Over two million hungry people in 41 countries across India and Pakistan have now received food from a band of volunteers, mostly students and other young people, called the Robin Hood Army. The Robins, who started work in 2014, use surplus food from restaurants and religious celebrations to feed people who are less fortunate. Their work began in India, which is home to a quarter of all undernourished people worldwide, and promotes hunger as a common enemy to unite volunteers in India and Pakistan.
Fossil fuels are a risky business, not only for the state of the planet but also as a long-term investment, due to the detrimental threats posed by climate change. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is one of the latest entities to wake up to this – ditching $950 million of investments in dirty energy companies such as Statoil, Chevron and New Zealand Oil & Gas. Some 749 institutions around the world have now moved fossil-fuel investments worth over $4.85 trillion, thanks to a massive divestment campaign by Fossil Free.
