Democratic salaries, US cities embrace guaranteed income, consumers turned into conservationists
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In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about a company culture where colleagues collectively decide on salaries, a guaranteed income scheme for low income workers in Stockton, and a water conservation fund preserving the ecosystem and increasing water supply as well as income in Ecuador.
Guaranteed income scheme improves lives of low-income workers in US cities
Low-income workers in Stockton receive an additional $500 US-Dollars monthly at random. The programme which particularly benefits workers in the food system is taken up by further cities throughout the USA.
Consumers are being turned into conservationists by water fund in Ecuador
FORAGUA’s initiatives increase the water supply, restore and conserve land, whilst offering alternative sources of income in Ecuadorian municipalities.
Consuming insects could be the future of the world’s nutrition
The eating of insects, also known as entomophagy, is already common among millions worldwide, and could turn into the future’s sustainable source of proteins.
Island activist wins court judgement on climate action against German government
As a result of Sophie Backsen’s lawsuit to protect her family’s 300-year-old farm in Pellworm, the government now has to update its law in order to reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
The non-profit Fragments of Hope used micro fragmentation to restore southern Belizes coral reefs in 2006 after a hurricane. 14 years later the results outperform common restoration methods.
