Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines (Paperback)

from lilibrarian

A discussion of what is behind the climate change debate and how an environmental crises came to be. Discussed are political, historical, and psychological aspects of climate change action and denial and information on evaluating sources of information about the changing climate.

from jrnewman

I had mixed feelings about this book - primarily because it was incredibly messy. As such, I will present my review as a set of bullet points of good and bad features of the book. The Not so Good 1) Chaos: This work was chaos on paper. Every page was lined with side bars and randomly placed pictu...

from J.Davidson

Paul Fleischman covers a wide range of environmental topics with his 2014 book Eyes Wide Open. Although the work was at times frustrating to read due to the barrage of information on every page, overall I enjoyed the book and could see myself using it in the classroom. The book's cover and endpag...

from vroussel

There are few books I come in contact with that really challenge me as a reader. Surprisingly enough, this book was one of them. Reading Eyes Wide Open was like discussing environmental conservation with a dilettante activist - someone who is passionate about the subject, but dabbles in all the a...

from nmathur

This provocative book by award winning children's book author Paul Fleichman, deals with the environmental crisis that the world faces today. It is a book that showcases the detrimental effect of human actions on climate. The book starts by showing how population increase leads to more consumptio...