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  1. @DoomsdaysCW

    Yes, this is what this thread is about.

    Apart from water 💦 management, harnessing the wind for. cooling purposes has already been invented a long time ago, the #Windcatcher|s  in the #IrNuan oasis City of #Yazd with its #Badgirs (#wind towers):

    mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1123

    Needless to say, Roman and Pharaonic technologies, too.

  2. Ever heard of a windcatcher? Long before modern tech, ancient civilizations cooled their homes using tall towers and pure wind power.

    No fans, no electricity—just design brilliance. We’re only now realizing how smart they were.

    Read more:
    utubepublisher.in/2025/06/anci

    #AncientTechnology #GreenArchitecture #Windcatcher #ClimateSmart #technology #Science

  3. @glowl @GreenFire

    #ClimateSolutions for the #ClimateCrisis
    #Microclimates #Permaculture

    (2/3)

    ...streets and plants a bit of grass in between the stones. The surface cools down considerably. Then, there is the ancient technology of building wind-cooled houses in the #MiddleEast that I talked about last year. 2)
    If "everyone" were able to cool down their...

    2) So-called #Windcatcher|s  in the #IrNuan oasis City of #Yazd with its #Badgirs (#wind towers):

    youtu.be/AiiGznaH0mE