Brainstorming a Proposal
I was thinking that I could write a proposal to start a community wide clean up group for the creek. Less for debris but mostly for erosion control; perhaps I could get this together by the locals who live on the creek. I could swing it as both an environmental thing to do and I could sell it as a flood protection method. In this fashion I could move my own goals forward (protecting the fragile creek landscape) and helping homeowners protect their investments.
This is a good idea -- community action. This is, theoretically, the intended outcome of place-conscious writing. I know you said your audience is nature lovers, but who will the audience be for your proposal to start a clean up group? Who has the power to do this? That is your audience. Once you have a specific audience then your tone and language can be formulated to best persuade that audience.
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