Upcoming Events
May 3, 2024 Nature & Our Built Environment: In Conversation with Dr. Carl Safina at Scoville Hall in Amagansett, NY
May 7, 2024 The Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring at Malloy University presents the Irving & Margalit Like Virtual Conservation Award Ceremony on May 7th, 2024, honoring Dr. Carl Safina.
PAST EVENTS
April 23, 2024 Author Talk: Carl Safina to speak about his book Alfie & Me at West Islip Public Library.
April 14, 2024 Join Carl Safina for a discussion of Alfie & Me, followed by a book signing at Darien Library
April 9, 2024 "What Flaco Taught Us: Thoughts on Urban Wildlife and Human Connection," discussion with Carl Safina Columbia University
April 3, 2024 Carl Safina to be inducted into the Guild Hall Academy of Arts at the 38th Annual Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards Dinner
March 28, 2024 Carl Safina Discusses his newest book Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe Live over Zoom with the Bird Book Club.
March 23, 2024 Alfie & Me book reading and discussion at the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center
February 9, 2024 the American Bird Conservancy and Planet Forward present “The Future of Conservation: Expanding Opportunities Through Fellowships webinar.
February 4, 2024 Carl Safina presents the keynote address at the Audubon Regional Conservation Symposium "Birds Across New England
February 2, 2024 East End Libraries Presents: Alfie & Me with Carl Safina, an online lecture
December 28, 2023 Ocean Elders Presents: "Dive in" with Liz Taylor and Sylvia Earle, featuring Carl Safina
December 21, 2023 Queens Public Library presents: Literary Thursdays - Carl Safina, author of Alfie & Me, free online lecture and discussion
December 16, 2023 Interspecies Internet Presents: Carl Safina and Alfie & Me, an online lecture about Alfie and our relationship with the living world.
December 2, 2023 "Who’s Adapting?" Panel Discussion & Book Signing at the Hudson River Museum with Carl Safina and artists James Prosek and Walton Ford
November 18, 2023 Carl Safina and Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal discuss birds, conservation, and our life on our planet at the Miami Book Fair
November 14, 2023 Join Carl Safina at the Bates House in East Setauket for a discussion of Alfie & Me and a book signing.
November 13, 2023 Join Carl Safina at Theodore's Books in Oyster Bay, NY, for a discussion and book signing of Carl’s new book, Alfie & Me.
November 11, 2023 Carl Safina presents "Lessons From Inside the Animal World" as part of TEDxBoston's 2023 Planetary Stewardship Conference.
November 8, 2023 Join Carl Safina and authors Novuyo Rosa Tshuma and Virginia Pye at an "Authors on Stage" event at Wellesley College, featuring coffee, pastries, discussions and book signings.
November 7, 2023 Carl Safina and J. Drew Lanham discuss Carl’s new book, Alfie & Me, at the Harvard Science Center.
October 29, 2023 Join Carl Safina and author Scott Weidensaul at the Music Hall Lounge in New Hampshire for a discussion of Carl’s new book, Alfie & Me, a Q&A session, and a meet-and-greet.
October 26, 2023 Join Carl Safina at the Reboli Center for Art and History in Stony Brook, NY for a discussion of Alfie & Me and a book signing.
October 21, 2023 Join Carl Safina for a discussion of his new book "Alfie & Me," followed by a book signing at Canio's Books.
October 20, 2023 Join Carl Safina for a discussion of his new book "Alfie & Me," followed by a book signing at BookHampton.
October 17, 2023 As part of the Half King Reading series, Carl Safina will be speaking and discussing his newest book “Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe” at the Salmagundi Club.
October 10, 2023 Join Carl Safina and Dr. Kevin J. McGowan at the “Owls and Humans in Shared Environments” Cornell Keynote presentation.
October 10, 2023 Join Carl Safina and Safina Center Writer-in-Residence Paul Greenberg for a conversation about writing and Carl’s new book, “Alfie & Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe.”
