Black in Fashion Council, Afghanistan’s green stimulus, Mãori voices centred on topic of colonisation
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On today’s issue we cover a wide-ranging selection of topics, including the Black in Fashion Council that seeks to stamp out racism within the industry, Afghanistan’s double-pronged “green stimulus” which tackles joblessness following COVID-19 and boosts the water supply, and how Taika Waititi’s production company is centring Mãori voices in their new projects on colonisation.
Fashion industry’s racism meets its match with the Black in Fashion Council
Over 400 models, executives and editors support the initiative, which seeks to hold brands, media outlets and corporations accountable for racism across all levels.
Mãori writers employed to produce projects about colonisation
Taika Waititi’s production company has hired writers in order to place indigenous voices at the centre to create two feature films and a TV series on colonisation.
Professional footballer brings attention to plight of migrant fruit-pickers in Spain
Keita Balde provided 80 seasonal workers with food and hotel rooms, and raised awareness about the decade long struggles of Black migrant farmworkers forced to sleep rough.
Supermarket in New Zealand becomes the first to use ‘period’ to market menstrual products
Shoppers are usually met with words like “sanitary” or “feminine hygiene”, and the decision to use “period” hopes to normalise language around a part of every day life.
New record for clean energy in England achieved by surge in wind power
The first quarter of 2020 saw a new record for renewable energy in the UK, accounting for 47% of Britain’s electricity, up from 39% for the same period last year.
Worldwide blood donation surge aided by Facebook’s Blood Donations feature, as more countries sign up
COVID-19 has prevented people from donating blood, exacerbating the global blood shortage, so tech groups are collaborating with nonprofits to tackle the issue.
U.S. companies boycott Facebook advertising to push them to stop hate speech
Companies including Ben & Jerries and Patagonia have joined the campaign, calling out Facebook for doing too little to bring hate speech to an end on its platforms.
Protective plastic sheet allows residents of Spanish nursing home to hug family members
Nursing homes in Spain locked out visitors in order to curb COVID-19 outbreaks. This plastic film sheet permits residents to safely hug their relatives again.
