In today’s edition of Squirrel News we look at a new government agency tackling disinformation in Sweden, an endangered Mexican fish that has been saved from extinction, and a Brazilian company protecting its female employees from domestic violence
Efforts to save near-extinct Mexican tequila fish successful
The tiny tequila splitfin disappeared from the wild in 2003, but thanks to a joint effort between a British zoo and a university in Mexico there are now more than 10.000 individuals including 1500 in the wild.
Brazilian retailer’s hotline for employees saves them from abusive relationships
The largest Brazilian retailer set up the “Women’s Channel” hotline in 2017 and has sinced helped to extract nearly 700 female employees from abusive relationships.
Milan’s “Hubs” prevent food waste and help families in need
The city enacted a food waste policy in 2015 including the Hubs – supermarkets stocked with local surplus food and donations that poor families can buy with a prepaid card.
Climate fund to help indigenous people protect world’s forests
The fund aims to connect donors with forest groups focused on curbing climate change and conserving biodiversity, and to provide the groups with technical and organisational support.
‘Use the sniff test’: UK supermarket chain to scrap ‘use-by’ dates from milk packaging
Morrisons supermarket hopes to stop hundreds of millions of pints being wasted as charities call for other retailers to remove date labels from their products.
Cheap solar homes help lift people out of poverty in India and Philippines
An award-winning model of “plug-and-play” modular houses aims to empower and facilitate growth opportunities for people without homes in Southeast Asia.
