The day we tried to Focus The Nation at Champlain

A couple of weeks ago (the week of Jan 28) Champlain College joined millions of students from across the nation who participated in an organized mission to bring awareness to climate change. The project is/was called, “Focus the Nation,” a national educational initiative designed to face this challenge of our generation. More than 1300 schools, including most of Burlington’s colleges, universities and high schools, participated in events, including a simultaneous, nationwide educational symposia, called a “teach-in,” creating in-class dialogue on global warming solutions for America. Champlain’s efforts were (are) co-sponsored and organized by Sustain Champlain (learn more about it here) and Champlain's Student Environmental Club. We even attempted a "car-free" campus on Thurs, Jan 31st, where everyone who commutes to school was encouraged to take an alternative method like bus, walk, carpool.

While in my "Media Issues" class, our multi-dimensional and talented media guru, instructor Rob Williams, asked us to group up and throw together a rough cut of a PSA for Focus the Nation at Champlain. We basically had a day or so to write, shoot and edit. Well, three of us in my group had ZERO video editing experience, and at one point we lost all our initial footage... but Ethan saved the day! NO BIGGIE... and this is what we came up with:



This is another one from another group that is worth mention, and certainly one of the best in class: