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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 (hc.)
  • 0763671029 (hc.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 23
LOC classification:
  • TD170.15 .F54 2014
Contents:
Noticing. Optical illusions ; The essentials ; My town/your town -- Perception. Vested interests ; Common sense ; Out of sight ; In the now ; Backstory: The oil embargo -- Defense mechanisms. Denial ; Projection ; Regression -- Systems. Democracy ; Capitalism ; Backstory: Ozone -- Attitudes. Science to the rescue ; Never retreat ; No limits ; Losing control ; Backstory: Kyoto -- Eues abroad and ahead. Conflict ; Chindia ; Fixes ; Coming soon.
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 attitude, 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"--Page [4] of cover.
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 363.7/FLEISCHMAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500039660

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-184), filmography (pages 180) and index.

Noticing. Optical illusions ; The essentials ; My town/your town -- Perception. Vested interests ; Common sense ; Out of sight ; In the now ; Backstory: The oil embargo -- Defense mechanisms. Denial ; Projection ; Regression -- Systems. Democracy ; Capitalism ; Backstory: Ozone -- Attitudes. Science to the rescue ; Never retreat ; No limits ; Losing control ; Backstory: Kyoto -- Eues abroad and ahead. Conflict ; Chindia ; Fixes ; Coming soon.

"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 attitude, 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"--Page [4] of cover.

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