Persuasive Speech Ruhl
Channel: Kiley Ruhl
Date: 2015-12-03

Monroe’s Motivated Sequence/Outline

Attention/Intro.  Although I have never actually been to New York City’s Central Park in the pictures I’ve seen it seems to me like there’s an endless amount of trees and if you take all those trees in Central Park and times them by 1,153 that‘s how many millions of trees are used to make books here in the U.S which is a wopping 30 million! The cutting of trees is a primary reason for the loss of habitat. The United States government should make policies to reduce the cutting of trees. By very simple tasks you can make a big difference with so many trees such as going paperless, recycling products, and checking for an FSC label on wood! 
Need: There is a big problem in our environment and that is all of the paper, which causes deforestation. As said by Sylvain Chabe-Ferret (2015) “It is responsible for about 10% of climate-change emissions and leads to massive reductions in biodiversity.” All of those animals that have lost their habitat aren’t going to be able to survive without those trees. 
I. Recycling- Has a major impact on deforestation. Walker (2015) describes, “Recycling paper and cardboard reduces the need for raw materials, so forests can be preserved.” 
II. Less paper and ebooks- “According to the Green Press Initiative, approximately 30 million trees are used to make paper books sold in the United States each year, while 153 gallons of water are consumed annually by the U.S. book and newspaper industry.” Byrd (2015). 
III. FSC- It rewards the producers of their environmental way Heijden (2015) states that “And it helps producers to distinguish their goods from those of others, with an independent assessment and proof through the stamp – which may be more trustworthy than when producers make claims about the environmental credentials of their goods by themselves.” 
Satisfaction: “Much of the government's current efforts focus on reducing forest loss in areas controlled by small landholders, as it's believed that those landholders clear a higher percentage of their land.” (Coelho 2015) 
III. Visualization: “The value society has placed on goods and services from our forests is the reason the volume of growing trees in our forests has increased by 50% since the early 1950s.” (Carlton 2015). Picture how many more Central Parks there could be with all of those trees! 
Action/Conclusion: If you want deforestation rate to decline again you can start easily by using less paper, recycling, and checking for the three letters FSC on any wood products.








References

Chabe- Ferret, A.B Chabe-Ferret, (2015, November 16). Governments do not know the best way to save the amazon rainforest. And that needs to change. Governments Do Not Know The Best Way to Save The Amazon Rainforest. And That Needs to Change. Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/11/economics-deforestation.

Coelho, A.B Coelho, (2015, November 10). Large landowner key to slowing deforestation in Brazil. Large Landowner Key To Slowing Deforestation In Brazil. Retrieved from http://phys.org/news/2015-11-large-landowners-key-deforestation-brazil.html.

Owen, A.B. Owen, (2015, November 18). U.S. wood pellet export market no threat to U.S southern forests. U.S. Wood Pellet Export Market No Threat To U.S Southern Forests. Retrieved from http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151118006320/en/U.S.-Wood-Pellet-Export-Market-Threat-U.S.

Walker, A.B. Walker, (2015, November 5). Why and how to recycle. Why And How To Recycle. Retrieved from http://www.mountain-news.com/news/article_e95ddc86-835e-11e5-b05f-0bbd9ebef7d8.html.

Byrd, A.B. Byrd, (2015, June 8). Consuming with care: world environment day 2015. Consuming With Care: World Environment Day 2015. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rosaly-byrd/consuming-with-care-world-environment-day-2015_b_7536752.html.

Heijden, A.B. Heijden, (2015, November 19). The voluntary program series, part 2: rewards and enforcement. The Voluntary Program Series, Part 2: Rewards And Enforcement. Retrieved from http://www.thefifthestate.com.au/spinifex/the-voluntary-program-series-part-2-rewards-and-enforcement/78865.