A holistic action plan is proposed for a transition towards a sustainable future.
At the launch today, senior officials emphasized the Government's commitment to use the findings as a basis for comprehensive and holistic action, engaging the police, educators, health professionals, social workers and local government authorities alongside NGOs, faith-based organizations, CSOs and community development actors in the work to protect children from violence.
Philosopher John Dewey, a strong proponent of inquiry as an authentic method of democracy education, argued that inquiry is not merely a matter of cognition, but more importantly, a holistic human action that entails a cycle of continuous engagement that passes from intellectual questioning and investigation through reflection and understanding to action for change (Dewey, 1938).
UNIDO is a leader in chemicals management, having advanced initiatives that address the challenges of hazardous chemicals through holistic, wide-ranging actions and preventive design and management of chemicals and waste.
As set out in Gordon Conway's book One billion hungry: can we feed the world?, there are four routes that together offer a holistic roadmap for action: investing in innovation, developing people, opening up markets, and mobilising strong political leadership.
While this is by no means a new scientific discovery, these results argue for the organization of more holistic and interdisciplinary action research projects to improve the living conditions of the worst-off.
If your fillings or fluoridated water supply are negatively impacting your health, a qualified holistic practitioner can recommend actions such as having your fillings replaced or switching to filtered water.
Hence, for effective mitigation or adaptation actions, taking holistic approaches that consider community livelihood, natural resources management and other biophysical, policy, and institutional aspects are required.
Both approaches aim at a holistic understanding of cellular actions; that is how to link the environmental cues to the intracellular signalling activity and then to cellular response [ 7, 8].
"A holistic view brings realistic action," he told me.
