Little brewery strong on ideals (Otago Daily Times)
Saving the world, one beer at a time. That's the motto of Dunedin's most environmentally friendly brewery. Nigel Benson has a beer with the Green Man.

Hexham Courant (The Hexham Courant)
THE life cycle of the Atlantic salmon is one of the great mysteries of the natural world. And this most fascinating of creatures provides the centrepoint of the newest attraction on the Kielder tourism trail, the Kielder Salmon Centre.

Farmers react to Prince's GM fears (icWales)
FARMERS in Wales have given a mixed reaction to the latest outburst by Prince Charles over the global use of genetically modified crops.

Instantly Spot the 50 Gift Shop Companies inside the United Kingdom in Danger and Who May Not Survive 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Gift Shops - Portfolio Analysis" report to their offering.

Secret Britain (part 2): The best places in the country for wildlife, heritage and scenery (Independent)
Welcome to the second week of our series revealing some of Britain's best-kept summer secrets ? the usually unheralded places that might form the basis of an agreeable day out, or even weekend trip. To compile it, we went to the experts, approaching a huge variety of organisations that actually care for our countryside and heritage and asked them: what are your hidden gems? The National Trust, ...

Paul Gompertz: We must protect the natural resources we depend on (Independent)
If human life is to have a viable future, we have a very short time in which to change our relationship with the natural world around us from one of plunder to one of nurture. We have just seen a landmark moment in that process, which might be described as "one small step for marine, one giant leap for marinekind".

In the cinemas this weekend: August 10 (Guardian Unlimited)
(José Padilha, 2008, Brazil) Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira. 115 mins

United Nations Environment Programme (United Nations Environment Programme)
Nairobi, 8 August 2008 - More than two hundred scientists from six continents converge in Nairobi today to discuss ways to apply economics to social and environmental sustainability.

Review interview: Richard Dawkins (Times Online)
Well, it?s a distinction of sorts. Professor Richard Dawkins, who holds the chair for the public understanding of science at Oxford, was last week nominated as one of the country?s Groovy Old Men ? a group of sexy ?silver foxes? that also includes the actors Bill Nighy and Terence Stamp.

Reader views (4) (Evening Standard)
Here's a sample of the latest views published. You can click view all to read all views that readers have sent in. If all they want is to give a space to allow middle aged activists to deliver propaganda to the young and impressionable then it could be done anywhere.




Back to News index