Beat The Heat
The first day of Summer isn't until the third week of June each year, but this year you didn't have to wait until then to start feeling the heat. Almost anywhere you looked, records were falling -- it was the hottest winter ever, and the hottest year on record, so far -- and we're just barely halfway through the year. No matter how you slice it, it's awfully hot out there for an awful lot of people.
We want to help. While it may be tempting to just crank up the air conditioning and stay inside for the season, that just isn't feasible for most of us; besides, what do you do if the power goes out? How can you stay cool without A/C? And how can we design our houses, offices, clothes, and lives to work better in the midst of such stifling heat?
These questions and more will be answered below. Stay tuned for tips, tricks, ideas, rants, and raves about staying cool in a warming (and sometimes really, really hot!) world.
Featured Stories in Beat The Heat
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Beat the Heat: Begrudging Acceptance of Sweating
For the sake our ourselves, our society and our planet we need to seriously get past worrying about sweating in public.
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10 No-Bake Desserts, From Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Puddings, and More
Summer is the time to skip the oven (and the heat) and employ the refrigerator as your ally in making these perfect-for-summer desserts.
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Beat The Heat: 10 Design Tips To Help You Live Without (Or Use Less) Air Conditioning
When you design houses and buildings for air conditioning, it is hard to live without it. Here are some tips for coping.
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Beat the Heat: Begrudging Acceptance of Sweating
For the sake our ourselves, our society and our planet we need to seriously get past worrying about sweating in public.
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The Air Conditioned Nightmare: China and India Like To Be Cool Too.
China installed as many air conditioners last year as America did in the last twenty. Stan Cox discusses the implications
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Beat the Heat: Summer Hours, Summer Routines & Siesta
With the first heatwave of the summer behind us, let's start thinking about how we can adapt ourselves to the heat, rather than just complaining about it or pushing it away via air conditioning.
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10 No-Bake Desserts, From Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Puddings, and More
Summer is the time to skip the oven (and the heat) and employ the refrigerator as your ally in making these perfect-for-summer desserts.
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Air Conditioning Is Like Driving; It Is Convenient And Our Society Is Built Around It.
That doesn't mean we can't exercise Some Moderation and talk about changes.
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How to Live Without Air Conditioning and Beat The Heat (Spoiler: It's All About Design)
A roundup of stories about how to live without the dreaded AC, only some of which will make you feel better right now.
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Learning From The Past, Designing For The Future: How They Air Conditioned In India 400 Years Ago
It is hot in Rajasthan, India. Four hundred years ago when building palaces, they installed air conditioning to beat the heat. Caroline Howe of It's Getting Hot in Here explains: In Rajasthan,
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Summer In The City: Urban Strategies for Keeping Cool
Really, when you look at most of the lists of ways to keep cool, you would think that everyone in America lived in a detached house in the 'burbs.
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Stimulus Update: Coburn Amendment Modified, Everybody Out of the Pool
During GD1 eleven pools were built in New York City alone by the Works Progress Administration. But America will stay dry thanks to the final wording of the Coburn Amendment. The original wording, which prohibited
