Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Audience

The audience intended for this book is basically anyone is who interested in learning about reducing carbon footprint. It is made very appealing in a easy-to-follow guide. It's audience is for older teenagers and adults with housing. It would contain language difficult for youth to understand. The audience is for older teenagers and adults with housing is because these ideas to reduce carbon footprint involve financing, purchasing decisions, changes around the home, and professional technical help. Only teens and adults with homes and money can even begin to redice their carbon footprint. For instance, "Do a home draft audit. Hold a lit candle next to window and door frames...[and] whenever it flickers, there's a draft that needs to be plugged." (Yarrow, 17) Also, "Download and buy music from the Internet and put it on an mp3 player. Ove you've worked out how to track down your favorite tunes online, you need never buy another CD." (Yarrow, 80) Obviously, only some teens and adults can afford to buy music online.