Sentences with phrase «whose home and community»

For youngsters whose home and community resources ensured that they would master the basics of reading and arithmetic regardless of school practices, progressive education provided a marvelous experience.

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Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

By affirming the importance of surrounding and supporting communities to poor children and children whose home life is in disarray, the Kauai study challenges us to reflect on what might be done to shore up, or at least to avoid damaging, these structures.

Women resident in the Northern region who expected to deliver in 1993 and whose request for home birth had become known to one of the local supervisors of midwives were asked to help with the study by their local community midwife.

But there are so many people whose names we don't so readily know, or names we may never know — people who are all doing their own little part in their communities, even if only in their homes, to make the world a more compassionate place for their children and future generations.

A few decades ago, home birth in the United States was mostly limited to insular religious communities like the Amish and to dedicated members of the counterculture like Gaskin, whose husband founded The Farm as a commune in the 1970s.

It's about the millions of Londoners whose lives we can improve by building more affordable homes, freezing fares, restoring community policing and cleaning up our toxic air.

As a result, he said, there are two classes of owners in the community — those whose homes are getting the tax break and those who aren't.

Reynoso, whose north Brooklyn district includes Ridgewood, introduced a bill requiring the city Department of Buildings to alert community boards and Council members within 10 days of receiving an application to alter or demolish rent - regulated homes in their districts.

Wake County, NC — Reflections on the election of a new school board, whose members promised to support neighborhood schools and keep kids closer to home, in a community with a longstanding school integration plan.

The community is looked after by on site management whose job is to make sure that everything runs smoothly and that you, the resident, are perfectly satisfied with your home and its environs.

The Humane Society of Eastern Carolina is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose mission is to serve as a safe haven for homeless and neglected pets until they find their forever home and to serve as a resource for the community.

This fundraising page is dedicated to supporting Forever Home Feline Ranch, a no - cage, no - kill cat sanctuary in central Illinois whose mission it is to provide or find a forever home for every stray or unwanted cat and to make central Illinois a no - kill community by ending euthanasia as a method of controlling the homeless feline populatHome Feline Ranch, a no - cage, no - kill cat sanctuary in central Illinois whose mission it is to provide or find a forever home for every stray or unwanted cat and to make central Illinois a no - kill community by ending euthanasia as a method of controlling the homeless feline populathome for every stray or unwanted cat and to make central Illinois a no - kill community by ending euthanasia as a method of controlling the homeless feline population.

Austin Dog Rescue Austin Dog Rescue is an all - volunteer foster home based non-profit whose goal is to end the cycle of animal homelessness by encouraging and promoting their community to spay and neuter their pets, providing education and resources to help pets live a long and healthy life, and to place the dogs in their adoption program through a careful and thoughtful adoption process.

Zanele Muholi is a South African photographer and visual activist whose work illuminates black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities, both in her home country and abroad.

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To help rural communities thrive without draining the park's natural resources, this fall's effort will train ten local women, whose economic opportunities have traditionally been limited, to sell a range of clean energy technologies such as solar home systems and improved cookstoves.

The community is looked after by on site management whose job is to make sure that everything runs smoothly and that you, the resident, are perfectly satisfied with your home and its environs.

Ms. Senft also has served non-profit organizations whose mission she champions including acting in the role of Treasurer and on the executive board of Network 2000 whose mission is to place women on corporate boards and to mentor rising female executives; serving as elected board member for the Coalition of Geriatric Services in Maryland, whose mission is to expand compassionate alternative services to seniors at home and in residential living; and as Vice President of the Roland Park Civic League for six years, whose focus is on civic engagement and the preservation of historic green space in Baltimore City, the monitoring of other land developments and the creation of a 100 year Master Plan for the preservation and modernization of the historic garden community designed by the Olmsted Brothers.

The School Support Programme involving the Home School Community Liaison Scheme (HSCL), the School Completion Programme (SCP) and the Visiting Teachers Service for Travellers (VTST) were integrated into the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) whose functions transferred to the Child and Family Agency in January 2014.

See the complete list of honorees The success of this home visiting program depends on the partnering community - based organizations, whose staff members conduct the home visits, bringing their community - specific cultural and language expertise.

Burke continues, «I work with clients from the very young to the very mature; from diverse cultural backgrounds; varying levels of financial ability; some who have lived in the same town all of their lives and in the same house in which they were born, and whose first and only real estate transaction is to sell their lifelong home to move to a retirement community.»

This home is located in a desirable school district and within the Grossmont — Mount Helix Improvement Association (GMIA) whose mission is to work on behalf of all GMIA community members to ensure that the quality and character of the community is preserved and enhanced.

HUD stands for Housing and Urban Development which is a federal agency whose mission «is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all.»