Lessons from Iceland (land of ice and fire)
Iceland is possibly the greenest country on earth. A peaceful place, it has no army, Air Force or navy. It supplies all households with green energy and hot water, and has hardly any air pollution or agriculture run-off.
It’s true that being set on tectonic plates means it’s easier to get geothermal energy. But Iceland aims to be completely free from fossil fuels by 2050.
Iceland also has few chain stores, and there are no McDonalds or Starbucks branches, and no casinos (so no gambling issues).
Instead, people sit around and chat, go for walks to view Arctic foxes and Icelandic horses, or write (a tenth of the population has written a book!)
Until the mid 1980s, TV was banned on Thursday (and the whole of July) as the government wished to encourage people to do something else!
