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BlookUp and the environment

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BlookUp’s printing partners must have the PEFC label.

Timber Procurement Assessment Committee -TPAC- évalue PEFC | ATIBT

The PEFC label (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an international NGO that promotes the protection and sustainable management of forests throughout the world.

PEFC certification ensures the renewal of the forest, while preserving the water, soil, fauna and flora of this natural environment.

PEFC’s ambition is to preserve the forests, to guarantee the respect of those who live, work and walk in them, but also to perpetuate the forest resource to meet the wood needs of Man today and for the future!

The paper for our blooks is from :

-Manufacturing scraps, collected from individuals, industrialists and retailers, or unsold goods.

-Forest thinning and maintenance (unused tree tops, by-products of primary wood processing, wood chips…).

BlookUp is at the heart of the new ecological challenges and is committed to produce more environmentally friendly. We make sure that the production of paper respects the procedures guaranteeing the sustainable management of forests.

Building skyscrapers inside giant sequoias

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Since 2006 the architecture magazine eVolo organizes the Skyscraper competition, a contest during which teams of architects from all over the world come up with ambitious (sometimes crazy) projects that not only challenge the limits of construction working but also rethink the way man-made buildings interact with the environment.

This year more than 400 projects have been examined by the jury, only 3 won the competition and 22 received honorable mentions, the project we are introducing today received one of these.

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Credits: Evolo

At the very heart of this team of South-Korean architects, the Giant sequoia is one of many numerous victims of human activities and although it is now protected, its life span has shortened due to climate change. In addition, the roots of this giant are very small in comparison to its height and do not grow deep in the ground; so when the core starts to rot the sequoia collapses under its own weight.

The project intends to reconcile mankind and nature with a more respectful approach of architecture by replacing the empty and/or rotting space inside the said giant in order to build skyscrapers inside that will neither harm the trees nor drastically change the landscape. The new structure build inside the sequoia acts like a new backbone that will prevent the tree from collapsing. The working space inside the “sequoiascraper” (Yup, I just made it up) should be dedicated to arts and research. A bold project that, if it ever sees the light of day, will prove that there are alternatives to bending nature to our own will and deforming the landscape. Hats off to them!

sequoia-skyscraper-base
Credits: Evolo

sequoia-construction
Credits: Evolo

sequoia-inside
Credits: Evolo

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Growing trees out of books!

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A small publishing house in Argentina recently made a totally organic book that gives back to nature what it took from it by growing into a tree (Which might remind you of our previous article about the Japanese blooming newspapers). What’s their secret? Well first, unlike the majority of books, this one is made using organic ink along with acid-free pages that allow it to be planted without harming the soils. Seeds are put inside the paper during the making process and will wait until their time comes to grow into a magnificent tree!

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This book tells the story of a man wandering inside the equatorial jungle as seen through the eyes of his son.

 

Pequeño Editor, the publishing house specialized in books for children,  wanted to deliver a message to their young readers: “Books come from trees. Today, a tree comes from a book.”

Even though changing the way we make books on a global scale seems difficult (If not impossible), we have to salute the effort made by the people of this publishing house who do not only show us an eco friendly alternative but also educate children in the process!

“If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children” – Confucius

If you want to know more about Pequeño Editor and their work, be sure to check out their Facebook and Twitter page!

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