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Hi everyone, how are we all today? I'm writing a report for one of my uni subjects which looks at the underlying attitudes/reasons for why people are either for or against certain policies/political proposals, and I've decided to pick for my topic the proposed logging and mining of the Tarkine. The only problem is, being in Victoria, I can't seem to find many people who know about the Tarkine or have heard about these potential developments and so don't have an opinion about it. So naturally I thought I'd ask around here given that many if not all of us are very much environmentally minded and have well formed opinions on proposals such as these. So what I'm wondering is, if anyone would be interested in being interviewed (just over skype via the non-video chat thing so that the transcript will already be written out) and simply give their opinion and thoughts about the Tarkine in regards to these proposals, it would be extremely appreciated and you'd be helping me a lot. I should say that the main reason behind this report, is to see if we can identify certain attitudes behind why a person reacts to a proposal in the way she/he does, whether for or against, so that we can better understand those factors and so promote environmentally beneficial behaviour/choices. Sorry if that's a bit vague, an example: let's say a family in Tasmania is all for the mining of the Tarkine because the jobs that come out of it will support them for the coming 30 years. Clearly the attitudes/reasons for why they support the mining is due to financial stability, thus, if we could somehow get across to them the financial worth of maintaining the Tarkine, then we may be able to influence sustainable/environmentally positive choices. That is at the core of the report and subject (environmental sociology). Anyway... The interview (more like a chat really), should only take around 10 to potentially 30 minutes, depending on how much you wish to say really, and the questions are very simple such as 'do you think this proposal is a good thing? why?' etc. I should also stress that one doesn't need to know much about these issues, only that there are proposals to mine the Tarkine, and have an opinion about it. Also this report will only be read by my lecturer and your responses will be put under a pseudonym (unless you want your responses to be attributed to you). Thank you very much for reading!! If you are interested, simply send me a pm, and we can arrange a time to jump on skype hopefully sometime this afternoon. I'll be checking back every half hour or so. Gracias a todos!