Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

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Overview

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

ISBN-13: 9780763675455
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication date: 09/23/2014
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 1,097,570
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile: 1080L (what's this?)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

About the Author

About The Author
 

Table of Contents

Noticing 1

Optical Illusions 2

The Essential 8

My Town/Your Town 22

Perception 26

Vested Interests 28

Common Sense 34

Out of Sight 40

In the Now 46

Backstory: The Oil Embargo 50

Defense Mechanisms 54

Denial 56

Projection 64

Regression 68

Systems 72

Democracy 74

Capitalism 78

Backstory: Ozone 84

Attitudes 86

Science to the Rescue 88

Never Retreat 94

No Limits 102

Losing Control 108

Backstroy: Kyoto 114

Eyes Abroad and Ahead 118

Conflict 120

Chindia 128

Fixes 136

Coming Soon 142

How to Weight Information 154

Source Notes 158

Bibliography 176

Suggested Resources 181

Glossary 185

Acknowledgments 190

Image Credits 191

Index 193

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