The environment and Voting

With the growing concerns of global warming and going green on the news and in the minds of people more than ever, actions need to be taken to encourage sustainability and protecting our environment. In the up coming election, Candidates from both sides would agree that environmental concerns are among the top issues. With these matters in mind it is important to consider the following information: since pre-industrial times the levels of carbon dioxide have doubled. With all of the go green hype bombarding voters of all ages, in one of the most literate countires in the world, a weak 4% of all colleges in the U.S. require their students to take a class on the environment and sustainability. The 18-24 year old block of voters especially, needs to stand up and vote, in order to voice their opinion about becoming more educated about one of our countries/worlds greatest issues.

My project will start with illustration of a university campus, with greens smiling trees, that over the course of the motion graphic, will show the changes of the seasons. A bright smiling sun with shades will hang in the sky as fun, energetic, up beat music, like the song “the perfect day” plays. The scene will be brightly colored and spunky. Eventually the trees will fall over very dramatically and make dead/sad faces. The university will begin to disintegrate, very irry music will play in the background, and the whole landscape will turn dark shades of greys, as facts about environmental concerns are presented on the screen. Than when it looks like all hope is lost a college student in frog goloshes will come and plant a seed. Things will start to grow beautifully and it will show that students play a huge roll in the future of our planet and that our futures are directly related to that of our planet. Then the last screen will say “Good design makes choices clear Vote!”.