We all just endured slogging through yet another ritual of the mysterious tradition of "daylight saving time." This unloved, uniquely bitartisan practice has been excused as energy savings or just fun. You might be surprised at how recent this actually is to be so firmly established throughout all of our society's systems and even across continents. Learn about where daylight saving time comes from and how it affects us psychologically. 

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• National Green Week
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Links and References: 

1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-saving-time-health/#:~:text=A%20brief%20history%20of%20daylight,the%20need%20for%20electric%20lighting.
2. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html
3. https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/daylight_time
4. https://www.bts.gov/explore-topics-and-geography/geography/geospatial-portal/history-time-zones-and-daylight-saving
5. https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2022/11/07/history-daylight-saving-time
6. https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2017/03/world-war-i-and-daylight-savings-time/ 
7. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160310-the-builder-who-changed-how-the-world-keeps-time 
8. https://www.ncsl.org/state-legislatures-news/details/a-bugologist-and-a-golfer-sparked-the-push-for-daylight-saving-time#:~:text=George%20Hudson%20wanted%20more%20sunshine,fall%20time%20skirmishes%20ever%20since. 
9. https://www.timeanddate.com/time/europe/daylight-saving-history.html 
10. https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/03/15/the-us-tried-permanent-daylight-saving-time-in-the-70s-people-hated-it/ 
11. https://news.gallup.com/poll/657584/half-daylight-saving-time-sunsetted.aspx 
12. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167268114000821?via%3Dihub 
13. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/daylight-saving-time-fall-back-origin-story-farmers-energy-conservation/#:~:text=But%20the%20farmers%20didn't,Farm%20Operations%20Manager%20Jay%20Mofenson. 

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