August 3, 2023 Carl Safina and Patricia Paladin speak about their observations of the Galapagos Islands and conservation efforts at the "Enchanted Islands: Galapagos" event at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library.
July 9, 2023 Carl Safina speaks on a panel about the historical narrative of whaling on the East End of Long Island at the Southampton Arts Center's "A Whale's Tale" event.
**April 1, 2023** Carl Safina speaks at The Church's second annual Creativity Conference alongside author Paul Greenberg, actress and farmer Isabella Rosselini, musician Paul Winter, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, and toymaker Cas Holman.
**February 25th, 2023 ** Carl Safina gives the Keynote Adress at the Wild Dolphin Project's annual gala.
**Jan 17, 2023** Carl Safina speaks on animal intelligence at The Enduring Enigma of the Mind, hosted by the New York Academy of Medicine.
**Jan 14, 2023** Carl Safina and Patricia Paladines host "Engaging Curiosity through Art and Story Telling," at The South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center.
**November 26, 2022** Carl Safina discusses the importance of Old Growth forests with Dr. Joan Maloof at the South Hamptons Art Center.
**August 27th, 2022 ** Carl Safina collaborates with musician Paul Winter, Author Drew J. Lanham, and creative pioneer Laurie Anderson, for A Conversation with the Living World in Words and Birds and Music at The Church in Sag Harbor.
**August 26, 2022** Carl Safina discusses his young adult books, *Beyond Words* for the Young Environmentalist Society (YES!) at South Fork National History Museum.
**April 23, 2022** Carl introduces “The Velvet Queen,” a film that follows the wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and the writer Sylvain Tesson on a mission in a mountainous region of Tibet at The Hamptons Documentary Film Festival.
**April 18, 2022 ** Carl Safina speaks at the Earth Equity Roundtable Earth Day Celebration at The Church in Sag Harbor
November 5-6, 2021 Carl Safina speaks at The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family at its 2021 two-day online symposium.
November 4, 2021 You’re invited to celebrate the Safina Center's world-class Fellows, Launchpad Fellows, and Creative Affiliates; and dedicated Staff, at our 2021 (virtual) Annual Celebration, Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 7pm Eastern Time. Hosted by Carl Safina and Actress, Author & Activist Jane Alexander, a Safina Center Creative Affiliate; with cicada music by David Rothenberg, and other special appearances!.
October 15-17, 2021 Carl Safina gives keynote at the (virtual) 29th Annual, 2021 Animal Law Conference: Transforming Our Relationship With Animals, co-presented by the Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark School.
September 18, 2021 Carl Safina participates in the second Nature’s Solutions as National Policy (virtual) mini-conference, for a conversation focused on animals, with specialists on the interaction of animal species with habitat, discussing how animals shape ecosystems with wildlife biologist Fred Provenza and conservationist Tania Roa in this two-hour Zoom conference hosted by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate.
September 14, 2021 Carl Safina discusses his latest book, BECOMING WILD, virtually for Great Neck Library.
September 9, 2021 Carl Safina, Cristina Mittermeier, and Ali Tabrizi virtually discuss driftnets and the road to banning this deadly fishing practice. SeaLegacy and Seaspiracy are teaming up for this talk about the deadly use of driftnets off the coast of California and the acute dangers of fishing subsidies.
July 30-31, 2021 Carl Safina participates in the Interspecies Internet Conference (online).
July 29, 2021 Carl Safina discusses his latest book BECOMING WILD for Environment for the Americas' monthly online "Bird Book Club."
July 27, 2021 Join Carl Safina at the Block Island Maritime Institute in Rhode Island for “Minds and Cultures of Non-Human Animals,” combining the messages of his last two books, “Beyond Words” and “Becoming Wild.” In addition to new current information and events, Dr. Safina will discuss the conscious awareness, emotional capacity, and cultural lives of other animals; the conservation implications and what is at stake for our imperiled co-voyagers on this planet; and discuss whether humans have the intellectual and emotional capacity to simply let the other living beings on this planet continue to exist.
