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Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines

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Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental HeadlinesPaul 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/23/2014
ISBN: 9780763675455
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2014 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 08/11/2014 pg. 69
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2014
Booklist 09/15/2014 pg. 49
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 122
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 08/01/2014

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 169345 / Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines
Reading Level: 7.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5
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