An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature – and nature itself

Humans and nature can find balance in each other. timnewman/E+ via Getty Images

It is that time again. Time to wonder: Why do we turn the clocks forward and backward twice a year? Academics, scientists, politicians, economists, employers, parents – and just about everyone else you will interact with this week – are likely debating a wide range of reasons for and against daylight saving time.

But the reason is right there in the name: It’s an effort to “save” daylight hours, which some express as an opportunity for people to “make more use of” time when it’s light outside.