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.
ISBN-13: 9780763675455
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication Date: 09-23-2014
Pages: 208
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years
Table of Contents
Noticing 1
Optical Illusions 2
The Essential 8
My Town/Your Town 22
Perception 26
Vested Interests 28
Common Sense 34
Out of Sight 40
In the Now 46
Backstory: The Oil Embargo 50
Defense Mechanisms 54
Denial 56
Projection 64
Regression 68
Systems 72
Democracy 74
Capitalism 78
Backstory: Ozone 84
Attitudes 86
Science to the Rescue 88
Never Retreat 94
No Limits 102
Losing Control 108
Backstroy: Kyoto 114
Eyes Abroad and Ahead 118
Conflict 120
Chindia 128
Fixes 136
Coming Soon 142
How to Weight Information 154
Source Notes 158
Bibliography 176
Suggested Resources 181
Glossary 185
Acknowledgments 190
Image Credits 191
Index 193
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