Sentence examples for encourage alternatives from inspiring English sources

The emissions trading scheme was meant to put a price on carbon to encourage alternatives.

Israeli and Jordanian attempts to encourage alternatives to the PLO failed in the 1980s.

Suddenly, Pennsylvania's suggestion that schools encourage alternatives to high-sugar sweets became an assault on the American way of life.

Thus, their plan would simultaneously discourage driving and encourage alternatives that are better for traffic, the air and the planet.

The committee's rebuke extended to the government, which it said needed to encourage alternatives to banks to prevent people falling prey to loan sharks and other doorstep lenders.

Keyring networks were developed out of the Shared Lives initiative, initially established to encourage alternatives to resident care for people with learning difficulties.

I'd want to encourage alternative practices, too.

A public education drive to encourage alternative transportation would also help.

Baikal Environmental Wave is establishing a small business incubator to encourage alternative employment.

Coal states, like Kentucky and West Virginia, have relatively few policies to encourage alternative energies.

Given that task, the failure — by both the Bush administration and Congress — to encourage alternative sources of power is distressing.