Savannah Fields

By Regan Bates

Savannah Fields, Missouri City sophomore, went into detail about her experience of being in the lime light. Savannah edited and starred in a documentary focusing on the preservation of the Wetlands in the Houston area. The film was sponsored and subsidized by the media department at Hightower High School, south of Houston.

Savannah was one of the chosen few to make it through the selective interview process conducted by the media department. She held her own with her many talents and contributions made during the filming and production of the documentary in her junior year of high school. Savannah hosted the documentary and had a lot of face time in the film but also played a large role in the editing process as well. She spent most of the spring semester of her junior year filming the documentary and almost her entire summer, every day from 8 in the morning to 3 in the afternoon, editing with her teacher.

The Wetlands are swamp-like watering holes in the forest and along the roads in the Houston area. According to Savannah, Houstonians may not realize, but they are single handedly destroying these environmental treasures, without paying any attention to their importance. She further explained how people should pay closer attention to the preservation of the Wetlands and how they can help the environment. The documentary was approximately two hours long and was shown on television in Fall 2009. Previous to the television debut, though, it premiered at the historic Angelica Theatre in Downtown Houston.

When asked if she’s an advocate for the Go Green initiative that has become so popular in the United States and all around the world, she explained that she is not a Go Green radical but definitely supports the cause. She said that she tries to go green as much as possible and if she sees one she would throw her trash in the recycling bin if it was there.