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Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines / Paul Fleischman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014. Edition: First editionDescription: 203 pages; illustrations; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780763671020
  • 0763671029
  • 9780763675455
  • 0763675458
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 23
LOC classification:
  • TD170.15 .F54 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1. Noticing. Optical illusions -- The essentials -- My town/your town -- Part 2. Perception. Vested interests -- Common sense -- Out of sight -- In the now -- Backstory: The oil embargo -- Part 3. Defense mechanisms. Denial -- Projection -- Regression -- Part 4. Systems. Democracy -- Capitalism -- Backstory: Ozone -- Part 5. Attitudes. Science to the rescue -- Never retreat -- No limits -- Losing control -- Backstory: Kyoto -- Part 6. Eyes abroad and ahead. Conflict -- Chindia -- Fixes -- Coming soon -- How to weigh information -- Source notes -- Glossary.
Awards:
  • Junior Library Guild selection
  • Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K--12 Award, 2015
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015
Summary: "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 altitude, 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179), filmography (page 180) and index.

Part 1. Noticing. Optical illusions -- The essentials -- My town/your town -- Part 2. Perception. Vested interests -- Common sense -- Out of sight -- In the now -- Backstory: The oil embargo -- Part 3. Defense mechanisms. Denial -- Projection -- Regression -- Part 4. Systems. Democracy -- Capitalism -- Backstory: Ozone -- Part 5. Attitudes. Science to the rescue -- Never retreat -- No limits -- Losing control -- Backstory: Kyoto -- Part 6. Eyes abroad and ahead. Conflict -- Chindia -- Fixes -- Coming soon -- How to weigh information -- Source notes -- Glossary.

"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 altitude, 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.

Young adult.

Junior Library Guild selection

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K--12 Award, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015

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