fountainpenkid
January 27th, 2012, 01:51 PM
Hi everyone,
I am back to using my original account here as I remembered my old password....
I am in high school, and people have been noticing my fountain pen more and more..a kid recently bought a ATX it black because of me:):D...
I recently read the statistic that over 100 MILLION pens are thrown away into landfills each day. Now I know a lot of other, larger things are put in there too, and that their problem is much of a bigger issue than pens, but being a FP geek (though I still sometimes get red in the face when asked about them..), I think exposing people to a more ecological, beautiful and economic way of writing would be cool.
The idea is a sale--for $20, you get a bottle of ink, a pen (hopefully a noodler's--piston filler+inexpensive+well made+cool nibs+cool colors=ultimate beginners pen), and a donation to an environmental society (I still have to figure that part out). The idea would to get people A. caring more about what they recylce and throw out. and B. to get exposure to FP's.
Could you guys critique this idea? Are there better ways things could work? I am on the student council but haven't proposed the idea yet....
Thanks,
Will
I am back to using my original account here as I remembered my old password....
I am in high school, and people have been noticing my fountain pen more and more..a kid recently bought a ATX it black because of me:):D...
I recently read the statistic that over 100 MILLION pens are thrown away into landfills each day. Now I know a lot of other, larger things are put in there too, and that their problem is much of a bigger issue than pens, but being a FP geek (though I still sometimes get red in the face when asked about them..), I think exposing people to a more ecological, beautiful and economic way of writing would be cool.
The idea is a sale--for $20, you get a bottle of ink, a pen (hopefully a noodler's--piston filler+inexpensive+well made+cool nibs+cool colors=ultimate beginners pen), and a donation to an environmental society (I still have to figure that part out). The idea would to get people A. caring more about what they recylce and throw out. and B. to get exposure to FP's.
Could you guys critique this idea? Are there better ways things could work? I am on the student council but haven't proposed the idea yet....
Thanks,
Will