Beat The Heat With Culture Not Contraptions
There’s a unique solution that might help Europe survive deadly heatwaves: siestas. Morgan Meaker reports for Wired, “Workers across Europe have been calling for the working day to be restructured to suit a warming world. These calls are not just emerging out of southern Europe but also from traditionally cooler countries: A construction union in Germany is campaigning for longer lunch breaks so workers can avoid the hottest part of the day....