In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we cover the historic move by Minneapolis city council to replace the police with a different model, Berlin’s move to pass an anti-discrimination law to address Germany’s systematic racism, and how farmers in West Ireland are working to encourage butterflies and bees to flourish on their land.
Statue of slave trader pulled down in Bristol in Black Lives Matter protest
The statue of Edward Colston, that was pulled down and thrown into the port, has created a dialogue that makes people think about the history of their city.
Crops sprayed with ‘barcode spores’ to help track food poisoning
The WHO estimated 1 in 10 people get food poisoning and 400,000 die from it each year, and this move would trace the cause of it a lot faster, saving lives.
Ireland’s landscape has been threatened by carbon emissions and water pollution, which farmers are seeing to counteract by encouraging butterflies and bees.
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The Guardian
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Progress at UN Ocean conference, world’s largest sand battery, beavers return to Portugal
Colombia cuts deforestation by 33%, US violent crime drops, ocean-friendly fast-breakdown plastic
World’s largest marine protected area, England to decriminalise rough sleeping, beavers against wildfires