Today in Squirrel News, architects and engineers have designed a modular timber tower that can adapt to the needs of its inhabitants, lotteries in several countries encourage people to change their behaviour for the better, and farmers in arid Niger have grown 200 million trees.
Architects present modular timber high-rise for “any city in the world”
An international group of architects and engineers has designed a skyscraper made largely of wood that will be able to adapt to the needs of its occupants
Most lotteries are about winning money, but some are also being used to nudge people to change their behaviour for the better. Some encourage them to pick up litter or take live-saving medicine, others even help governments to detect tax-fraud.
Scientists working in the Amazon Basin have contributed more than 57,000 camera trap images for a new inernational study. More than 120,000 images taken have been made public, forming the most extensive photo database to date of the Amazon’s biodiversity.
Despite not being able to complete school, this man built a school for thousands of children
With a focus on empowering girls through education, Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal has been set up to provide schooling to thousands of children in India.
How farmers in Earth’s least developed country grew 200 million trees
Arid Niger is the world’s least developed country. Now farmers who previously allowed cut trees to regrow in their fields have seen crop yields increase.
