Initial Publication Date: March 30, 2022

CLEAN Teleconference Call March 8, 2016

Explaining the Environment to Young Adults

Abstract:
I drew on my best school teachers when I tackled the environment in Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines. Challenges abounded: the topic is broad in the extreme, controversial, and a breaking story that's constantly changing. I'll share the strategies I used in the writing and what I've learned since from teachers and students about environmental literacy, critical thinking, and the crucial topic of morale.

Bio:
Paul Fleischman has written novels, plays, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction. He received the Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, a Newbery Honor for Graven Images, and was a National Book Award finalist for Breakout. In 2012 he was the United States' nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award for the body of his work. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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