Posts Tagged ‘Cyprus’
Yale Publishes the 2008 Environmental Performance Index
Thursday, January 24, 2008 13:37 No CommentsYale published a list with counties’ ranking according their EPI ( Environmental Performance index) for 2008.
The EPI is calculated with 25 criteria that belong in 6 categories such as the atmospheric pollution, climate change, environmental health etc. So, depending on how eco-friendly a country is, depends how many point are awarded.
At the top of the [...]
Water reserves in Cyprus are running low
Sunday, January 20, 2008 16:00 No CommentsToday I found out that Cyprus is facing a major water shortage issue. According to the data there is only enough water on the island for two more months! Water desalination and import from other countries is a solution that the government is now thinking.
The nightmare of not having enough water is starting to become [...]
How pretty is your country’s flag?
Thursday, January 3, 2008 23:38 No Comments
Josh Parsons a lecturer in the university of Otago, New Zealand. A while ago while watching some slags he notices that some are nice, colorful and elegant while some others where boring and ugly.
So he decided to grade and classify the worlds flags. As an example have a look at the Greek flag above, Mr [...]