Learning from the past…
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I hold deep appreciation and great respect for ancient cultures and original peoples (and the incredible lessons that they have to teach us) if we are open and willing to listen, look back, and learn. I included this beautifully elegant example of traditional Japanese egg packaging in my recent talk ‘Welcome Change‘ in Vilnius, Lithuania. No energy consumed in production, no chemical waste produced… the ultimate recyclable/compostable package.
The above image is from the 1969 book How to Wrap Five Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging by Hideyuki Oka, with photographs by Michikazu Sakai.