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Calendar Post for September 21
- Audience analysis: by Monday, and after researching your letter recipient's public record (what what he or she has written or said that's available online), visit our Writing Studio forums page and post a 200-word overview of how this person's role in government relates to climate change. Talk about particular remarks or texts by this person that should inform your letter, and how such information might influence the way you'll discuss other texts in your letter. Recall that when composing posts online, we use plain text formatting (single-spacing, left justification, and line breaks to delineate paragraphs instead of indentations).
- Reminders: While you're at the Writing Studio, make sure you've uploaded a photo to your profile. Again, if you have a photo that's too large to upload, e-mail it to Raul for resizing (see "Contact" on the right side of the page). Also by Monday, remember to post a public comment at our forum on The 11th Hour.
- Begin reading Bjørn Lomborg's "Mr. Gore, Your Solution to Global Warming Is Wrong." Bring copies of that text as well as Edward O. Wilson's "Apocalypse Now" and Graeme Wood's "Re-Engineering the Earth" to class. All three texts have been uploaded to drop.io.
I am not sure where to find the blog spot for our audience analysis, so I am going to post it here!
ReplyDeleteI have chose to write my open letter to Jeff Bingaman, Senator of New Mexico. I have noted a few of his ideas. One particularly focusing on tax credits. Bingaman and Udall have proposed a plan that brings the manufacturing of green technologies specifically to New Mexico in hopes to bring manufacturing of these products into a higher focal point for America. The manufacturing companies will then be able to receive tax credit, as well as boosting the economy with jobs. Bingaman serves as a good recipient of my open letter, for I want to use the ideas laid out in "The Elusive Green Economy", where tax credit was also mentioned. I have not yet found a tie to the 11th Hour speakers or an outside article, but I am hoping to bring new ideas and inquiry to Bingaman's attention. These ideas will include the relationship between tax credits and the economy.