I guess the sod-covered picNYC table also served two purposes – it’s a table and a litterbox – but the Raintree idea from Christina Bertea is truly a dual-use product. During the summer, the Raintree is an outdoor clothes dryer and in the off-season, it’s a raincatcher that can collect 3 – 65 gallon drums of water during San Francisco’s rainy winter. The Raintree is made out of plywood scraps, an umbrella stand and vinyl from recycled convention banners. Jubbling 101.
Double-Duty With The Raintree Raincatching Clothesline
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Reading About The ‘Mesh’ Dress Almost Made Me Crap Myself (Which May Have A Home On The Mesh Dress)
December 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
Is the compost/growing garden “Mesh Dress” for real or is Jubbling going to run out to the mall again, try to be the first to buy one these gems and end up looking like a horse’s ass? According to its designers, Ali Seçkin Karayol and Mette Lyckegaard of the Copenhagen Institute of Interactive Design, the Mesh Dress:
“…should be seen as citizens’ opportunity to give back to nature and to immerse themselves in it by wearing their own small ecosystem.”
Their Mesh Dress gives back by allowing its wearer to be a walking, seed carrying compost pile. Put some dirt in your pocket, attach a banana peel, add some kitchen scraps and watch your wearable garden shirt grow around you everyday. And you shouldn’t wear it just one day; put your mobile composter back on for day 2, 3 and beyond. I bet you could even put worms in the Mesh Dress to aid the compost process and breakdown some organic matter. [ecouterre]
Guerrilla Grafters Are Doing Some Guerrilla Jubbling By Grafting Fruit Tree Branches To City Trees
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Maybe if I worked for the City of San Francisco, I might be pissed about Guerrilla Grafters grafting branches from fruit trees on the city trees but only because I have to be. Guerrilla Grafters are illegally grafting fruit tree branches, including cherry and Asian pear, to the cities trees and from the video, the people working near the trees like the idea. Are they FrankenFruit trees now? We prefer the name JubbliFruit trees. [FairCompanies.com]
Worm Compost Tower Creates And Delivers Compost Naturally
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After spending $200+ on my tumbler compost bin, seeing this Macgyver in-garden worm composter brings on a little Jubbling envy. It’s a basic idea and seems like it should work. The video explains it – put your compost solution directly in your garden, in this case a bottom perforated PVC pipe, and create and distribute your compost at the same time. Cut out the middleman, which is you, and put the worms in charge of spreading the compost
GreenFest Is Coming To A City Relatively Close To You
April 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Green Festival, or GreenFest, is a two day event that showcases products, ideas and solutions for consuming less and reusing more. And this year, they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary having welcomed 1 million attendees. Yes, green is prominent in their name but you don’t feel Jubwinked by attending because it’s all about the vendors. If you do decide to go, definitely bring your kids too. GreenFest is very kid friendly and includes a KidZone with crafts, games and featured speakers who’ll explain ways that kids can get involved. Here is their upcoming schedule:
| 2011 Green Festival Schedule | |
| San Francisco/SF Concourse | April 9-10 |
| Chicago/McCormick Place | May 14-15 |
| Seattle/Qwest Exhibition Center | May 20-21 |
| New York/Javits Building | Oct 1-2 |
| Los Angeles/LA Convention Center | Oct 29-30 |
| San Francisco/SF Concourse | Nov 12-13 |
Now Jubbling Festival, or JubFest, is still about 3 – 20 years off but I’m working on it. For now, it occurs in my house daily and consists of me walking around in a parka telling my kids to turn stuff off.
Is A Compost Heated Shower For You?
March 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By far the best part of the video occurs in the first 25 seconds where Darren walks in and out of the shower and then calls out to his lady friend, “come on out doll.” Jubbling aspires to reach this level of eco-suavé but judging by the spam we get, we have to accept that our groupies peddle upskirt porn and sell cheap Zoloft. [Treehugger.com]
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