In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we have homeless students being supported to achieve degrees, guaranteed income initiatives becoming state-level policies, and the EU agreeing to ban imports related to deforestation.
This school district is supporting students without homes to graduate
After years of struggle that many homeless students face, a degree can be daunting – if not impossible – to achieve. This educational district is changing that.
EU to stamp out imported deforestation-connected goods
The EU has agreed on a law that bans the import of goods connected to deforestation, such as coffee, beef, soy. It will require companies to show their supply chains are not contributing to the destruction of forests.
Two Thai coconut businesses successfully achieve cruelty-free stamp
In an effort to curb the animal cruelty that many Thai coconut farms perpetuate, the government has begun awarding cruelty-free status to those that take action to prevent it.
Mini-forests’ sprouting up across UK in new movement
Another novel tactic to tackling the climate crisis is taking root in the UK – in the form of ‘mini-forests’ that see people planting their own plot of trees.