July 22, 2021 Carl Safina discusses his latest book BECOMING WILD, and the cultures of nonhuman animals in a virtual conversation for Longwood Library..
July 13, 2021 Carl Safina joins a virtual Counterpoint Conversation centered on Teya Brooks Pribac’s recent book "ENTER THE ANIMAL" with Laura Hobgood and Donovan Schaefer, moderated by Kocku von Stuckradt at 3pm ET. Carl will specifically weigh in on animal emotions/behaviour/sociality.
July 7, 2021 Carl Safina speaks about nonhuman animals' thoughts, feelings, and cultures and his books BECOMING WILD and BEYOND WORDS for the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton, in collaboration with East End Libraries, virtually on Zoom at 6pm ET. Part of East End Libraries' "Tails and Tales" summer theme.
June 30, 2021 Carl Safina speaks to Museum of Natural History volunteers at 1pm ET. Event open to AMNH volunteers.
June 24, 2021 Carl Safina joins author and Safina Center Fellow Paul Greenberg, science writer and artist Erica Cirino, and photographer and educator Patricia Paladines to discuss their creative works supporting conservation at the Southampton Arts Center at 25 Jobs Lane in Southamton, NY. This April through July, Southampton Arts Center is displaying its eARTh show: Artists as Activists. In it, are works by Erica Cirino and Patricia Paladines. Show runs until July 10, 2021.
June 21, 2021 Carl Safina participates in World Wildlife Fund's Writer Series "Pandas and Prose" (online) at 12:30pm ET. Pandas and Prose is WWF's new virtual series in which WWF hosts conversations with writers who use nature and the written word to inspire and educate readers around the world. Each Pandas and Prose webinar will feature a writer alongside a WWF expert to hear their stories, learn from their experiences, and introduce audiences to potentially new ways of thinking.
June 10, 2021 Carl Safina joins Safina Center Fellow Paul Greenberg, Bren Smith and Krizl Soriano of Greenwave, Jen Levin of Gulf of Maine Sashimi, and others for a virtual conversation about sustainable seafood, hosted by The Explorers Club for World Oceans Week 2021.
June 10, 2021 Carl Safina receives the Legacy Award for his many years advocating for the preservation of biodiversity at the Defenders of Wildlife 2021 Conservation Awards. Online.
June 8, 2021 Carl Safina has a discussion about racial equity, protecting the Earth, and more, with Enrico Manalo of All Aces, Inc., on the organization's webshow, Act Intentionally Live.
June 8, 2021 This world Ocean's Day, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, you're invited to hear Carl Safina's keynote on the unique lives and cultures of nonhuman animals, and view a screening of the Emmy-award-winning film Mission Blue at the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium, in person.
June 6, 2021 Carl Safina discusses marine animals' cultures and relationships—and our relationship to them at this year’s hybrid in-person and virtual Tacoma Ocean Fest.
May 19, 2021 "An Evening with Carl Safina," a virtual event hosted by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. Online event.
May 13, 2021 Carl Safina speaks about his writing and work in conservation as part of the UCI Illuminations speaker series, part of The Chancellor’s Arts and Culture Initiative at UC Irvine. Online.
April 20, 2021 Carl Safina speaks about his book EYE OF THE ALBATROSS with Professor Lesley Thorne's seabirds class at Stony Brook University. Virtual event open to students.
April 18, 2021 Homecoming Farm's Tenth Annual (VIRTUAL) Spring Awakening Opening our Hearts to the Consciousness of All Living Beings with Carl Safina, PhD. All proceeds from this event will be used to help Homecoming Farm feed the hungry.
April 16, 2021 Carl Safina presents his latest book BECOMING WILD virtually, hosted by SCRI, IIT Mandi. Watch Carl's recorded presentation here.
April 14, 2021 Carl Safina speaks about his writing and work in conservation to Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker's class on Environmental History and Values at Yale University. Virtual event open to students.
