Will the public vote to roll back decades of progress in equality and economic opportunity, environmental and product protection, American leadership in the world, or will we opt for barriers and repeal based on a demagogue's populist rantings?
We need to engage toward solutions for injustice, poverty, economic opportunity, environmental abuse, dis-empowerment and so many more, but encourage a form of interaction that will not necessarily result in immediate gratification.
Three interacting conditions from which behaviour is likely to emerge have been defined as the COM-B system; capability (ability to enact the behaviour), motivation (mechanisms that activate or inhibit behaviour) and opportunity (environmental structures enabling behaviour) (13).
The reform measures aim to boost competition, and the government and energy companies claim they can improve Mexicans' economic opportunities, environmental protections, health and trust in their institutions.
Consequences of adding stations may include increased mobility, higher land values, increased employment opportunities, environmental impacts, and reduced congestion.
Acknowledging such factors is especially important in evaluating cross-cutting themes such as equal opportunities, environmental sustainability and social inclusion.
Sustainability actions can have social (e.g., concerning the equality of opportunities), environmental (e.g., concerning the quality of the eco-system), and economic (e.g., concerning a stable and healthy economy to ensure living conditions) implications.
Under it communities and groups of communities could receive funding to develop a strategic plan for diversifying employment opportunities, environmental remediation projects, and conversion of underutilized facilities for more productive uses.
To us, India and China aren't threats but opportunities; environmental issues are real, not punch lines; the founders weren't perfect, and neither is America; making money is great but using it for good is even greater.
Our societies also have an extensive, historical back catalogue of making rapid transitions happen, pushed at different times by everything from conflict to technological opportunity, politics, environmental change and economic collapse.
More recently, Earth Day has provided an opportunity for environmental Cassandras to prophesy apocalypse, trash technology and proselytize.
