Bahamas: Beautiful Islands and a Tax Haven
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007I am always surprised when people find out for the first time that the Bahamas is a tax haven. Obviously most of these people have never been to the Bahamas. Having been there many times I noticed that every time I went their were more yachts and more mansions. There is […]
Colonialism is not Dead
Sunday, May 27th, 2007It never ceases to surprise me what a government will do to get what it wants. In the 1960s and 1970s families were forced to leave the Chagos Islands which had recently been exiled by the United Kingdom so that the American Government could build a large military base there. Finally, after […]
Aloha Canada!
Monday, April 16th, 2007I am a bit of a history buff so when I came across this story how Canada just missed out on an attempt to Annex a Hawaiian Island in the 1800s I was enthralled. Even though I am American I found this story complicated and fascinating. So give it a read!
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Gay/Lesbian Island Kingdom Declared
Sunday, April 8th, 2007I just read this great article (its a little old though) about the enterprising spirit of gays and lesbians in light of the discriminatory practices of the Australian government. The group formed an independent Gay Kingdom separate from Australia on Cato Island off of Queensland in the Coral Sea. As an older well […]
Judge Tosses Island Lawsuit
Wednesday, April 4th, 2007I guess we can call it Environmentalist zero, developers one. Although this is local news I thought many of you would be interested in reading how a grassroots organization is trying to protect an island for public use after it was sold to a man who is interested on keeping who new private island […]
Small Island Nations Making Big Conservation Commitments
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007I always enjoy reading articles about small groups of people making big changes for the better. The following article is a great story about the commitment small island nations are making to protecting their already limited biodiversity. Reading stories like this make us realize that we can be doing a lot more to protect […]
Worlds Smallest “Country” for Sale
Sunday, January 14th, 2007I first talked about Sealand a couple of months ago (read story here) when a Swedish group was interested in buying the island. Several of you have e-mailed me and asked me for more info about Sealand. I found this good article in the Sydney Morning Herald that does a good job of […]
Pirates to buy Sealand?
Friday, January 12th, 2007There are two things in the world that I don’t understand, technology and the autonomous nation of Sealand. Apparently file sharing website “The Pirate Bay” is interested in purchasing Sealand a former British Naval Platform in the North Sea turned micronation in order to run its business without governments getting in the […]
India and Mauritius seek Island Deal
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006All to often in the media we read about countries fighting over islands. Apparently Mauritius is seeking a partnership with India to develop the Agalega Islands. How the deal would work is that Indian companies would develop hotels and resorts on the islands which belong to Mauritius. It sounds to me […]
Pitcairn: The Turbulent Island
Monday, November 27th, 2006Anyone who is interested in islands, or geography, psychological, sociology, biology or history for that matter has probably, at least in passing heard of Pitcairn Island. The Independent recently came out with this in depth article about Pitcairn and its troubled past and present. I have attached the whole article, its quite long […]
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