In today’s edition of Squirrel News, ‘bike libraries’ increase access to bikes throughout the US, cutting-edge cellular therapies aim to ease the shortage of donor organs, and local Asian innovators push back against online hate.
Bike Libraries’ successfully increase access to bikes throughout America
The program sees libraries and campuses including bikes in their catalogs for people to borrow, helping more people to access an alternative mode of transport.
Source: Next City
Cellular therapies could solve US organ shortages
In the US, the demand for transplantable organs drastically outstrips supply. To address this shortage, cutting-edge cellular therapies could play a pivotal role.
Source: Engadget
Local Asian innovators push back against online hate in the absence of tech giants
Local efforts to stem online horrors are underway by Asian communities that criticized platforms like Facebook and Twitter for not doing enough to regulate online disinformation and hate in their languages.
Source: Context
Accessible transport for those without access to smartphones
In places where many citizens may not have a smartphone or know how to use them for transport alerts, these authorities are trying solutions like solar-powered e-paper signs.
Source: Next City
A growing garden community has lessons to share
These vacant lots in Chicago have been transforming into a community garden for 12 years, two more than when these efforts usually fail.
Source: Yes Magazine
How can museums become greener?
Museums may be beautiful places, but they are also notoriously wasteful. Some new approaches are bringing about more sustainable ways to expose artifacts.
Source: Reasons To Be Cheerful
An arts education program teaching a community more than artistic skills
For this effort, the piece of art at the end is not the aim. Instead, the focus is on the process and relationships made by the artists along the way.
Source: Yes Magazine
This small Indonesian island looks at the bigger climate change picture
Predicted to be fully submerged by 2050, Pari Island’s residents aren’t looking to just sink away without a fight.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Meet the woman using apps and tech to unite Iran for change
Firuzeh Mahmoudi’s effort to help Iran started as a global day of activism to raise awareness for what had happened in her country. She then created United for Iran, an independent nonprofit focused on civil liberties, that has since developed multiple apps to help Iranians.
Source: Good Good Good
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