Reduce Reuse Recycle. These are words remembered by young school children up to their grandparents. These three words may be simple, but they have a lot of meaning behind them. This popular eco-friendly expression promotes sustainability and relates to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. These three goals are intertwined and focus on climate change and cleaning up our land and water. Similar to how these three goals are connected, in the artifact, there is a green arrow connecting the three words. In addition, Penn State University Park aims to promote recycling and composting throughout their campus. The poster Penn State uses is informative and shows how to properly dispose of each type of trash. The three R poster uses, systems thinking, commonplaces, and the rhetorical situation lens to further its goal of helping the environment through reducing waste, reusing products, and recycling.
I like how you translated many elements of your elevator pitch into this introduction. You are very clear in your thesis with what lenses are used by these artifacts, setting yourself up for a clear path to follow in your speech/essay.
You did a really good job of allowing your introduction to connect both you artifacts in a way that is very easy to follow for the reader. You description of each and how they connect allow for the reader to get a sense of what is coming next in the essay.
You very clearly stated the rhetorical lenses in which you will use to analyze these artifacts. I think it was a good choice to use an artifact that is found at Penn State because that represents a commonplace for all us consumers because we are all very familiar with these signs spread throughout campus.