"foster the atmosphere" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to creating an environment or atmosphere that is positive and productive. For example, "The teacher was able to foster the atmosphere of learning and cooperation in her classroom."
That style was so pressure-driven, they said, that it had helped foster the atmosphere that allowed Mr. Blair to flourish.
Alexandria's intellectuals, many of whom dreamed up the idea of rebuilding the library decades ago, wonder whether the city can foster the atmosphere required for such a center.
So do the settings (Peony's family has an Always-Pleasant Pavilion, a Lotus-Blooming Hall and a Riding the Wind Pavilion, the last good for dangerous liaisons), which foster the atmosphere of a literary travelogue.
"Deep yoga breaths, people!" And, of course, this long-term view helps foster the atmosphere for experimentation.
As many of Nemtsov's friends have pointed out, Putin deliberately fostered the atmosphere of hysteria and hatred.
The executive chef, Robert Fathman, aims to foster the clubby atmosphere by establishing a number of year-round house specials, withdrawing items only when worthy ingredients are not available.
A series of conciliatory messages and speeches from Mr. Rouhani and other Iranian officials — capped by a phone call to the Iranian president from Mr. Obama last month — has helped foster the most promising atmosphere for negotiations since 2003, when Mr. Rouhani was Tehran's lead nuclear negotiator.
Others were more hopeful, noting that the meeting had helped foster an atmosphere of collaboration between the donor community, climate scientists, agricultural researchers, food security activists and representatives of the world's farmers.
It created an atmosphere that fostered the massacre at My Lai hamlet on March 16 , 1968 when 347 Vietnamese old men, women, boys, girls and babies were butchered.
The main Republican tactic now is to foster an atmosphere of apocalypse, by raising the cry that Medicare is headed for "bankruptcy".
We aim to foster an atmosphere of intellectual freedom, and the open-ended exploration of the ideas that are shaping policy and culture.
