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Sustainable Sawdust Pencil Has Great Tactile Appeal

The Sakeb Carpenter’s Pencil is a beautifully utilitarian rethink of a timeless tool. Inspired by Palestinian craft and built on sustainable principles, it turns sawdust, quite literally, into something purposeful.

Made from recycled workshop waste and bio-based binders, it’s designed to be used, shredded, and reused again in a continuous loop.

With its raw, matte texture and chunky silhouette, the pencil feels more like a crayon forged in a dusty workshop than a sleek design object—and that’s what makes it so compelling.

It’s playful, practical, and deeply rooted in tradition. A tool with soul, built for hands that make.

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Climate Change

Loop Promises an End to Most of Your Daily Single Use Containers

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Loop, a new initiative from recycling company Terracycle, just launched, and it’s an ambitious and optimistic effort. Announced in collaboration with a number of major household brands, Loop’s idea is to offer premium, reusable and refillable containers for most of your daily needs. From your mouthwash container in the morning, to your scoop of ice cream in the evening, Loop wants to help eliminate the billions of single-use containers thrown away every day.

We all know single-use plastic creates a myriad of environmental problems, and most consumers are ready for a better product ecosystem entirely. Recycling is one step, but the stats around recycling are troubling, and it has it’s own set of sustainability issues.

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The Loop tote is a breakthrough zero-waste delivery system that eliminates wasteful single use shipping materials

 

We’re excited about this one, for the way they’ve partnered with major brands, which should help the initiative get off the ground with much more momentum. Additionally, they’ve paid attention to product design, which should improve the customer experience even further, reinforcing the need for reusable packaging.

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Loop is the milkman reimagined – honoring our past from a modern perspective.

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Architecture

Tumble Creek, A Modern, Net Zero Cabin

Located in Washington State’s Cascade Mountains, Tumble Creek Cabin is a sleek modern interpretation of a cabin, utilizing eco-friendly materials and technology inside and out. Using solar panels, passive solar strategies, and a Tesla Powerwall, the relatively large cabin manages to be net-zero, meaning it doesn’t rely on the electrical grid at all. Indeed, on some days it makes more energy than it consumes.

In addition, the house makes use of Cor-ten steel and reclaimed barn wood for construction. Large overhangs from the cantilevered roof create additional shade from the sun, reducing energy load. Designed by Coates Design Architects, we think it’s a classy and responsible design that should inspire additional sustainable architecture. Via Uncrate:

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Branding/Identity

KFC’s Edible Wrappers

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KFC would never be labeled a ‘sustainable business’, but even the giant food chains have woken up to the realization that their waste streams need to be fixed. KFC in Hong Kong has a new edible wrapper made of rice paper, which wraps some of their most popular chicken sandwiches. The result is humorous and daring, and the branding doubles down on the absurd notion of eating your sandwich’s wrapper.  Calling them “200% edible”, the brand is experimenting with this concept in Asia, but no word on the packaging making it’s way to North America. Another thought? How about skipping the packaging altogether? Design by Ogilvy & Mather Group HK . Via The Dieline:

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