Today in Squirrel News, a US-accredited university offers online college education and degrees to the world tuition-free, an Atlanta nonprofit offers grants that pay a full year’s rent to income-qualified tenants, and specially trained puppies from Wales are tracking poachers in Africa to save wildlife.
Heidi Gulick
Great drop in US gun violence, ‘bike buses’ catching on, hiking with ATV wheelchairs
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, US cities, both red and blue, have seen an unprecedented drop in gun violence; parents and schoolkids form an increasingly popular bike bus and tell us how it’s done; and a non-profit tour group makes hiking in NY’s Catskills accessible to wheelchair users.
Eye implants help blind patients read again, gourmet food for €1, feeding peanuts to babies big success
In Squirrel News today, a tiny eye implant helps patients with advanced macular degeneration read again, ‘restaurants solidaire’ in Marseille are making gourmet food accessible to those on a tight budget, and a wide-reaching study shows the change in recommendations for avoiding peanut allergies has paid off.
Global feelings of safety at record high, Spain declares six marine protected areas, Poland to ban fur farming
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, people all over the world are feeling safer walking alone at night, Spain designates some of its most biodiverse waters as protected marine areas, and Poland will move from being the world’s second biggest fur producer to banning fur farming entirely by 2033.
Student develops app to treat childhood cancer, residents build bike lane, mountain gorillas make a comeback
In today’s Squirrel News, a university student in California designs an app that shortens preparation for cancer treatments, Atlanta neighbourhood residents get together and build a pop-up bike lane for school kids, and endangered gorillas in Uganda are coming back thanks to the tourist economy.
High Seas Treaty ratified, Bolivia bans child marriage, green bus stops
In this edition of Squirrel News, the High Seas Treaty to protect 30% of international waters by 2030 will be ratified now that 60 nations have signed on, Bolivia ends underage marriage by eliminating exceptions, and green-roofed bus stops to beat city heat have made their way to the US.
Nepal’s Discord revolution, world’s longest train tunnel, table tennis against Parkinson’s
In today’s Squirrel News, Gen Z protestors in Nepal organise a Discord poll as an ‘egalitarian’ way to find a temporary head of government, the Brenner Tunnel breaks ground with the goal of improving transit connections between major cities across Europe, and people living with Parkinson’s benefit from table tennis.
Preventing suicides through pesticide bans, world’s tallest flying bird makes comeback, local disaster resilience
Photo: Ilham Wicaksono / Unsplash (CC0) In today’s edition, a […]
Second-largest nature reserve in the Americas, energy storage train, gardening in São Paolo’s favelas
Today in Squirrel News, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala plan a 14 million-acre nature reserve, a train in Colorado stores renewable energy, and a Brazilian favela becomes an award-winning sustainable community.
Cash transfers for teenagers, green energy passes “positive tipping point”, London’s “Carbon Garden”
In Squirrel News today, a New Orleans basic income study targeting teens sees positive results, UN reports show huge growth in green energy and predict prices will continue to fall, and Kew Gardens in London opens a permanent installation to teach about climate change.
Nations can sue nations for climate harm, Pakistan’s breast cancer app, free cash for homeless people
Photo: Éric Deschaintre / Unsplash (CC0) In today’s edition of […]
Homicide rates hit record lows in 69 US cities, open-source plastic recycling, volunteer-run village stores
In Squirrel News today, supporting residents and prioritising violence prevention is bringing murder rates down in US cities, a network of local plastics-recycling initiatives are linking and using open-source technology, and residents of small French villages are making life better with volunteer-run shops.
