culture change leading to instructional change and eventual student success.

In «The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies,» a research report by Sandra Mathison and Melissa Freeman presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in 1997, the authors wrote, «Interdisciplinary, integrated, and integrative studies represent an opportunity to have more meaningful relations with students; teach cognitive skills associated with «real life» (e.g., cooperation, problem solving, ability to see connections); motivate students; increase student achievement; promote positive attitudes toward subject matter; create more curricular flexibility; diminish scheduling problems; and integrate new and rapidly changing information with increased time efficiency.»

When a Superintendent takes the Future Ready Pledge, his / her district is making a firm commitment to implementing meaningful changes toward a digital learning transition that supports teachers, and addresses the district's vision for student learning.

If you want your data to lead you toward making meaningful changes, an important principle to follow is triangulation.

We either fall down, choose to embrace change, or we will see the possibilities beyond what's immediately apparent to pave the way toward a more meaningful outcome.

As a way of promoting forward movement toward your expressed goal of meaningful discussion on root causes of climate change, let us begin by examining the outstanding work of Pimentel and Hopfenberg on human population dynamics.

Only through a proper empirical understanding of the pattern of climate equity now, and how it will change in the near future, can signatories of the UNFCCC make meaningful progress toward resolving the inequity in the burden of climate change impacts.

In southern Africa, scientists expect a migration of species toward cooler and moister areas.13 If we do nothing to reduce our emissions, 12 Etosha faces a net loss of around eight species of mammals by 2050.13 Unless we take meaningful action today, climate change could render Etosha and other national parks in dry or desert regions unable to fulfill their mandate: to protect mammalian biodiversity.13

When you bullfrogpower a device — such as your computer or fridge — you reduce your impact on the environment and take a meaningful step toward fighting climate change.

As has been the case for recent COPs, commentators about achievements at COP - 17 are split on whether these negotiations accomplished some important positive steps toward an eventual meaningful global solution to climate change or whether Durban must be understood as another tragic international failure to come up with an adequate solution to the immense threat of human - induced warming.

How will the sweeping carbon regulations transform the fuel mix, and will the changes be enough to make meaningful progress toward averting the worst consequences of climate change?

These cumulative additional emissions savings would not only be a meaningful contribution toward a global effort to help limit some of the worst consequences of climate change; it can be done cost - effectively.

While modest warming of the tropical East Pacific did occur, the atmosphere never really responded to the oceanic changes in a meaningful way, and model forecasts by early summer quickly fell toward a borderline event, at best.

I think we all know that the governments of the industrialized countries aren't going to act or make painful changes in any meaninful time frame, so to me the only meaningful direction we can take this is to try to identify things that each of us as individuals can start to do or work toward, and to understand whether that grass roots level participation really has any hope of making a difference.

Facebook says its recent changes to the News Feed are already working toward the original goal of prioritizing «meaningful social interactions.»

By contacting me, you are taking the first step toward meaningful and lasting change.

I place emphasis on establishing a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship in an effort to help clients facilitate meaningful life changes, to ease suffering, and to work toward achieving personal goals.»

Fortunately, The Cognitive Behavioral Coping Skills Workbook for PTSD synthesizes an array of well - researched strategies, and offers readers a clear path toward expanding their coping repertoire and making meaningful life changes.