Flower-powered Ganges cleanup, vaccinating Manchester’s homeless, world’s first vegan hospital
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In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re looking at a large-scale project to rid the river Ganges of damaging pesticides, Manchester’s innovative approach to protecting homeless communities during the pandemic, and the world’s first vegan hospital in Beirut.
An Indian eco-entrepreneur is cleaning up the Ganges by recycling flowers
With many of the 8,000,000 tonnes of flowers thrown into the river cultivated using toxic pesticides, Phool.co aims to recycle and reuse this organic material.
Source: Thomson Reuters News Foundation
How Manchester is reaching the homeless with Covid vaccinations
A mobile doctor’s office is dedicated to helping one of the most vulnerable and hard to reach groups.
Source: The Guardian
The world’s first vegan hospital has opened in Lebanon
Hayek Hospital in Beirut has announced a plant-based menu for patients, explaining that many foods derived from animals could have contributed to their health problems.
Source: The Planetary Press
A Brazilian chef is tackling food insecurity through community kitchen programmes
David Hertz’s Gastromotiva initiative offers vocational kitchen training, food education, and nutrition advice to low-income families – with the scheme now active in 38 countries.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home
‘Skybrators’ generate clean energy without environmental impact of large wind farms, say green pioneers.
Source: The Guardian
Singapore is using floating solar panels to generate more renewable energy
The ambitious plans involve creating the largest solar farm in Southeast Asia, set to be the size of 45 football pitches hosting over 122,000 solar panels.
Source: Euronews
Miami to plant 5,000 new trees in attempt to increase plant biodiversity
With approximately 57% of the tree population comprised of the city’s iconic palms, the tree-planting project aims to reduce this whilst increasing shade coverage and carbon absorption.
Source: Treehugger
Indonesian eco-warrior reforests drought-prone region to create safe water supply
69-year-old Sadmin began replanting the dry mountainous region 24 years ago, with the new canopy encouraging rains to return and travel to neighbouring villages through new water pipelines.
Source: Thomson Reuters News Foundation
Virgina has banned cosmetic testing on animals
From 1st January 2022, the state will no longer permit animal testing or the sale of any cosmetics tested on animals.
Source: Inhabitat
Parkour climate activists switch off Paris shop signs to fight light pollution
A group of parkour climate activists have begun climbing buildings to turn off the signs as part of the Lights Off movement, which seeks to take a stand against light pollution.
Source: The Guardian
Punjabi women are preserving the ancient art of Phulkari by teaching young people
Revitalising the centuries-old craft of flower embroidery is helping to save the tradition, with many women now running financially viable businesses based on the practice.