Let glaciers and old women be our future inspiration, insisting that government fulfils its legal, moral, and political duties.
" It’s our basic human right."Depressingly, one country may soon have an old, toxic volcano for a president, again. Happily, another may soon have an ancient glacier for president because, in Iceland, a move is afoot to get the 700 000-year-old Snæfellsjökull glacier on the ballot paper.
On a clear day, Snæfellsjökull can be seen from Reykjavik, so half of the country is watching it slowly melt away. The campaign putscentre stage in the June election, right where it should be. If the glacier gets elected, campaigners intend sending a bottle of glacial meltwater whenever the president is called to international duty. I love this.
So much for waving placards, signing petitions, and feelings defeated. Let glaciers and old women be our future inspiration, insisting that
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