In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re looking at a Ugandan village collectively run like a holistic social business, elderly British LGBT+ people living in a harmonious retirement home, and women supporting women to become illustrators and animators in Afghanistan.
Inmates eat organic food, reduce food waste and cultivate crops in US prison
The new scheme not only provides prisoners with organic foods of nutritional value, but teaches beekeeping alongside cultivating and harvesting crops grown on prison grounds.
Indian community fosters mangrove forest to prevent river erosion
Environmentalist Bijay Kumar Kabi initiated a local community-based approach to restore 25 acres of mangrove forest in Odisha, India, aiming to revitalise both habitat and wildlife.
Mobile hospital vaccinates and treats patients across Pyrenean borders
The cross-border travelling hospital can be built to be fully functional within 40 minutes, targeting isolated populations to provide access to healthcare.
Indian roads to be built with recycled plastic waste
The country grappelling with 3.3 million tonnes of plastic waste per year aims to reduce incineration emissions by recycling the material into layers for the country’s roads.
LitterCam uses AI to identify and penalise polluting motorists in UK
The technology builds on existing CCTV, and can identify rubbish being thrown out of vehicles and match the owner to the license plate – down to a single cigarette butt.
Collaboration hub connects small-scale fishermen to share sustainable insights
The website initiated by the Environmental Defense Fund advises fishermen on new technology and advocacy groups whilst providing a platform to share experiences to foster sustainable fishing.
Fishploration educates students on responsible consumption in India’s markets
Divya Karnad offers tours to India’s markets, aiming to educate consumers on the seasonal and sustainable buying of fish whilst connecting buyers and fishermen.
