They promote bioregionalism, permaculture, and local economies as solutions to these problems, overpopulation, global warming, global epidemics, and water scarcity, but most notably to " peak oil "-- the prediction that we are likely to reach a maximum in global oil production which could spell drastic changes in many aspects of our everyday lives.

In the twentieth century, Fortaleza underwent significant urban changes, with improvements and the rural exodus to the city, with growth mostly happening towards the end of the decade of 1910, which helped promote the city to the title of seventh best city in population in Brazil.

Relying on concepts of trusteeship and scientific management, they imposed a number of changes in crop production and agrarian techniques, claiming to promote conservation and " betterment " of farming in the colonial tribal reserves.

) Processes that increase the rate of changes in DNA are called mutagenic: mutagenic chemicals promote errors in DNA replication, often by interfering with the structure of base-pairing, while UV radiation induces mutations by causing damage to the DNA structure.

There is a growing interest in deliberately using proverbs to achieve goals, usually to support and promote changes in society.

Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that nation-states should not attempt to promote secessionist movements or to promote border changes in other nation-states.

UPEACE aims to instill in their students a ‘ sense of hope ’ that forever ‘ changes their lives ’ and world vision in order to transform conflicts and promote sustainable peace and security.

The belief in magic is often considered superstitious, although it could be argued that some magical practices rely upon widely accepted psychological principles and are only intended to promote internal personal changes within the practitioner themselves.

The changes in temperature, humidity, and light levels promote invasion of non-forest species, including invasive species.

Isostatic rebound can account for significant changes over thousand or hundreds of years, and allows erosion of a mountain belt to promote further erosion as mass is removed from the chain and the belt uplifts.

To promote these changes, ESPN held a casting of their employees to see who would be on almost 25 live and unscripted commercials a day.

Grape changes are often in response to changing consumer demand but sometimes result from vine pull schemes designed to promote vineyard change.

Membrane binding may also promote rearrangement, dissociation, or conformational changes within many protein structural domains, resulting in an activation

These changes include loss of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur, which leads to loss of other functional groups that further promote isomerization and aromatization which are associated with increasing depth or burial.

But Thompson and the society over which he presided ( 1866-1886 ) were more ready than their predecessors to accept and even to promote changes long overdue.

Such collective intervention suggested would be in the development of effective national ICT policies that support the new regulatory framework, promote the selected knowledge production, and use of ICTs and harness their organizational changes to be in line with the Millennium Development Goals.

Environmental stewards promote environmental changes among co-workers and peers, be points of contact for their department for environment-related concerns, and be liaisons between the Be Spartan Green Team and buildings.

In the 1990s, club members Jim Bensman, Roger Clarke, David Dilworth, Chad Hanson and David Orr along with about 2, 000 members formed the John Muir Sierrans, an internal caucus, to promote changes to club positions.

* Invest to Save Budget, UK government scheme launched in 1998-99 " to support projects intended to foster changes in departments ' methods of working so as to promote successful innovation and deliver better public services "

Changes in temperature and rainfall patterns will promote changes in communities.

By its nature, anti-racism tends to promote the view that racism in a particular society is both pernicious and socially pervasive, and that particular changes in political, economic, and / or social life are required to eliminate it.

The convergence of the women's movement with Graham's ascension to power at the Post brought about changes in Graham's attitude, and also led her to promote gender equality within her company.

It is his position that any changes to the current system must " promote its long-term solvency without disrupting the core principles on which the program was founded.

He has campaigned for the removal of Astroturf from stadiums and held symposia on concussions, which promote rule, equipment and diagnostic changes to better protect players.

As for the Healthy Kids Outdoors Act, it “ provides state-level incentives to develop five-year state strategies to connect children, youth and families with nature and promote outdoor recreation in communities .”

Fletcher also launched " Get Healthy Kentucky !," an initiative to promote healthier lifestyles for Kentuckians.

Gallagher received tens of thousands of dollars from the Department of Health and Human Services during 2002 and 2003 for helping the George W. Bush administration promote the President's Healthy Marriage Initiative.

* Community of Democratic Choice, an intergovernmental organization in Eastern Europe to promote democracy and human rights

* Consumers for Dental Choice, a non-profit organization to promote mercury-free dentistry

The flyer also became an important advertising vehicle for President ’ s Choice, which it came to exclusively promote.

