Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
Candlewick Press · Paperback · September 23, 2014
Paul Fleischman offers teens an environmental wake-up call and a tool kit for decoding the barrage of conflicting information confronting them.
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- Who it’s for
- Environmental change comes into focus through science, politics, history, and the psychology of denial.
- Themes
- Environmental change, Evaluating conflicting information, Science and environmental politics
- Genres
- Conservation & Environment for Teens, Politics & Government for Teens, Activism & Social Justice
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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.
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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.
Beyond the Headlines
Environmental change comes into focus through science, politics, history, and the psychology of denial.
Come here for
- Look past isolated environmental facts to the interests and ideas around them.
- Follow the links between science, politics, history, and psychology.
Expect
- A briefing on the forces shaping attitudes and events.
- Back matter with a glossary, bibliography, index, and website references.
Where it sits
| Politics & Government for Teens | 72% |
|---|---|
| Conservation & Environment for Teens | 58% |
| Activism & Social Justice | 26% |
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Publisher categories
- Media Studies for Teens
- Conservation & Environment for Teens
- Politics & Government for Teens
- Authors
- Paul Fleischman
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- September 23, 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Environmental change · Evaluating conflicting information · Science and environmental politics
- Reading lane
- Media Studies for Teens