Party poop

Natural fertilizer Wormjava starts from the ground up

By CHRISTINE LIU

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Sunnye Dreyfus, worm wrangler, can also be referred to as "the casting director." Castings, apparently, serve as a dry euphemism for tiny worm craps. Founder of Wormjava—"it's 'poop in a bottle,'" she explains—Dreyfus cultivates the nutritious byproduct from her cadre of half a million "red wiggler" (eisenia foetida) worms. The critters are remarkably self-sustaining (they double their population in about 90 days), and the resulting Wormjava product is a liquid mixture of worm poop and water, to "pour on anything, from an aloe plant to a tree growing in your backyard—indoor, outdoor, pretty versatile," says Beverly-based Dreyfus. At this weekend's down:2:earth event, find her with bottles of the Wormjava concentrate (hint: "go for the color of Starbucks' black iced tea" for proper dilution) and "I ♥ worm poop" sweatshop-free T-shirts. (You do, don't you?)

Other highlights at down:2:earth: Entomophagist David Gracer touting the sustainable merits of eating insects, a cooking demo by the Lionette brothers, an eco-chic fashion show, Mourning Dove's eco-burial via recycled-paper coffins and urns, a Green Jobs Youth Forum and keynote speeches by Bill McKibben and Frances Moore Lappé.

We'll see your little green face there.

DOWN:2:EARTH: AN EXPLORATION INTO SUSTAINABLE LIVING

FRI. 3.28 - SUN. 3.30

$10 ADV/$12 DOS/$20 WEEKEND PASS

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900 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON

617.266.6540

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