When thinking about global development, toilets are not the first thing that comes to mind. But facilitating access to toilets for everyone has surprising benefits for health, nutrition, safety, education and the economy. In this episode, Sarika Saluja, General Manager of the World Toilet Organisation, explains why universal access to toilets is more important than we’d think, why even governments are not sufficiently aware of that and how the situation has been improving over the last years.
21 stories about new ideas, solutions and progress
From a ‘world changing’ malaria vaccine to using boxing lessons to fight anorexia, here’s our recap of the best and most exciting stories from April 2023.
Temperate rainforests to be restored across British Isles, algorithms improve mental health care
In this edition of Squirrel News, the British Isles’ temperate rainforests are being restored, a record number of dam removal leads to healthier rivers in Europe, and Colombia uses algorithms to screen at-risk people.
Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty, free e-cigarettes for British smokers, ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we bring you stories about major crime sentencing reforms in Malaysia, a free e-cigarette programme launching in England and Ghana approving a “world changer” malaria vaccine.
Easter greetings from Squirrel News
We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in our survey a few weeks ago and present you with a first sneak peek of the results.
#32: The benefits of the four-day work week
A popular saying goes: “nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come,” and the four-day work week (without any salary cuts) seems to be exactly such an idea. More and more companies around the globe are introducing it. In the UK, the world’s largest trial so far has just ended with positive outcomes regarding health, productivity, revenues, job satisfaction and more. In this episode, Dale Whelehan, a behavioural scientist and the new CEO of the NGO 4 Day Week Global, tells us why he wasn’t surprised about the results and how the positive outcomes are interconnected.