Matthew Collins's Page

Here I have just gone for the warning against the problem of over grazing, represented in the drawings on this laminated piece of paper, which was laminated to preserve this knowledge, and will one day become an antique. The pictures show one cow with much grass around, then another with less grass. The 3 dots symbolise 'and so on' until there are only dead cattle and no grass. Simple... but effective.…

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"The Evoke network is a global organisation preoccupied solely with helping others through crises of varying sorts, and furthermore educating communities about how to avoid the occurrence of such crises through sustainable development and ideology shifting from individualistic to communal benefit thinking. Evoke is about learning, but more so its about ACTION, and being effective in solving the problem. Anyone can join, but who will be effective in helping us make the difference?".

Before I begin, I would like to say that I hope the evoke network ceases production of these silly and tedious cartoons.



Episode I

EPISODE 1

BOTSWANA

"A flea could bite the bottom of the pope in Rome" - From the musical 'les Miserables'

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PANEL A

The Sunrise over african wheat fields. A farmer begins his day looking out at his wheat farm through the window, whilst sitting on the edge of his bed. He sits while a think bubble contains…

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I would like it if the evoke network avoided the use of comics as a medium of introduction to each set of tasks. The information provided for each mission is enough to set users on the correct path, whilst the opening comic serves only to consume time, despite being an attempt to make the site fun and exciting. Linked to this, the pretext that Evoke is a game, instead of a purely educational and intellectual forum for ideas, takes away from the seriousness of the issues. By all means have… Continue