Overview
Writing a persuasive letter to your elected officials ( Seattle Washington) on an environmental concern you have in your community. Template attached.
You are writing on behalf of yourself as a stakeholder on this issue this week. You will need to propose a plan of action and/or request help and give reasoning for needing such help or change. Consider the following questions and advice to help you.
- Briefly introduce yourself and why you’re writing this letter.
- Where is the community you researched (provide a city and state)?
- What is the environmental issue in the community you’ve chosen?
- What facilities (current or historical) might be responsible for the release of pollutants into your community?
- Is this problem spread throughout the community or located in one area? Be sure to reference which case study you chose.
- What impacts could these pollutants have on:
- Children and families?
- Wildlife and resources?
- Is there any important or crucial demographic data you need to mention (i.e., vulnerable populations)? Describe any potential environmental justice concerns.
- What is most important to you in terms of rectifying this?
- What do you want to see your elected representative do about it (e.g., carbon drawdown solutions)? Discuss any short-term and/or long-term steps and outcomes.
- Write a hypothesis on what you think would happen if this problem was solved.
- Who holds the authority to make this happen?
- Tell them you look forward to receiving a reply on what can be done?