In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about a free listening service using conversation to bolster human connection, Canada’s initiative to ensure homes become more energy efficient, and how kelp farms might be the answer to the search for carbon-friendly junk food.
Canada is offering over 1,000,000 free blower door tests to improve insulation in homes
The process helps residents locate areas where hot air might be escaping, before providing a grant of up to $5,000 to help make energy efficient improvements.
Kelp burgers are gaining traction as an eco-friendly fast food
As kelp farms act as enormous carbon sinks, culinary seaweed company Akua is searching for ways to get the intriguing substance onto more menus and stands as an alternative response to the increasing interest in lab foods.
This app allows consumers to tip the workers who make our clothes
In Tip Me, each tip is collected in a digital pool that corresponds to the respective production site, and is finally split fairly between the workers who created the product.
A.A. goes online to help recovering addicts throughout the pandemic
Initially touted as a temporary measure to ensure access to healthcare during lockdown, participants and providers argue that virtual sessions have clear advantages and will become a permanent part of their recovery journey.
The British countryside remains a distinctly white and often intimidating place for BAME communities. Three outdoor enthusiasts are trying to change this.
Source: The Guardian
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Mexico’s guerrilla fish refuges, doctors rewrite DNA of infant with genetic disorder, helping Chile’s stolen children
Florida’s evolution to solar superpower, free rent for companionship, the newspaper run by homeless people
Indigenous self-government in Colombia, world’s largest electric ship, Malaysia’s first monkey bridge
