Feel guilty about leaving work early? Do it for the planet.

Time off isn’t so much a luxury, new research argues, as an urgent necessity.Working long hours on the job is bad for your health, raising your risk of stroke, heart attack, and depression. And to top it off, it’s also bad for the planet. According to a paperfrom Autonomy, a future-focused think tank in the U.K, the number of hours spent working every week needs to be slashed in the absence of larger efforts to decarbonize our economies. Businesses are still mostly powered by fossil fuels.https://www.salon.com/2019/05/25/feel-guilty-about-leaving-work-early-do-it-for-the-planet_partner/

Article courtesy of Salon by Kate Yoder