The #EdenProject today switches on its 5km deep #geothermal heat source to help power its climate control in the biomes (reducing their #energy bills by around 40%).
While there're issues of network connectivity (long delays currently) & expense (drilling these shafts is not cheap), the solution that has worked in #Iceland so well, may offer some benefit in our #renewableenergy mix....
so lets home we don't wait another 37 years for the next major geothermal project!
"Iceland issued new legislation banning “conversation therapy.” The legislation, passed late last week, would ban any attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
The new legislation, proposed by Viðreisnar parliamentary party chair and Reform Party MP Hanna Katrín Friðriksson, punishes anyone making an adult undergo conversion therapy with up to three years in prison—a sentence which increases to a five year maximum if the practice is applied to a child. The law also includes anyone administering conversion therapy. Those administering the practice could face up to two years in prison if found guilty.
Iceland’s Parliament, the Althingi, passed the trans-inclusive ban unanimously with 53 votes in favor, no votes against and 3 abstentions."
Spent my birthday weekend in Þórsmörk, the forest of Thor. I am still sorting through the pictures, but here is one of my favourites from the first evening!
Especially when you’re travelling you sadly can’t choose the weather. So for #travelthursday here’s a photo from my trip to Iceland in June 2019 where I mostly had a cloudy sky but luckily only little rain.
This is part of the gap between the continental plates of Europe and North America. They are moving apart by about 2 cm every year, changing the area all the time.
PSA that over the last week or so @villewilson has been trickling out some spectacular photos of #Iceland and if you like that kind of a thing you might want to consider a follow.
“The British go to the pub, the French go to the cafés — in our culture, you meet in the swimming pool,” says Icelandic filmmaker Jón Karl Helgason, whose latest film, "Sundlaugasögur" (“Swimming Pool Stories”) explores why this is the case. Here's a look at Iceland's unique "swim literacy," and what the rest of the world could learn from it.
Stone Carved With Viking Ship May Be Oldest Picture Ever Found in Iceland (www.icelandreview.com)
Archaeologists in Iceland have found a sandstone carved with a Viking ship that may be the oldest picture ever found in the country.
Estonia, together with Iceland, will hand over a field hospital to Ukraine. Another one will come from Spain (mil.in.ua)
Iceland passes historic conversion therapy ban and yes, it’s trans-inclusive (www.thepinknews.com)
Iceland has passed a law banning conversion therapy on the basis of sexuality, gender expression and gender identity.