A CPA's light.

• Position: Finalentry - Interview

Tweets from the recent Emerging Leaders Gertificate Program launch evert exposed CPA. Bryan Carpenter an audit senior at LevinZacks Certfied Publish Accounts. as one of the minds behind a Burning Man exhibit/charitable project that has helped schools in Africa. California CPA decided to inverstigate further and find out more about this young emerging professional and his participation with www.flutterfoundl.org. and found him just gearing up for the 2012 project and festival in the desert.

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How does an audit senior end up at Burning Man?

Being blessed to grow up in a place such as Jackson Hole Wyo..I have always had an affinity for the outdoor and experiencing new activities I had heard great things about the Burning Man festival from multiple people of all walks of life. It interigued me that a gathering as big as Burning Man could thrive under one unifying theme; "Participate." I knew this was something that I needed to experience.

What is a Flutter Tunnel?

The Flutter Tunnel is a 1,000-foot long sculpture illuminated by 200 solar powered flashlights. It is made up of roughly 100 steel arches. Each arch consists of two 25-foot decommissioned sucker rods is bent and each end is placed into the holes. The tension from the road is enough to create an arch . The solar powered flashlights are attend to each arch, charge during the days and light the project during the night The tunnel is wide enough for Burning Man partipants to walk or ride their bikes through .After the festival, the sucker rods are returned to the vendor for a restocking fee. In 2009, with the help of Books for Africa and Schools for Salone we shipped the 200 solar powered flashlights to Maforeka in Sierra Lcome. We will be doing the same this year.

What was the genesis of the idea?

I must credit my childhood friend Bland Hoke with the initial conception for the 2009 and 2012 Flutter Tunnel projects. Throughout his life he has created multiple large scale and innovative art projects www.blandhoke.com with the concept of using recycled. reused and re-purposed materials. In 2005, Bland Hoke, Ben Roth and Felicia Resor create the "Ranch Bow."

which was 700 feet of arched from sucker rods. In 2007 Bland and I first attended Burning Man. We purchased a decommissioned hot air balloon and used sucker rods to create a again tent for our living quarters. Our group made hammocks out of the remaining material and gave them away to participants at the festival .We...