- 60% of its water for industry and agriculture comes from glaciers – add that to the list of things I did not know about Iran.
- My mum sent me the extraordinary story of Jeane and Paul Briggs, who have adopted 28 children over the last 30 years.
- For those with an interest in theology, the Jubilee Centre’s latest Cambridge Paper is called The Bible and Biodiversity. It’s by Dave Bookless, who was a big inspiration to me in starting this blog in the first place.
- WordPress have delivered their annual stats round-up on the blog. I won’t bore you with them, but I will share the fact that there were blog readers from 216 different countries last year.
To the one mystery reader in Greenland, and everyone else, happy new year for 2015!
The Earthbound Report 
I didn’t even know there were 216 countries in the world. Last time I counted I think it was 198! Well done, MWH!
Yes, I reckon that’s geographical locations rather than political territories. I don’t think we can count on the WordPress stats engine to work out the nuances of sovereignty.