There are times—dark, frustrating times—when you put pencil to paper and nothing’s there. No inspiration. No life. So you scribble and scratch and sharpen until all that’s left is a bitty wooden nub ...

All SproutWorld pencils are made from sustainably certified wood and are 100% natural and zero waste. Browsing the web over a decade ago, Michael Stausholm came across a Kickstarter campaign from a ...

“We get a lot of complaints from customers that the product isn’t working, and it always turns out to be a copied product. It’s not so much the monetary damages but the reputational damage that ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michael Stausholm, founder and CEO of SproutWorld. It has been edited for length and clarity. Back in 2013, I saw a Kickstarter campaign for a ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Picture this: After using your pencil down to the nub, you ...

It has likely been a while since most of even used a pencil – but would we use them more if they grew flowers, trees and herbs? Enter, Sprout World, a company founded on the concept of sustainability ...

Have you ever thought of turning old, used tiny stubs of pencils into a plant? You might not have heard about this, but one would definitely start loving this concept once used to recycled pencils.

Browsing the web over a decade ago, Michael Stausholm came across a Kickstarter campaign from a group of robotic students at MIT in Boston, who had been tasked with designing "the sustainable office ...