Summary: <p>Was the hot weather in the UK during the summer of 2022 unprecedented or not? Was it just a hot summer? We’ve always had temperature fluctuations haven’t we?</p> <p>Some of the key points that came up when co-hosts Stuart and William explored another question sent in by a listener.</p> <p>They are also intrigued, what are you actually doing when you listen to this podcast? Working, walking the dog, painting, Driving, cleaning?</p> <p>Anyway, onto the question sent in by Iris in Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire, England: “Will the unprecedented heatwave in the UK and across much of Europe in the summer of 2022 wake people up to climate change whether its man made or not or will people keep saying it's just what happens in summer and another example of generation snowflake not coping?” </p> <p>Those heat waves during that period may wake some people up, it may also switch people off. It’s potentially an either or situation in many cases, with people either waking up to it or it entrenching belief still further that it isn’t man made or maybe even fake news.</p> <p>It's true, whether the climate change is man made or not, we need to adapt, but will altering to an adaptation mindset to early lead us to giving us on trying to reverse climate change?</p> <p>The changing weather pattern is not random, and a big challenge is heat waves don’t last long generally. The weather is transient, which inturn makes it harder to adapt. Parts of Europe that do get long hot summers even to them this heatwave in 2022 was extreme.</p> <p>Each generation has a set of distractions that the previous generation didn’t, but all generations fell into the stereotyping trap. Using the term ‘Snowflake’ to describe someone with environmental concerns is largely about throwing an insult at someone, and getting emotions involved. This to Stuart and William often indicates the aggressor doesn't always have a good argument, so get personal instead, to distract from that. Snowflake is designed to insult, and not move the conversation on. Insults highlight that your argument isn’t potentially strong enough.</p> <p>Your co-hosts suggest it's possible some people labeled a snowflake currently, eventually might become realists when we have the benefit of hindsight?</p> <p>During this episode Stuart and William discuss the upcoming Environmental Debate Live & Unscripted event, the live ticketed incarnation of this podcast format, set to take place on May 27th at the Bothy Vineyard in Oxfordshire. To secure your tickets for this event, use the following link:<a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807"> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmental-debate-live-unscripted-tickets-514832145807</a></p> <p>What do you make of this discussion? Do you have a question that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by sending an email to <a href="mailto:thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com">thepeoplescountryside@gmail.com</a>, or record us a message in your own voice by going to <a href="https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message">https://anchor.fm/thepeoplescountryside/message</a></p> <p>This podcast's overall themes are nature, philosophy, climate, the human condition, sustainability, and social justice. </p> <p>Find out all about the podcast via this one simple link: <a href="https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside">https://linktr.ee/thepeoplescountryside</a></p> <p><br>Help us to spread the impact of the podcast by sharing this link with 5 friends <a href="https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view">https://podfollow.com/the-peoples-countryside-environmental-debate-podcast/view</a> , support our work through Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside">https://www.patreon.com/thepeoplescountryside</a> or just 'follow' to avoid missing any public posts.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message
