This has led to an exponential rise in demand for herbal medicines, and also a considerable international awareness about the dwindling supply of the world's medicinal plants.
The project is the brainchild of Word Above the Street, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise awareness about the global water supply, and was first reported online in the Art Newspaper.
I meant it figuratively -- our concern with all things environmental would morph into heightened awareness about the world's water supply (and, sure enough, when magazines got bored with their "green" issues a few years later, some of them published "blue" issues to highlight this dimension of climate responsibility).
I was hoping to raise awareness about Africa Bags, collect school supplies for the villagers, and perhaps sell a few bags.
Blackouts, equipment failures and soaring energy costs have raised awareness about the delicate balance of electricity supply and demand.
In an attempt to raise awareness about the globalization of the food supply, members invite people to register online (www.locavores.com) and to eat locally for at least one month out of the year.
The wave of proposals, coming at a time when blackouts, equipment failures and soaring energy costs have heightened public awareness about the delicate balance of electricity supply and demand, marks the beginning of a period of great promise and peril for New York, city officials, local community leaders and environmental experts say.
Our on-the-ground research found that the cost of solar lights, a lack of awareness about them and logistics issues with supply and distribution were each major barriers to illuminating 1 million homes through the power of the sun.
In particular, he studies — and tries to raise public awareness about — the rapid depletion of water supplies caused by agricultural overuse, rampant development and global climate change.