April 13, 2021 Carl Safina joins Paul Greenberg to discuss eating for a new era. Learn how to revamp your diet into one that is more climate-friendly and celebrate the launch of Greenberg's new book, THE CLIMATE DIET. Free online event, held via Zoom, at 7pm Eastern Time. Order your copy of THE CLIMATE DIET from our friends at Canio's Books, here. Find more information here.
April 9, 2021 Carl Safina participates in the 73rd CU Boulder Conference on World Affairs (online), which runs Monday, April 5, through Sunday, April 11. The theme of this year's conference is "Fixing Spaceship Earth," and will feature discussions on how to address today's pressing environmental issues.
Carl will take part in a panel discussing the contemporary environmental challenges we face and the path forward at 7pm ET on Friday, April 9. He joins: Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science and Policy, Union of Concerned Scientists; Christopher Horsethief, Educator, Organizational Theorist and Consultant, Ktunaxa Nation Council; Bonnie Keeler, Assistant Professor at Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, University of Minnesota; Moderator, Alice Madden, Executive Director of University of Colorado Law School Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment
All CWA events are free and open to the public. No registration is required, however attendees can RSVP for event updates here. The panel will be streamed to the CWA YouTube Channel and the CWA Website. You can also find the full CWA Schedule of Events on their website. March 24, 2021 Carl Safina holds a virtual climate change program for Saw Mill River Audubon Society, which has selected Carl's latest book BECOMING WILD as its SMRA “Nature Book Club Choice” for February-March.
March 20-21, 2021 Carl Safina participates in "Delivering the Human Future: A worldwide conference on the threats we face and the solutions we need." Two days, March 20-21, starting 1pm PDT each day (half-day sessions). Hosted by: The Council for the Human Future (CHF), The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB) and the Common Home of Humanity (CHH) and facilitated by: Olfa Meliani-Faure.
Find the full schedule of conversations and learn how to watch the conference live-stream here.
March 18, 2021 Carl Safina joins photographer Brian Skerry and oceanographer Sylvia Earle for "Writers for the Sea," a special panel discussion of their latest books moderated by David Helvarg, of the Blue Frontier Campaign. Online event, 6pm Eastern Time | 3pm Pacific.
March 12, 2021 Carl Safina speaks virtually about his new book BECOMING WILD and the animal cultures he explores in it at this online-and-in-person event hosted by the Coudert Institute and Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society. Location: Sailfish Club of Florida, 1338 N Lake Way, Palm Beach, FL 33480, USA.
March 9, 2021 Carl Safina discusses his book BECOMING WILD with the Barnard College Class of 1962 Book Club. Virtual event open to members of the book club.
March 2-3, 2021 Carl Safina participates in the 6th Annual Coastal Resilience Conference at the University of California Irvine. Learn about coastal resilience needs, priorities, and strategies being employed across California and the nation from leading policy makers, scientists, and others during this free two-day event.
February 25, 2021 Carl Safina joins J. Drew Lanham, Safina Center Fellow; George Archibald, Subhankar Banerjee, Christoph Irmscher and others to celebrate Peter Matthiessen's love of birds with The Peter Matthiessen Center. Virtual. Event recording posted online by The Peter Matthiessen Center following the live event.
February 11, 2021 Carl Safina joins Sylvia Earle and Liz Taylor in a discussion about nature and animals on "DIVE IN with Liz and Sylvia" (online). DIVE IN with Liz and Sylvia is a casual, free-flowing, and educational conversation and encourages ocean and nature enthusiasts of all ages to join. Sylvia, Liz, and Carl will take questions via Q & A text and voice call-in from the attendees.
February 9, 2021 Carl Safina participates in CLEANR's "Extinction: Solutions for Species on the Brink" Conference, held online, February 9 and 10. Carl will speak with Leda Huta of the Endangered Species Coalition in the conference’s opening talk titled “Framing the Magnitude of the Threats and Unmet Challenges."
