[Cob] Elephants use mud for sun protection

[Dulane]

Clay is so useful! And colorful.
Clays are readily used in cosmetic applications. And some clays are used for
their mineral properties and drawing capabilities (as in drawing out
impurities). Green clay is used as a deodorant.
"Quest for Fire" is one of my favorite movies. There was a lot of creative
uses for clay in that movie. Not to mention the wattle and daub village.

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From: coblist-bounces at deatech.com [mailto:coblist-bounces at deatech.com] On
Behalf Of Ray Cirino
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:09 PM
To: coblist at deatech.com
Subject: [Cob] Elephants use mud for sun protection

I just met with my neighbors who attended our green garden tour last month.
I gave them 
another mini tour of our rapidly growing  food forest. We walked over to our
composting cob toilet out house where they saw I had been working on the
wall. We talked about clay and the lady Prisca asked me what was on my face
and I said,"I use clay as sun block and also to stop any spots from marking
my face." I happen to belief it stops cancer inside and out the body. If you
live in a cob house all the better. So Prisca from Switzerland said,"
Elephants use mud as a sun protection," which made me think that humans have
the most sensitive skin and we use all kinds of other blocks that now are
considered questionable. She also said typical soaps was away our natural
skin made sun block when we wash and we may be washing away even more
helpful minerals in our super sterile society.
 The idea is for all of us to use clay as sun block and start our cob
sunblock revolution. Just tell them elephants use mud for sunblock. 
Ray



      
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