Following are just a few of the many sources of information about pencils, forestry, forest products, and the forest environment:

Books to Look ForIn Your Public Library:

The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski Order from Amazon.com
The Colored Pencil by Bet. Borgeson Order from Amazon.com
Spotlight on Timber by Andrew Langley
Tree Products by Irving and Ruth Adler
The Wood Users Guide by Pamela Wellner and Eugene Dickey
Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests by Gail Gibbons Order from Amazon.com
Secret Life of a Forest: A photographic essay by Steven Dalton and Jill Bailey
300 Incredible Things to Learn on the Internet by Robyn Spizman and Ken Leebow Order from Amazon.com

Certified Pencils Now Available:

Please visit ForestChoice for forest friendly writing supplies.

See the Revolutionary Review of ForestChoice Graphiteⁱ Pencils at the Pencil Revolution blog

Companies That Make Pencils from Genuine Incense-cedar:

Amalgamated Specialties (Philippines)
www.amspecial.com

California Cedar Products Company
www.calcedar.com

Caran d'Ache (Switzerland)
www.carandache.ch

Compania Americana de Lapices (Argentina)
E-mail: cialapices@arnet.com.ar

Cretacolor (Austria)
www.cretacolor.com

Cumberland Pencil Company (United Kingdom)
www.pencils.co.uk

Dixon Ticonderoga Company (USA)
www.dixonticonderoga.com

Faber-Castell (Germany)
www.faber-castell.com

General Pencil company (USA)
www.generalpencil.com

Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth (Czech Republic)
www.koh-I-noor.cz

Masats Flamagas
www.flamagas.com

Mitsubishi Pencil (Japan)
www.mpuni.co.jp

Musgrave Pencil Company (USA)
www.pencils.net

Rose Moon (USA)
www.roseart.com

Sakamoto Stationery (Japan)
www.sakamoto-co-ltd.jp

Sanford Faber (Venezuela)
www.sanfaber.com

Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetics (Germany)
www.schwancosmetics.com

Schwan-Stabilo (Germany & Czech Republic)
www.stabilo.com

Swallowfield PLC (United Kingdom)
www.swallowfield.com

Tombow (Japan)
www.tombow.com

Organizations You Can Write:

California Forest Products Commission
853 Lincoln Way, Suite 208
Auburn, CA 95603
530-823-2363
www.calforests.org

California Forestry Association
300 Capitol Mall, Suite 350
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-444-6592
www.foresthealth.org

Incense Cedarⁱ Institute
P.O. Box 528
Stockton, CA 95201
-or-
400 Fresno Avenue
Stockton, CA 95203
209-932-5005
Fax: 209-944-9072
ICIpencils@calcedar.com

Attention Teachers:

Project Learning Tree has published an excellent workbook entitled:
Environmental Education: Pre K-8 Activity Guide

For information, contact:
Project Learning Tree
111 19th Street NW, Suite 780
Washington, DC 20036

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