tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27369268419646680482009-03-17T18:48:49.628-07:00The latest O'BON news, issues and concerns are posted here. We also are developing resources for teachers, parents and students to learn more about our earth, environment and recycling.Patriotjohnobon.john@gmail.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736926841964668048.post-60853216256518656292008-11-11T02:02:00.000-08:002008-11-11T02:03:41.825-08:00

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O'BON USA has created a visual display of each O'BON product. Help yourself and enjoy the wonder of these products. Get it here.

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                                    Eco-Friendly Stationery                                                                        Eco-Friendly StationeryLINK TO US!1) Copy the code from the boxes below the image (or images)2) Then, go onto your website/blog and paste it.3) The flash image should appear on your website!4) Need help? Drop me a comment.If you want us to link with you please send me

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We have announced that O'BON is using SugarCane Paper in all our notebooks. This may need some explanation to all our O'BON fans. Why SugarCane Paper? First, when we looked at recycled paper, we were not too impressed with most of it. For example, recycled paper tends to either be brownish and with "threads" embedded. When we looked carefully at the "whiter" paper, we discovered that of this

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This is a nice photo of our coloured pencils.   It is on a great Australian eco-friendly web siteat www.eco-essentials.com.au.  Check them outThis site describes O'BON pencil as:O'BON Wildlife Colour Pencils(12)Our Price: $8.50Material: made from recycled newspaperO'BON create products that protect our world and are exciting to use!Each pencil is made from old newspaper using a patented roll-on

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An Australian site has started selling our pencils....www.ecobabe.com.au.  Actually O'BON has a lot of websites discussing, selling, studying, analyzing, recommending O'BON in Australia.  We are just delighted.  We will show you some...this one....www.ecobabe.com.auProduct InformationGone are the days when pencils came in bland colours, broke constantly and consumed valuable environmental

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www.ozolife.com has a nice picture of an O'BON pencil and an endorsement.  Thank you, we like your eco friendly site, lots of info.Pencil Me InO'Bon Pencils and NotebooksHow do you know you're officially an adult? When the smell of new folders and crowded school supply aisles stop evoking a bittersweet thrill. But here's something worth stuffing in the millennial generation's backpacks: woodless

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The blog SCHOOLDOWNTHELANE has a comment up about O'BON pencils.  As more people learn about us, the endorsement come.  We especially like beating out the much like Black Warrior pencil...but that is a tree pencils.  But, O'BON beats it hands down.  Here are the comments from schooldownthe lane.You might have noticed that I do not have pencils anywhere on our list of purchased products. There is

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go green!: newspaper pencils

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We are so excited about our new range of A5 and A6 sugarcane paper notebooks.  The paper is called bagasse and it comes from the pulp of the sugarcane plant.  Once the juice is extracted, we can make nice clean white paper without destroying trees.  Cool!  What makes these notebooks so enjoyable and a must item to purchase is the hard cover...Take a look.  We have 15 designs. Here is one...

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O'BON USA will be one of the Green Exhibitor at the EarthNowExpoon June 4 and 5.  If you would like to join the O'BON family, we willbe there to discuss how you can join us.  Specifically, we are lookingfor those who wish to be regional distributors in the USA or wish to be wholesalers or distributors.  John Davis will be there also to discuss sole distributorship forEurope and Latin 

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O'BON now offers A5 and A6 notebooks.  These have great designs including our fruit and wildlife series art.  They are extremely attractive, and these notebooks are receiving rave reviews.  Orders are extremely good.  But, what I wanted to mention about these notebooks is our paper.The paper is not recycled, but rather comes from the pulp and fiber of sugarcane.  This is called bagasse.  Many

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Many pencil users are in disbelief about O'BON claiming that our pencils don't break.  Now, we are not saying that they never break, but it is damn hard to break the lead in an O'BON pencil.  We ask you to do the SMASH test.The SMASH test involves taking a sharpened O'BON pencil and a wood pencil in one hand.  Make sure they are sharpened.  Then smash both the pencils on the edge of a table.  

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There is an interesting article and ever more interesting comments over at www.penciltalk.org.  This article springs from an article about O'BON in the San Francisco State University newspaper about O'BON.  You can read this here.  Based on the comments created at penciltalk, I thought it best to way in on the comments.  As O'BON is relatively new, many don't know much about us yet.  Patience,

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Yes, O'BON has a new design. Photos of these pencils will be up next week. But, John and Ivan think these pencils will be as big a hit as the Wildlife pencils. As you may know, O'BON wildlife pencils are incredibly popular, so to have another rival design is quite an accomplishment. So, you guys who love our designs, check back next week and you can feast your eyes on our latest offering.The

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Nature and Wildlife Celebrated by O'BONThe sheer beauty captured in these ring binders will justthrill you. Forget the plastic binders with the dioxins - gowith O'BON designs using recycled paper and vegetable ink.

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O'BON LLC recently imported its first container of pencils into the USA. They had to pay 114% duty on the recycled pencils. This is to stop "dumping." The money paid to customs for "dumping" goes directly to support the pencil industry in the USA. This would all be understandable if "dumping" was involved and, more importantly, there was a recycled pencil industry effected by the "dumping."

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   O'BONanaza is coming soon.  A whole series of beautiful fruit notebooks, memo pads, file folders, spiral notebooks and 3 ring binders all matching and celebrating the introduction of our O'BONanza 2B fruit pencils. These recycled pencils are just (as my daughter says) "too cute."  The idea behind these recycled products are to celebrate "life."  When we taste an apple, a strawberry or a kiwi a

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For over 400 years, wood pencil makers have taken graphite and surrounded it in a wood casing. There is almost always an air gap between the two pieces of wood.  Drop the pencil, there is vibration. This vibration snaps the brittle graphite.   Bang an OBON pencil on your desk, then sharpen it. No breakage. OBON pencils will usually last you 3 times longer.

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O'BON will be introducing a whole new line of office stationery. These will include memo pads, notebooks, file folders, spiral notebooks (3 sizes) and 3 ring binders. All will be made from recycled paper, recycled newspaper, water-based glue and vegetable ink. Oh, and are they beautiful as we continue to follow our slogan, "Something Different."

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