{"id":272,"date":"2008-09-03T16:31:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howethical.com\/climate-change\/summer-days-drifting-away\/"},"modified":"2008-09-03T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T15:31:40","slug":"summer-days-drifting-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/climate-change\/summer-days-drifting-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer days, drifting away&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the schools starting up again this week and September well and truly under way, it\u2019s time for us all to start thinking about Autumn. For those amongst us who love Autumnal colours and the crunch of fallen leaves this is all very well, but what about the rest of us who need to stock up our memories of summer for the dark days to come&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/53\/164466563_4b5b715a8c.jpg\" alt=\"Sun\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Image via Flickr: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/anataman\/164466563\/\">Anataman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/magazine\/7513843.stm\">BBC <\/a>tells us that this August has been the gloomiest on record since UK records began, which makes it the least summery summer for at least 242 years \u2013 there hasn\u2019t been an August with less sunbathing on the cards since the reign of George III \u2013 if not earlier!<\/p>\n<p>If this kind of news doesn\u2019t lead to thoughts about thoughts about climate change then I don\u2019t know what will. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defra.gov.uk\/\">DEFRA <\/a>describes climate change as the \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defra.gov.uk\/environment\/climatechange\/index.htm\">greatest environmental challenge facing the world today<\/a>\u201d, and although we don\u2019t appear to be seeing the direct effects of global warming in the mercury of our thermometers, with <a href=\"http:\/\/nsidc.org\/arcticseaicenews\/\">Arctic ice melt <\/a>becoming an increasingly serious issue, there are other problems in the offing.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s time to for everyone to start taking notice of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carbonfootprint.com\/\">carbon footprint<\/a>: buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/tags\/eco-friendly\/\">eco-friendly<\/a>, use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/tags\/energy-efficient\/\">energy efficient gadgets<\/a> and pay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/carbon-offset-delivery-option\/\">carbon offsets<\/a> if and when you can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the schools starting up again this week and September well and truly under way, it\u2019s time for us all to start thinking about Autumn. 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