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I'd be wary of being so cynical. History intertwines with myriad forms of protest; some have been ineffectual, some have been incredibly effectual. Recent cataclysmic political changes in Ukraine...Georgia...Kyrgyzstan...have been catalysed by masses of people from all walks of life storming the str...

And they read more books per year per person on average than any other nation worldwide!


Abundant geothermal energy AND Halldor Laxness, what more could you want from a country??!!

I first heard about it from my boyfriend. Until then, it was something I'd never even really thought about, so intertwined was I with the daily minutiae of life. Seriously, there is nothing more convincing than having somebody you trust and who you know is intelligent and rational telling you about ...

The Ethical Consumerism post on the site a couple of days ago had this to say regarding environmentally-friendly washing machines: Hoover HV16, priced mid-range, was marked class A for energy efficiency and had the lowest water consumption rate of all surveyed models. The all-round best environmenta...

This is all assuming that the terrorists were even that concerned about the Olympic outcome. The timing of the attack has probably got a lot more to do with it coinciding with the final day of the G8 summit. Plus the fact that terrorists these days seem keen for 'catchy' and intriguing numerological...

I agree with Peaky - there is so much about the Peak Oil issue that evades certainty, but at least there are some factors that are probably very likely, and which can be prepared for or mitigated to some extent. Governments are unpredictable at the best of times, so even if they were going to oblite...

I think if you submit to negativity, you may as well crawl up into a little ball and never think about any of this ever again. History is on our side and shows that there have always been protests from the minority and these have sometimes been triumphant. Countless revolutions, the evolution of tra...