Eyes Wide Open
Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"History is happening right here and right now," writes Newbery Medalist Fleischman in this challenging and provocative overview of current environmental and sociological problems, which urges readers to think critically and broadly about the world. Throughout, Fleischman gives readers a toolbox of deciphering skills with which to recognize for starters the vested interests that guide decisions made by those in power, media and PR distortions, and both real and "shadow" solutions. Photographs, sidebars, and an array of suggested resources bolster the hard truths outlined ("Solving the environment requires looking straight at reality and calculating the costs of our lifestyle and options"). Few readers will look at the world the same way after finishing this book. Ages 14 up.
