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    Hot House: Extreme Heat Poses Dire Consequences For Older Adults

    With spring approaching, you may be thinking about the return of warmer weather. But the evidence is growing and getting more alarming with each passing year when it comes to hot weather. We know from NASA that 2024 was the warmest year on record for the world, with 15 consecutive…

    Margaret J. Wheatley, American writer, teacher, speaker, and management consultant

    “In these troubled, uncertain times, we don’t need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone’s intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.”

    Helen Hayes, a 20th-century American actress often referred to as “The First Lady of the American Theater”

    “Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the sidelines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for eternity.”

    Hot On The Trail: More Evidence Of The Hazards Of Heat

    Knee deep into the dog days of summer, most of us continue to face ongoing levels of record heat. Though we previously noted that 2023 was the hottest year on record, it looks like we’re on track for 2024 to outpace 2023, with an estimated 61% chance of surpassing the…

    Margaret J. Wheatley, American writer, teacher, speaker, and management consultant

    “Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.”

    Can’t Take The Heat: Rising Summer Heat Is Intolerable For Older Adults

    Last summer, we wondered if we were all experiencing the hottest summer on record. Well, as it turns out, we were. New research published in the journal Nature confirmed that in the Northern Hemisphere, the temperatures reached last summer were the highest experienced in 2000 years. Of course, record-keeping on…