Conservative AM Angela Burns raised the issues of teacher under-performance, low level disruptive behaviour and the importance of making better use of the outdoor environment.
China's State Council, or cabinet, said in February that the country needed to raise the efficiency of logistics and transport, and highlighted the need to streamline such operations while encouraging the use of more environment-friendly vehicles as well as "green" warehouses and business parks.
Mauritania has banned the use of plastic bags to protect the environment and the lives of land and sea animals.
"Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remove contaminants from the environment and to render them harmless, as simple as that, " he says.
If none of those things kill us, our continued total dependence on fossil fuel and the accelerating use of our environment will.
These include increasing social disparities and inequity, population growth, climate change, the deterioration and pollution of the environment, the unsustainable use of freshwater and depletion of ocean resources, as well as increasing cases of natural and human-made disasters.
Frugal often also means being sparing in the use of raw materials and their impact on the environment.
For example, it had proved extremely difficult to persuade American businesses to cut down on the use of harmful chemicals and their release into the environment.
Both the country's patterns of energy use and its attitude towards the environment point more towards the past than the future.
Design: How do we reduce the use of material (dematerialize) and impact to the environment (decarbonize)?
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An estimated 8.9 billion animals a year are raised in confinement where cramped conditions, a lack of exercise (or fresh air), and high stress environment necessitate the use of antibiotics.
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It found that the main drivers for countries to deploy renewable energy are to improve energy security, encourage economic development, and to protect the climate and the environment from the impacts of fossil fuel use.
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To create and maintain a database on water and the environment by use of official, validated national data complementary to the EUROWATERNET, related to transboundary water bodies (rivers, lakes and coastal waters).
The use of multi-player simulations adds a competitive edge to the training environment.
Some European regulations will have to be altered in order to ensure the efficient use of energy, water and raw materials, and to protect the natural environment.
Plans to restore and make use of Ozanne Tower have been approved by the Environment Department.
Therefore we started experimenting with ideas on how we can use technology to augment our perception of the surrounding environment.
Through this partnership, we now have the opportunity to further effect positive change in our economy, the environment and our use of energy.
Not long ago, as Google began branching beyond its core SaaS offering, Gmail, and into blogging, image processing, and office software, its overall SaaS package looked inconsistent, preventing customers from feeling as if they were in one easy-to-use environment for the length of their experience.
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Beyond that, there's every evidence that an inappropriate use of technology has created chemical changes in the environment which will need to be addressed and I don't see the will to address it in the major wealthy countries of the world who have created the problem.
And for the first time, plants using the worst chemicals--substances such as mercury, labeled persistent bioaccumulative toxins--would be able to use the short form, so long as they use less than 500 pounds of that chemical and release none into the environment.
Under proposed EU amendments to the existing Biocides Directive, use of these products would be further regulated to protect public health and the environment.
The extensive use of metallic finishes and soft touch materials throughout reinforces the premium quality of the environment.
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The report, The Use of Genetically Modified Animals, did acknowledge the potential risk from GM animals escaping into the environment and breeding with non-GM animals.
Globally, the use of depleting oil and gas fields for purposes of CO2 sequestration can be very helpful to the environment.
It applauds ministers' commitment to tackle unsustainable abstraction from rivers and wetlands, extend the use of metering at a fair price and develop a catchment-based approach to managing the water environment.
Panasonic is pledged to practice prudent, sustainable use of the earth's natural resources and protect our environment through the company's Eco Ideas programs.
The antennas make use of a home's environment by bouncing multiple wireless signals off walls and ceilings to work around obstructions and help eliminate dead spots.
"The consistent approach of CSSD has been to use the best science and available technology to develop standards that protect the environment, " Vagt said.
But the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation says the Scottish Environment Protection Agency assesses farms before and during operation, and sets limits on the use of chemicals and allowed pollution.
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