The news is grim: overfishing, pollution, coral reefs in trouble. But around the world, unsung heroes – scientists, conservationists, local communities – are hard at work inventing and implementing solutions. Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina is not just another doom and gloom TV show; it’s about people solving problems. Saving the Ocean’s 10 half-hour [...]
On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, Orion asked thirty writers and thinkers to name one thing we will increasingly need over the next thirty years if humans are going to find a way to live happily, sustainably, redeemably on earth. Carl contributed an essay on energy future. He wrote, “Big Energy has left us [...]
The BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Event, a 7-day festival showcasing the world’s finest ocean films and award winning marine photography selected Carl Safina’s Saving the Ocean: The Sacred Island episode as a finalist in the Innovations and Solutions category. Airing on PBS, Safina’s Saving the Ocean series chronicles the unsung heroes who are [...]
Grand Turtles of Grand Riviere Grand Riviere, on Trinidad’s northeast coast, is a narrow strip of shoreline backed by mountainous emerald jungle that tumbles to the broad sea. Almost as soon as the sun goes down, dark shapes dot the gleaming surf. And you realize those shapes are big, and they’re moving up the beach. [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Orion announced that my recent book, THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT; A Natural Year in an Unnatural World (Picador, January 2012) was among the finalists for the 2012 Orion Book Award. On May 3 THE VIEW FROM LAZY POINT was named the winner! View the announcement here. I could not [...]
