O’Reilly Media Tarsier Sculpture by Patrick Amiot
Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid
O’Reilly Media just agreed to collect old pens for me the Pen Guy for my million pen project that I will be working on in the next 5-10 years. My plan is to collect millions of pens to create works of art that will then go on display at various locations around the country, and that’s just to start with. My other big goal is to begin exploring other pen possibilities in solving future problems such as affordable energy efficient housing. Would it be possible to build an entire house from recycled pens and markers or at least a big part of it??? Who knows what is possible right now, but we will never know unless someone starts asking questions.
Having O’Reilly Media on board with such big project is a big deal to me and an example to other business who might want to join in the Green Pen Revolution and help keep a few million pens out of the dump in the coming years. They collect old batteries and have a Goodwill donation drop off, why not pens? My contact within O’Reilly told me that she sent out a company wide email letting everyone know that old pens are now a wanted commodity by yours truly. I can’t wait to pickup my first batch of recycled pens. To all of you at O’Reilly Media thank you for dreaming big with me, because without dreamers the world would be a boring place.