Advertisement from tour guides damaging Iceland
The travel industry in Iceland has a great responsibility when it comes to protecting the fragile nature of the volcanic island. Regrettably they don’...
Roads made from recycled plastic may be the thing to come in Iceland (VIDEO)
The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration has funded preliminary research into roads made from recycled plastic waist instead of conventional asph...
Sami people of Norway get involved in controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline
The Sami people of Norway have, by way of their parliament in Norway, persuaded the country’s second largest pension fund KLP to withdraw its money fr...
Finger rafting on lake Thingvallavatn
Thingvellir National Park posted images to their Facebook wall today of strange formations in the ice covering Lake Thingvallavatn, with the following...
Food waste in Reykjavik
The city of Reykjavik has set aim to reduce food waste in the next few years. The city aims to raise awareness about the cause and effect of food wast...
Glaciers in have retreated and thinned steadily since 1995 – Icelandic glaciers weighed from space
Downwasting of Icelandic glaciers causes perturbations in the Earth’s gravity field near Iceland according to a report by the Icelandic Meteorol...
Furs for the homeless in Iceland, PETA donation of fur spray-painted pink to avoid reselling
PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) recently donated two hundred 2nd hand fur coats to a charity known as The Family Aid of Iceland to be d...
New silicon factory in Helguvik spewing smoke over neighboring town
The Environment Agency of Iceland has received numerous points and complaints about both smoke and burning smell from the Silicon metal factory in Hel...