Wahyono "I don't have as many harvests as the hybrid chemical farmers, which means I have a lot of spare time to create income from paper. Most importantly, it means less pressure on the soil." Wahyono is a works in an organic rice farm in East Java and during the times when the fields lay fallow, he and several friends prepare handmade paper and binds books. They use pulps recycled from local agricultural waste fibers such as sail-hemp, water hyacinth, bamboo, banana, and rice to create fine handmade paper. Wahyono began apprenticing as a paper maker when he in 2003, and in 2004 he began to learn book binding as well. He married in 2005 and now he has a little son. "I think that paper-making and book-binding are useful skills to have, because I am recycling abundant high quality materials that are considered waste in farming," believes Wahyono. "I don't use chemicals when I plant crops, and I let the land rest in the dry season. I don't have as many harvests as the hybrid chemical farmers, which means I have a lot of spare time to create income from paper. Most importantly, it means less pressure on the soil. That's why people should stop using wood based paper and use local, sustainable fiber paper instead." The fine paper Wahyono and his friends make is acid-free and internally sized; it is suitable for pen, ink, markers, ballpoint, pencil, crayon, pastels, poster colors, chalk, and other creative arts and crafts pursuits. The books he binds are stitched and glued and finished with care. They are intended to survive many years of passionate use.