In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re taking a look at a nonprofit which empowers children to make a difference, the world’s largest repository for tropical crops, and the woman behind India’s first investment bank funding electric vehicles.
Tiny Heroes: The foundation training children to make a difference
An Ontario-based foundation is engaging thousands of kids around the globe to understand the conservation of water and helps them grow into climate responsable citizens.
World’s biggest tropical crop bank opens in Colombia
The Future Seeds facility will not only safeguard the biodiversity of important tropical crops, but is also expected to serve as a living laboratory for some of the most advanced technologies in agricultural research.
The woman behind India’s first investment bank funding electric vehicles
Investment banker Vasudha Madhavan is the founder of Ostara Advisors, India’s ‘first’ investment bank that focuses solely on the electric mobility and sustainability sector.
With the majority of Portugal facing some form of drought this year, farmers and the people have put effort into finding ways to cope with the anomalous conditions.
How forests can teach us the importance of connection
The way trees, animals and fungi work together “captures an important teaching for building alliances, communal strength, diversity and roles each member has in the web of the whole community”.
