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Second Growth
How did you hear about Citizens for Global Solutions Flash Contest?
I heard about the contest through my FastWeb account.
Did you have any weird, funny, horrible, or in some other way memorable moments during the making of your Flash piece for this contest?
I wish something wild and crazy would have occurred during the making, but it just never quite happened.
How did you choose your topic –OR- Why is your topic important to you?
I live in the middle of the Rocky Mountains where there are plenty of trees. When I started researching deforestation, I realized how extremely fast even the largest forests can disappear when they are being aggressively logged.
Before the contest, did you consider yourself fairly knowledgeable about global issues?
Mildly knowledgeable. I've always encountered it in school, but apart from that, I've never really researched any global issues.
Has the contest helped improve your knowledge / How so?
It definitely gave me a more in-depth look into environmental problems that the world's facing.
Was this your first Flash piece? How did you first learn Flash?
This was my first Flash animation that had any meaning to it. I've dabbled around with Flash on and off for a few years, but until this contest I'd never done anything beyond experimentation with Flash.
Imagine this…you are in an elevator with the President of the United States. You have about ten seconds to say whatever you want about your global issue. What do you say? (No pressure!)
Your strategy on environmental policy seems to greatly underestimate the damage done by deforestation. I'd look in to the issue a bit more...
Did you show your friends and family your Flash piece? What did they think? Are they still your friends and family now?
I showed my family, and they seemed to like it. I'm pretty sure that my family is still my family!
Any last words? Anything awesome to say about Citizens for Global Solutions?
"Any last words" sounds a bit ominous. Citizens for Global Solutions did awesomely extend the deadline for two weeks to compensate for Spring Break, though!