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Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution - Advises on environmental issues and provides a brief summary of previous reports.
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research - Government-funded research organisation which aims to provide the United Kingdom with an up-to-date expert assessment of natural and anthropogenic changes in global and regional climate. Site provides information on the Centre, its publications and research work.
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Multidisciplinary science programme addressing issues in the terrestrial and freshwater environments.
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. - The centre is an agency of the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and is a scientific research and advisory centre for fisheries management and environmental protection.
The Freshwater Biological Association - Conducts research into freshwater science and technology.
Sustainable Development - A better quality of life - Reports on progress by the United Kingdom as a whole towards sustainable development. Includes reporting on Headline Indicators, latest Sustainable Development news, a diary of events, useful links and discussion forum.
The Institute of Freshwater Ecology - Investigates the management of fresh waters and water/sewage treatment systems.
Environment Wales - Amgylchedd Cymru - A National Assembly for Wales initiative which contributes to sustainable development by supporting and encouraging voluntary action for protecting and improving the environment.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - DEFRA. The UK Government department tasked with issues such as the environment, rural development, the countryside, wildlife, animal welfare and sustainable development. Formerly MAFF, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods.
Royal Parks Agency - Responsible for administering and maintaining London's ten Royal Parks. Provides information about the parks, their amenities and forthcoming events and activities.
Drinking Water Inspectorate - Provides information on research, regulations and water testing protocols.
Pesticides Safety Directorate - Administers the regulation of agricultural, horticultural, forestry, food storage and home garden pesticides. Provides advice for consumers and agricultural users on pesticide safety issues and regulations.
Sustainable Development in Government - Measures Government performance on national environmental standards and provides information on the activities within Government to improve the contribution that all Departments make to sustainable development.
Tackling Climate Change in the UK - Information on progress towards climate change targets.
Enhanced Capital Allowance Scheme for Water - UK Government initiative to encourage the development, manufacture and purchase of water efficient technologies. Site provides details on how the scheme works and who can benefit from it.
Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror. -- Byrd Baggett A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. -- Aldous Huxley All human actions are equivalent... and... all are on principle doomed... -- Jean-Paul Sartre, "Being and Nothingness" "For others do I wait ... for higher ones, stronger ones, more triumphant ones, merrier ones, for such as are built squarely in body and soul: laughing lions must come." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Environment In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. -- H. L. Mencken "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness is the true method." (Herman Melville, Moby Dick) Hell is other people. - Jean-Paul Sartre Environment Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. -- Anonymous Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner. -- Lord Byron Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere. -- Anonymous "The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding." (Albert Camus) "Every Man and every Woman is a Star." (Aleister Crowley) Environment There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring. They are the very simplest things and, because it takes a man's life Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. -- Ralph Mars The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it. -- Anonymous Environment "Learn from the mistakes of others--you can never live long enough to make them all yourself." (John Luther) A White House well filled, a little peanut field well tilled, and a wife who will go to the Bronx are great riches. -- Poor Jimmy's Almanac By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare. -- Joan Collins Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. -- John Adams Environment "When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools." (William Shakespeare) To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance - Oscar Wilde Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. -- Anon. Environment He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. - H. H. Munro (Saki) There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent. -- Michel de Montaigne "If you want a thing done well, do it yourself." (Napoleon Bonaparte) Correction: Instead of being arrested, as we stated, for kicking his wife down a flight of stairs and hurling a lighted kerosene lamp after her, the Rev. James P. Wellman died unmarried four years ago "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." (Thomas Jefferson) Environment Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ign The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy and stupid from The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) Environment Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. -- Honore de Balzac Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it. - George Bernard Shaw "A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you." (Francois Sagan) Environment A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. - Lao-Tzu 'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. -- ee cummings The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. -- Anonymous Environment If a man is talking in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong? -- Jenny Weber Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation. -- Francis Bacon If we don't change the direction we are going, We are likely to end up where we are heading. -- Chinese saying "The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn." (Agatha Christie) Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on! -- Rory Bremner Environment Live truth instead of professing it. -- Elbert Hubbard Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead. -- Euripides He who hesitates is a damned fool. - Mae West Environment When you're away, I'm restless, lonely Wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you are here. -- Samuel Hoffenstein Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. -- Oscar Wilde Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true. -- Anon. The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. -- Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? -- Abraham Lincoln Environment Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. -- Michael Leunig Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. -- Vince Lombardi "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of the dream." (Eleanor Roosevelt) Environment The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. -- Oscar Wilde If you are going through hell, keep going. - Sir Winston Churchill Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is most important that you do it. -- Gandhi I went into a McDonald's yesterday and said, "I'd like some fries." The girl at the counter said, "Would you like some fries with that?" -- Jay Leno First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi Environment In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. -- H. L. Mencken What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream? Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists? -- Woody Allen Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Environment "I offer images; I conjure memories of freedom that can still be reached ... But, we can only open the doors. We can't drag people through. I can't free them unless they want to be free--more than any Thomas Jefferson--still surv... -- John Adams, dying words Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. "In married life three is company and two is none." (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. - George Eliot Environment Count your age with friends but not with years. -- Anonymous "In every gathering of thirteen, expect one guest will turn out to be a Judas." (Aleister Crowley) There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -- Albert Einstein Environment "Yes, I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can find his way by moonlight, and see the dawn before the rest of the world." (Oscar Wilde) If you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry S. Truman If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be. -- Richard Mitchell, from A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. - Lao-Tzu You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince. -- American Proverb Environment If it were weren't for pickpockets, I'd have no sex life at all. -- Rodney Dangerfield I criticize by creation - not by finding fault. - Cicero An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. -- Robert A. Humphrey Environment "He who speaks of what he knows not only works hard to portray his ignorance." (Joseph Muchemi) Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. -- Theodore Roosevelt "All grown-ups were once children, though few of them remember it." (Antoine de Saint Exupéry) The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. -- Helen Hayes Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give. -- Cass Daley Environment Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them. - Samuel Palmer He who receives an idea from me receives instruction for himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine receives light without darkening me. -- Thomas Jefferson Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions. -- Woody Allen Environment
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