The Resource Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines, Paul Fleischman
Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines, Paul Fleischman
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The item Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines, Paul Fleischman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 203 pages
- 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
- Eyes abroad and ahead. Conflict ; Chindia ; Fixes ; Coming soon
- Isbn
- 9780763671020
- Label
- Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines
- Title
- Eyes wide open
- Title remainder
- going behind the environmental headlines
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Fleischman
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Award
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- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2014
- School Library Journal Best Books: Nonfiction, 2014
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- 10352279
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
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- Fleischman, Paul
- Dewey number
- 363.7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- Young Adult
- LC call number
- TD170.15
- LC item number
- .F54 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- 6
- 12
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- filmographies
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- True
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- Environmental protection
- Environmental quality
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- going behind the environmental headlines
- Label
- Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines, Paul Fleischman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179), filmography (page 180) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- 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 -- Eyes abroad and ahead. Conflict ; Chindia ; Fixes ; Coming soon
- Control code
- ocn869527036
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 203 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763671020
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013953458
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869527036
- Label
- Eyes wide open : going behind the environmental headlines, Paul Fleischman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-179), filmography (page 180) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 -- Eyes abroad and ahead. Conflict ; Chindia ; Fixes ; Coming soon
- Control code
- ocn869527036
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 203 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763671020
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013953458
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- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869527036
Subject
- trueConsumer education
- trueConsumers' preferences
- trueDecision-making
- trueEnvironmental protection
- trueEnvironmental quality
- trueEnvironmental responsibility
- trueEnvironmentalism
- trueInformation behavior
- trueInformation resources
- trueOptions, alternatives, choices
- truePersonal conduct
- trueTeenagers
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2014
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books: 2014
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