The Climate Change Culprit: Could it be you?
I think it is about time to head back to the major subject in hand; that one topic which encompasses and feeds off all of the rest; climate change. For those of us who struggle to stick to our anti-climate change resolutions (it saddens me to say that I quite regularly fall into this category) and those of us who just can't seem to be able to take that one extra step towards sustainability (be it eating less meat & dairy, going zero-waste or switching to commuting by bike) this article unveils some interesting finds about human psychology and the power of society. A study funded by the European Union's Research and Innovation programme, Horizon 2020, the following was discovered and then written in Leo Barasi's recent article for The Guardian : "In most European countries, about three-quarters of the public say they’re worried about climate change, yet less than a third would accept higher taxes on fossil fuels to cut emissions." Barasi calls this...