Elephants are being killed drastically in Sri Lanka simply because they interfere with agriculture. To stop the wanton killing of elephants farmers are convinced that the only way elephants and human beings can exist successfully in the same environment is through finding ways to use the elephant as a sustainable economic resource.
The only freely available end product of elephant is abundance each day is its dung. To help sustainable development, an innovative project designed to manufacture paper from elephant dung!
Started in 1997, the project has successfully produced and marketed what is known as ‘pachyderm paper’ made out of 75% elephant dung. The dung of the elephant is transformed into note-books, cards, badges, boxes and bags etc. where the only limitation is one’s imagination. These jotter pads cost £3.99.
Via: ecotopia
