In Session 3, entitled «Consume Less Create More,» the
steps in the life cycle
of ballpoint pens is broken
out from production to disposal, or as some say from
womb to tomb: the oil drilling for the plastic, the mining for the metal, the chemicals for the ink, the factories for production, the trucks for transport to market and ultimately to the landfill and the resulting air, ground, and water pollution that accompanies each
step.