Recycling is an important and very easy way to protect the environment. It can easily be done with the awareness and the urgency that one must recycle. However, I see all types of garbage thrown into one Hefty bag and into dumpsters through out on and off campus housings, and even school buildings. There is no law or regulations on recycling to my knowledge, although I believe it is strongly encouraged. After watching the 11th Hour and having taken several SPEA courses, I cannot help but to consider the matter of environmental degradation a directly related urgency to all mankind. Yet people are not willing to contribute by doing as little as separating the types of trash. I would like to determine and investigate the willingness and awareness among people toward recycling, perhaps at a particular area on or off campus.
Historically determining the time recycling was first introduced, and doing a comparative research of people's feelings toward it over time would be an important aspect to this project. A genre could be Political Rhetoric and Public Policy. By analyzing the existing documents on the issue and determining the issue such as miscommunication and the conflict levels is needed. The intended audience would be broad, but especially for those making decisions for regulation.
The genre form will need to be able to achieve the right information and knowledge of recycling to the audience in terms the scientific process of recycling and how it actually protects the environment, and raises the awareness to do so. The genre must contain the reasons and the trend that allow and make people less willingly to recycle.
I have had personal experience with trying to make campus eateries more recycle friendly, and exploring the willingness (or unwillingness) of students recycling is a very interesting concept. You seem to have hit on the crux of the issue of recycling; it isn't the method, but the drive to recycle. I'm interested in seeing what you find out.
ReplyDeleteI think it will be interesting seeing the historical context of recycling, the way you said you'll write about the time when recycling was first introduced. It could also be interesting to draw upon the local area's statistics on recycling, just to bring your essay closer to home. Of course, this could alienate any sort of intended audience that isn't from Bloomington. I would definitely keep Winterowd's form and meaning in mind. The order in which your present your ideas and facts will have a large effect on the persuasiveness and meaning of the essay.
ReplyDeleteI agree that your "sphere" could encompass either public policy or Political rhetoric, but your genre choice would have to be your "real form". Since your aim might be to inform, some sort of brochure or pamphlet might be useful. I suggest looking back over Kinneavy's "Aims of Discourse" and his table identifying the informational genres in order to acertain which genre would work best for your project.
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