Vilnius becomes giant open-air cafe, Chile’s fishing net recycling mission, helping women into work in Pakistan
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In this issue of Squirrel News, Lithuanian authorities grant free access to public spaces so bars and restaurants can reopen whilst maintaining social distancing rules, a startup in Chile is set to recycle 100% of commercial fishing waste in Chile, and in Pakistan initatives are working to give women technological tools and skills to enter the world of work.
In order to support bars end restaurants, the authorities in Vilnius have granted free access to public spaces in order to begin a transition to a socially-distanced normality.
Startup set to recycle all of Chile’s fishing net waste, processing 800 tonnes per year
Converting ocean plastic waste into hats for Patagonia, Trek bike parts, and even Jenga sets, Bureo has now signed an agreement with Chile’s National Commercia Fishing Industry Association.
Women-led tech initiatives across Pakistan work to address workforce gender imbalance
As women represent only 14% of the IT industry, dozens of bootcamps and organiations are providing women with the skills and confidence to break into the male dominated world of work.
The ‘gangsta gardener’ transforming LA into a market garden, one abandoned lot at a time
Ron Finley is sick of the “food prison” that is Los Angeles, and since 2010 he has been changing laws and digging up land to create dozens of community gardens across the city.
Ambitious project sets out plan to DNA barcode the 1 million+ species in Costa Rica
In a mission to become the first bioliterate tropical country, the BioAfra conservation project already has government approval and will create the most comprehensive multicellular database in existence.
Netflix n’ plant-trees: how to stream movies and let your conscience really chill
Plantyflix is a subscription service that calculates the carbon emissions produced by your streaming habit, and in turn charges you the costs to offset your Netflix carbon footprint.
The Kenyan nutritionist that has provided over 1 million meals for schoolkids to date
The non-profit organisation uses a ‘Tap2Eat’ wristband that employs an algorithm to track the vulnerability of the schoolchildren and their families, so they know when to provide extra resources.
Success for climate campaigning as Oxford University cuts ties with fossil fuels industry
As a result of campaigning and lobbying from the Oxford Justice Climate Campaign, the university will also now require evidence from fund managers of net zero carbon emission business plans.
