I never expected to sell pencils. The brand I've built has grown into a $1.7 million sustainability business.

Michael Stausholm turned a simple plantable pencil into SproutWorld, a global brand inspiring sustainability one small idea ...
The Business Journals

Three MIT students invented plantable pencils. Now, over 50 million have been sold.

Picture this: After using your pencil down to the nub, you plant it and watch flowers bloom. Three MIT students dreamed up the idea of plantable pencils during a design course in 2012 and decided to ...
The Washington Post

Mom's Quest for a More Practical Pencil Earns Her Spot in Contest

Bev Lane is an efficiency freak. She is always looking for ways to make her Great Falls home run more smoothly. It drives her children nuts. Lane, a former analyst for the hotel industry, is a stay-at ...