Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines by Fleischman, Paul

Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines
by Fleischman, Paul

(#0942YP8)

Paperback Candlewick Press, 2014

Price: USD 10.58

Description: 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Dewey: 363.7; Audience: Young Adult

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FollettBound Glued Candlewick Press, 2014

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Hardcover Candlewick Press, 2014

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From Follett

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-184), filmography (page 180), and index.;Noticing -- Optical illusions -- The essentials -- My town/your town -- Perception -- Vested interests -- Common sense -- Out of sight -- In the now -- Backstory: The oil embargo -- Defense mechanisms -- Denial -- Projection -- Regression -- Systems -- Democracy -- Capitalism -- Backstory: Ozone -- Attitudes -- Science to the rescue -- Never retreat -- No limits -- Losing control -- Backstory: Kyoto -- Eyes abroad and ahead -- Conflict -- Chindia -- Fixes -- Coming soon. "We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events and attitudes, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Here's the briefing you need to comprehend the twenty-first century"--Back cover.

From the Publisher
Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them. We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking — suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world.  This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to big-country syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide the briefing needed to comprehend the 21st century.  Extensive back matter, including a glossary, bibliography, and index, as well as numerous references to websites, provides further resources.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press
  • Publication Date: September 23, 2014
  • Format: Paperback
  • Edition: First edition 2014.
  • Dewey: 363.7
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • ISBN-10: 0-7636-7545-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-7545-5
  • Follett Number: 0942YP8
  • Audience: Young Adult