permaculture

["Robert Waldrop" <bwaldrop@cox.net>]

I live in Oklahoma City and this is our sixth 
summer without air conditioning in our central 
city home.  Here is a link to an essay I wrote 
describing how we manage to keep cool and 
comfortable without AC.

http://www.energyconservationinfo.org/noacok.htm

Bob Waldrop, OKC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Evans" <evansdk@earthlink.net>
> Hello all, Kathy in Missouri, new to the list, 
> thanks for the welcome
> earlier. I am trying to reduce my "energy 
> footprint" but I turn into wilted
> lettuce when it's hot and humid not to mention I 
> get very cranky. I would
> like ideas for keeping the house cooler without 
> a/c, given that I can't
> afford to install new equipment at the moment, 
> and/or for keeping myself
> cool. I work at home. I take many brief cool 
> showers. I've heard of putting
> a bowl of ice in front of a fan but haven't 
> tried it.       Thanks, Kathy