The Tightwad Gazette Makes Being Thrifty Less Uncool
The Tightwad Gazette’s tagline states it best: Promoting Thrift as a Viable Alternative Lifestyle. What started out as a newsletter turned into a three-book series loaded with author and user generated ideas to save money by consuming less and reusing more; kind of like extreme Jubbling only organized and successful. The Tightwad Gazette is the... [Read More...]
Jubbling Is Back!
Jubbling Our Way Through Greenfest Seattle – June 5, 2010
Something that you should know about Jubbling is that we try to avoid events with “green” in the name. Unlike Jubbling, green is such an overused term and often repels as many people as it attracts. But we’re always in need of new ideas so we headed over to Seattle to see what was going on. Thankfully, Green Festival Seattle was... [Read More...]
Thanks To The Green Burial Council, Your Last Act Could Be A Jubbling One
How do you want to go? Most people have a good idea and it’s what drives the $11 billion deathcare industry. An industry that annually consumes: 8 Olympic sized swimming pools of embalming fluid. A Golden Gate Bridge worth of steel in caskets alone. Enough reinforced concrete to build a two lane highway from New York to Detroit. It’s... [Read More...]
The ReUsie Is ReAwesomie
As a kid, getting a sandwich in a Ziploc bag was a treat and as such, we were always expected to bring the bags home. My mom would even write “Bring Home” on the bags sometimes to make sure we did not throw them out. Today, disposable Ziplocs are everywhere, in every color and in multiple sizes and my kids wouldn’t hesitate to put... [Read More...]
PepsiCo Dream Machine Recycling Kiosks
From the Wall Street Journal article PepsiCo Plans Recycling Initiative. From one beverage to another – PepsiCo, partnering with Waste Management, is planning on installing 3000 recycling kiosks around the country to encourage consumers to recycle more cans and PET plastic bottles. PepsiCo is calling them “Dream Machines” and they... [Read More...]
Starbucks Was Correct. Now Bring In Your Own Damn Cup!
Starbucks took a “kick in the middle” last month when their shareholders voted down a resolution from As You Sow that would’ve forced Starbucks to develop a comprehensive plan for in-store recycling and a commitment to disclosing and increasing use of recycled content in their consumer products and plastic lined coffee cups. Starbuck’s... [Read More...]
Another Reason To Shop At Target – Target Adds Recycling
Target is to buying stuff what Federal Express is to shipping. Despite their size, Target always seems to be one step ahead of their competition and their move to provide in-store recycling is just one more example. I’m not sure how many people will take advantage of their recycling bins but having them available is pretty original for a major... [Read More...]
The Green Silence Shoe From Brooks Running: Jubbling, yes. Something Your Brother Releases In Your Room To Chase You Out, maybe.
The name is a little cheesy but the shoe is definitely Jubbling. The Green Silence from Brooks Running is sustainably built from recycled and biodegradable materials. Here is the breakdown: BioMoGo, the world’s first-ever biodegradable midsole for running shoes 75% of the shoe’s materials are post-consumer recycled Biodegradable insole and... [Read More...]
Coke’s New PlantBottle
Just in time for the winter Olympics in Vancouver, Coke is releasing its new “PlantBottle” which is comprised of 30% plant based materials (sugar cane) and 70% petroleum based. After testing the new PlantBottle last month in Copenhagen and in other select markets, Coke now plans on packaging all of its products in the new PlantBottle by... [Read More...]
Nike Moves Away From Carbon Offsets To Sustainable Business Model
Beaverton, OR : January 22, 2010 – Nike released it’s Corporate Responsibility (CR) report and it almost looks like Jerry Maguire wrote it. The CR outlines their goals for the future and one of its highlights is Nike’s focus on Sustainable Business and Innovation (SB&I) . Basically, Nike wants to be a big zero; zero waste in... [Read More...]
Hello Brita Filter and Preserve Products. Goodbye Arrowhead, Crystal Springs, Dasani, Evian, Fiji, …
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir? In case you didn’t know, Benjamin is Dustin Hoffman’s character in the movie The Graduate from 1967. Today Benjamin wouldn’t be so confused about the... [Read More...]
Jubbling Holiday Tip: Recycle Old Holiday Cards
(click to enlarge)Holiday cards are huge business and thanks to digital cameras and sites like Shutterfly, creating custom cards has never been easier. With the services and the discounts you receive by making quantity purchases, you will likely end up with more cards than you need. I know I have and to ease my guilt this year, I’ll be sending some... [Read More...]
ecoATM: Where Jubbling Meets Capitalism
A guy walks into a bar with a pile of crap in his hands and he says to the bartender – “look at what I almost stepped in!” San Diego, CA 10/1/2009 - I’m not sure how to classify this new Jubbling concept out of ecoATM. It’s founded on “green” ideals that we need to automate our processes for recycling old... [Read More...]
Consumer Electronics Adoptions Service through NextWorth
I hate to admit it but for years, old cell phones in our house wound up in the kids toy box. What a treat while it lasted – my kids fake texting each other, pressing the speaker button and yelling at the phone – those were good times but those days are over and for that we have NextWorth to thank. NextWorth will pay the postage on any... [Read More...]
Coca-Cola partners with Clemson to step up game-day recycling
From the Clemson University Newsroom. CLEMSON – Coca-Cola is partnering with Clemson University’s athletic department and the Solid Green campaign to increase recycling on home football game days. Fans attending the games will notice new recycling bins, provided by Coca-Cola, in each parking lot. Coca-Cola has donated 100 of the bins to the athletic... [Read More...]
