The newsletter 'Getting our future back on the rails – slowly', published by the leader of the Grow Slow Garden Group, asserts the need and beneficial factors of transforming the abandoned railway yards that is a "shockingly neglected wasteland" into a "fresh, natural land". In a firm and eloquent tone, the writer conveys that they are not a "radical group of environmentalists" but just a group who is "proud to be contributing to a greener Australia". The emphasis on this positions the readers to believe that anybody can promote to a greener and better Australia. Throughout the newsletter the writer's main contention is clear. She entices her audience, the local community, by providing favorable examples to ensure the readers have a sound …show more content…
The astounding figures reinforces her proposition that "when you've grown it yourself, you value it" as the amount of food wasted reaches the millions. This puts her audience in dismay as they are given supporting evidence of how much food has gone to waste and how becoming greener would "benefit our planet, as well as ourselves". Additionally, throughout her pieces she uses inclusive language in reference to what "we can achieve' when "we work together". The reader is positioned to share the writer's argument as it appeals to their desire to belong to the group of achieving a 'greener' Australia. She combines inclusive language with a memory that she would believe a majority of us would share, "most of us can remember our Dad or Grandpa showing us how to put seeds in the earth", which sparks a sense of nostalgia in the readers in an effort to persuade the reader to connect a happy memory with becoming greener. Furthermore, the image depicts an adult digging for the sake of the younger generation. Reference to a more sustainable country it signal's the writer's view that is was time for a "healthier future, for ourselves, our children and our planet". This incites the reader's to become 'greener' for not only their sake, but for the future