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Earlier we talked about the recent heat waves and how it’s only going to get hotter. So here are some eco-friendly ways to keep cool:

1 Forgo the big, hot meal for a few smaller ones. Yogurt and refrigerated fruit can cool you down instead of preparing a large, hot dish that warms up your kitchen.

2 Wear loose-fitting clothes, preferably light-colored ones. Clingy clothes cause more friction against your skin, adding more heat to your already hot day. And dark clothes absorb more heat from the sun. Keep those clothes light and loose!

3 Take a nice, cool shower instead of a hot one. There’s nothing more relieving short of going swimming.

4 Keep your lotions and skin creams in the refrigerator. When you use them, they will cool down your skin.

5 Draw the shades. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so it’s important to keep any windows facing either direction nice and shaded.

6 Place your AC well. Putting an AC unit in a window that spends part of its day in the sun makes it harder for the AC to do its job. It’ll increase the efficiency of your unit 5 to 10% if you put your AC unit in a north or south facing window.