Letter from the President: To still the human-made harmattan winds. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
It's human-made, and that makes it scarier than a risk that's natural. From Wordnik.com. [David Ropeik: Transgenic Food -- the Science and the Psychology] Reference
Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2006] Reference
Sometimes, in human-made systems, virtuous loops have to be consciously added. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism 3.0~ Chapter 1] Reference
Information on other human-made wetlands is variable and even lacking for many types. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference
Only the depreciation of human-made capital such as buildings and machinery is counted. From Wordnik.com. [Macroeconomics and the environment] Reference
Every man-made structure, every human-made element to this coastline has been destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2005] Reference
In its decision, the court extended patent law to cover “a live human-made microorganism.”. From Wordnik.com. [Monsanto's Harvest of Fear] Reference
Tornadoes can cause considerable damage to natural and human-made structures on the Earth's surface. From Wordnik.com. [Tornadoes] Reference
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) are mixtures of human-made chemicals with similar chemical structures. From Wordnik.com. [PCBs] Reference
Generally green roofs are on top of a human-made structure and can be located below, at, or above grade. From Wordnik.com. [Green roofs] Reference
Also, technology should be aimed at increasing the productivity of natural capital more than human-made capital. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
The planet they inhabit faces the awesome menace of destruction as a result of a human-made ecological catastrophe. From Wordnik.com. [Statement of the President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Annual Meeting] Reference
The planet they inhabit faces the awesome menace of destruction as a rebuilt of a human-made ecological catastrophe. From Wordnik.com. [STATEMENT BY NELSON MANDELA AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE] Reference
Many of the human-made threats to the species and the biosphere, indeed to civilisations future, are energy-related. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
By common property I mean a class of human-made rights that lies somewhere between private property and state property. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism 3.0~ Chapter 1] Reference
In the past, development investments have largely aimed at increasing the stock and productivity of human-made capital. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
Labor power is human-made and owned by the laborer who has an interest in maintaining it and enhancing its productivity. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
The productivity of human-made capital is more and more limited by the decreasing supply of complementary natural capital. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
Reference maps normally show natural and human-made objects from the geographical environment with an emphasis on location. From Wordnik.com. [Maps] Reference
Labor power, which is a stock that yields the useful services of labor, can be treated in the same way as human-made capital. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
The complementary nature of natural and human-made capital is made obvious by asking: what good is a sawmill without a forest?. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
Of course in the past when the scale of the human presence in the biosphere was low, human-made capital played the limiting role. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
This growth will require major investments in new human-made capital to expand capacity and to replace existing capacity as it ages. From Wordnik.com. [Harnessing the opportunities for environment and development in Africa] Reference
A topographic map is a detailed and accurate two-dimensional representation of natural and human-made features on the Earth's surface. From Wordnik.com. [Topographic maps] Reference
She had grasped the general idea that pseudolife was human-designed and, originally, human-made and therefore "artificial" as opposed to. From Wordnik.com. [The Nitrogen Fix]
Courtesy Don Davis 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the central solar system. From Wordnik.com. [June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning] Reference
Because technological progress is based on human ingenuity, it is thus a human-made resource that is renewable - as long as it is nurtured. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
In this new full-world era, investment must shift from human-made capital accumulation toward natural capital preservation and restoration. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
When leadership does not meet this standard, we do not blindly follow human-made sinful brokenness but call our nation-states to a higher standard. From Wordnik.com. [Guest Blogger Ian Danley in Phoenix: 'I don't want my city to be the Birmingham or Selma in this drama'] Reference
The current food system, from seed to plate to landfill, is responsible for as much as one-third of the world's human-made greenhouse-gas emissions. From Wordnik.com. [eco-mama Diary Entry] Reference
Among the milestones: Following liftoff, Pioneer 10 achieved a breakaway speed of 32,400 mph, making it the fastest human-made object to leave the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning] Reference
However, these are human-made, human-designed systems, and therefore they're going to have flaws that are going to be built-in, or they are going to occur. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2001] Reference
And so now, that's how Google Maps India gives directions -- by treating natural and human-made landmarks as just as valid markers as what city planners call their roads. From Wordnik.com. [Giving directions like the locals do] Reference
Information-technology companies, including titans such as Microsoft, contribute an estimated 2 percent of human-made carbon emissions, about the same as the aviation industry. From Wordnik.com. [Greenpeace: Facebook Data Center Urged To Ditch Coal Power With Support Of 500,000 People] Reference
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