Clothes

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Indoor Clothing
When indoors, or in the shade, wear as little as possible. This lets your skin breathe & allows the sweat from your pores to cool you down. Your skin is your own natural cooling system.

Using traditional Polynesian clothing as inspiration, you can use half of a thin bedsheet to wear as a sarong. Any thin breathable material of various sizes can work. See what material & size works for you. It doesn't have to be as long as the one pictured. The less you wear the cooler you'll feel.

Water surrounds the Polynesian islands, making this great clothing for easily going in & out of the water to get cooled down. The war haka is an essential custom, warning the devils of Hell of their inevitable doom, and invoking the help and protection of Tumatauenga, the Māori god of war.

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Outdoor Clothing
If you'll be in direct sunlight for a while, wear loose layered clothing with loose cuffs & sleeves. This lets the air flow under the outermost layer & around your skin, essentially extending your cooling system outward for added protection.

Most people wear t-shirts & tank tops, exposing their skin to the sunlight. This is fine for shade & indoors, but direct sunlight on your skin quickly heats up your body.

This is why the layered system works well. It's easy to take the outer shirt off in the shade, & easy to put it on when the sun hits your skin. This loose layered technique has been modified from the traditional clothing style of desert residents.

The hat / head covering is essential for protecting your skin. Don't add the harsh sun to the dangerous situation we're already in. 50% of women & 30% of men will get cancer in their lifetime. This is because of all the chemicals, plastic, & petroleum products in our lives. (More on this later.)

Last Note: 90% of the clothes pictured were either already owned for many years, from thrift shops & 99cents stores, or gifts received. This passes the Cheap Bastard criteria of costing as little as possible.

More information from NPR: Summer Science

CBRD Team 9/20