The best chance we have at protecting our environment and saving the people too — those that have been without economic opportunity for decades — is to have earnest, informed landowners serve as stewards of their own properties with airtight, environmentally sound leases.
It is asserted that small farmers will be unable to afford the cost of federal permits to utilize the seasonal streams, ponds and wetlands on their property in an environmentally sound way.
In general, the use of RAP in the past has proven to be economical, environmentally sound, and effective for enhancing the engineering properties of asphalt mixtures.
The use of these materials was proved to be economical, environmentally sound and effective in increasing the performance properties of the asphalt mixture in recent years.
Mr. Fernandes said the properties were designed to be as environmentally sound as possible, in accordance with the company's policies, and influenced by traditional local style with luxury contemporary fittings.
The new plan allows developers to buy such blighted properties and either refurbish them in an environmentally sound way or shift those housing units to other parcels around the lake.
The effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) on the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) has resulted in discursive contestation.
"They're not intended to take the place of investments in environmentally sound technologies".
"The idea is it will eventually end up as the centerpiece of some sort of environmentally sound resort," said Mr. Balazs, who is planning to develop such a property in Central America.
Russell Unger, the executive director of the Urban Green Council, the New York chapter of the United States Green Building Council, which confers the seal of approval, known as LEED certification, for environmentally sound buildings, said that improvements in energy efficiency were the best long-term investment for property owners looking at the bottom line.
