The index assesses a country's ability to withstand and avoid generating crises.
Studies suggest that households could avoid generating more than half the waste that they produce.
Already we recycle aluminum to avoid mining, compost organic material to avoid generating methane in landfills and turn plastic into lumber.
The index seeks to measure a country's ability to withstand crises and to avoid generating them.
The index tries to measure a country's ability to withstand crises and to avoid generating them.
That kind of conversation was sufficiently abstract to avoid generating wide political interest, and, as it turned out, Garland's nomination was largely forgotten during last year's campaign.
After the meeting, the Greek government reaffirmed its commitment to hit budget targets for 2011 and 2012, to avoid generating new debt and to revamp the dysfunctional economy.
G.M.'s venture fund may keep it plugged into the auto tech race, but it will struggle to avoid generating losses along the way.
According to their political-stability index, which tries to measure a country's ability both to withstand crises and to avoid generating them, Hungary scores 74 out of a possible 100, down from a score of 78 a year ago.
They can avoid generating unreasonable solutions as much as possible.