With the 2008 financial crisis and recession, Loblaw began to heavily promote not only President ’ s Choice but also its generic No Name products as an economical alternative to higher-priced national brands.

Coburn co-authored the Patients Choice Act of 2009 ( S. 1099 ), a Republican plan for Health care reform in the United States, which purported to 1 ) prevent disease and promote healthier lifestyles, 2 ) create affordable and accessible health insurance options, 3 ) equalize the tax treatment of health care, 4 ) modernize the Medicaid and Medicare beneficiary choice, 5 ) ensure compensation for injured patients and 6 ) establish transparency in health care price and quality.

Many storefronts, in fact, now promote themselves, through secondary signage, as " The Home of President ’ s Choice ".

Carpeting in other colors may replace red in some instances to honor a certain cause or for a sponsored event, the sponsor's logo colors, such as a " green carpet " to promote environmental awareness, or for the Nickelodeon Kids ' Choice Awards, an orange carpet is used instead to go with the network's primary imaging color.

Major architects to promote the change in direction from baroque were Colen Campbell, author of the influential book Vitruvius Britannicus ; Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and his protégé William Kent ; Isaac Ware ; Henry Flitcroft and the Venetian Giacomo Leoni, who spent most of his career in England.

There has been a shift towards early diagnosis and evaluation of functional status for individuals who have suffered from a stroke and presenting with pusher syndrome in order to decrease the time spent as an in-patient at hospitals and promote the return to function as early as possible.

Once in Germany again, he spent time in Dillingen, where he continued to correspond with humanist friends and colleagues throughout Europe, promoting interest in his project to promote the study of classical learning and the studia humanitatis.

The Stems, with a new drummer, David Shaw, on board spent most of 1986 touring to promote their EP, including national tours supporting Flamin ' Groovies and the Hoodoo Gurus, and also seeking a label deal.

Benzodiazepines, while inducing unconsciousness, actually worsen sleep as they promote light sleep while decreasing time spent in deep sleep.

While his career as a critic and writer provided him with a comfortable income, and he had an obvious talent for writing, he came to detest the amount of time spent attending performances to review, as it severely limited his free time to promote his own composition and produce more compositions.

Seeking to take advantage of the opportunity to promote itself, the city spent C $ 145, 000 to build six new pavilions and a racetrack.

Sovereigntists claim that Options Canada illegally spent $ 3. 5 million to promote federalism in Quebec, while Copps claimed that the St-Jean Baptiste Society spent $ 4. 8 million from the Quebec Government to promote sovereignty, which the group denies.

Instead, Columbia spent even more to promote the film, afraid of alienating Beatty and Hoffman.

When not traveling to promote his pistol-shooting methods, Applegate spent his last years at the Applegate House in Yoncalla, Oregon.

Campaign finance refers to all funds that are raised and spent in order to promote candidates, parties or policies in some sort of electoral contest.

She spent her later years traveling across America and throughout Europe to promote women ’ s education.

As the finished Red and Blue versions were being prepared for release, Nintendo spent over fifty million dollars to promote the games, fearing the series would not be appealing to American children.

They also were reported to have spent $ 180, 000 to hire Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates to promote the ' use of commercial database.

Deadheading is the act of removing spent flowers or flowerheads for aesthetics, to prolong bloom for up to several weeks or promote rebloom, or to prevent seeding.

The album debuted and spent several weeks at Nº1, selling nearly a million copies and going multi-platinum, although its commercial success is considered inferior to her previous albums because she made little if no effort to promote it.

In an effort to promote responsible behavior among children, Mukesh Khanna spent a substantial part of the airtime in explaining to the children that the stunts shown on television were not real and should not be emulated.

Much of the money spent to promote these anti-tax measures were provided by out-of-state backers including Americans for Tax Reform headed by Grover Norquist .< ref >

Assigned to performing only ceremonial duties as vice president, he spent his time making frequent trips to the countryside to acquaint himself with voters and to promote the image of the Liberal Party.

Seizing the opportunity, Epstein demanded US $ 40, 000 from Capitol to promote the single ( the most the Beatles had ever previously spent on an advertising campaign was US $ 5, 000 ).

Hastings spent $ 1 million of his own money together with $ 6 million from Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr to promote the passage of Proposition 39 in November 2000, a measure that lowered the level of voter approval for local schools to pass construction bond issues from 66 to 55 percent.

After the tour for True as Steel, Pesch spent time in the US with new manager Alex Grob to promote the band and arrange tours and recordings in America.