A network of expanding sinkholes along Big Stoney Creek continues to devour portions of Norcross Road in Giles County, Virginia, while threatening both residential water supplies and critical habitat for an endangered fish species.

They spent a year researching a possible alternative that could serve as a viable raw material for making paper. Then Garcia read about a Taiwanese company making commercial paper out of stone and inspiration struck. A year later, in July 2017, they launched Karst Stone Paper. The carbon emission from this process is "about 67% less than making paper from tree pulp," he said. 'This is about much more than just selling something'The McNally Jackson stationery store in New York City has been selling Karst Stone Paper since June.