February 2, 2021 Carl Safina participates in One Hundred Miles' Coastal Conservation in Action: Choosing to Lead Conference. Carl will kick off the conference by discussing the question "How do we save a species?" with conservationist Wendy Paulson of Rare, focusing on the plight of the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. Online.
December 17, 2020 Carl Safina joins authors Bill McKibben, Rose Styron, Scott Chaskey and others in sharing favorite passages from the acclaimed works of Peter Matthiessen. Hosted by the Peter Matthiessen Center, with the Peconic Land Trust and Canio's Books.
December 16, 2020 Carl Safina speaks virtually about today's most pressing environmental problems and the consequences of human destruction of the planet virtually as part of this year's International Conference of Young Researchers in Russia, NEXT 75. Streamed online.
December 11, 2020 Join Carl Safina for a live text Q+A chat with Goodreads' Green Group Discussion, here.
December 1 and 8, 2020 Carl Safina participates in "Listening to Animals," a two-part online class as part of 92Y's "The Great Thinkers" course series. Learn more here.
November 17, 2020 Carl Safina participates in a virtual conversation about elephants with Dale Peterson, Felicia Nutter and Allen Rutberg, hosted by Trinity University Press in celebration of the new anthology Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant, edited by scientific writer Dale Peterson. The panel will consider popular conceptions and misconceptions, ancient and traditional lore, scientific knowledge, and the reality of elephant minds and emotions.
November 16, 2020 Carl Safina speaks to Professor Maria Howe's "Ecopoetry" class at Sarah Lawrence College, in Yonkers, NY, about his book Beyond Words.
November 11, 2020 Carl Safina joins author and naturalist Jennifer Ackerman in a virtual conversation about their latest books, in which they have turned to the wilderness to find societies as complex, harsh and beautiful as the ones we call our own. This conversation, "Wild: Work, Play, and Family in the Animal Kingdom," will be moderated by Juli Berwald. Register to join this free, live virtual event at 2pm CST here.
November 10, 2020 Carl Safina joins author Peter Godfrey-Smith to virtually discuss Godfrey-Smith's latest book Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind as part of Harvard Book Store's online event series.
November 10, 2020 Watch Carl Safina in a virtual conversation with Indian ecofeminist Vandana Shiva at 12pm (Eastern) as part of the 2020 Foro De La Cultura (International Culture Forum). The two will discuss more sustainable alternative agrarian models in a talk titled "Development versus food sovereignty: distant neighbors?" moderated by Gustavo Dutch. Watch for free on the Culture Forum's YouTube channel here on the 10th. Learn more about the Forum here.
November 5, 2020 Dr. Carl Safina, actor and science communicator Alan Alda, musical pioneer Paul Winter, and other surprise guests come together virtually to celebrate the Safina Center’s year of creativity, influential ideas, and leadership.
October 30, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his classic book SONG FOR THE BLUE OCEAN with Dominique Didier's marine biology students at Millersville University of Pennsylvania in an online lecture. Private event.
October 29, 2020 Carl Safina discusses chimpanzee, macaw and sperm whale cultures and his latest book BECOMING WILD with the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society in an online meeting.
October 21, 2020 Amagansett Free Library holds online book discussion about BECOMING WILD by Carl Safina, which has been chosen as the library's 2020 Community Read book!
October 20, 2020 Carl Safina holds an online hourlong masterclass for the Academy for Teachers on the "Inner Life of Animals." What goes on in the other minds that share our planet? What do animals think and feel? It’s helpful to remember that humans are animals, and while we cannot see a mind, we can examine brains, consider evolution, and witness the working of minds in the logic of behaviors. Many other animals have cultures, bodies of knowledge learned from parents and elders and passed along over generations. Culture is a form of inheritance that is not genetic. But it has major implications for evolution and for conservation of life on Earth.
October 18, 2020 Carl Safina speaks virtually to the Blue Ocean Faith Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, about "the greatest story is that all life is one," and how he came to see and experience this through his early love of birds, work as an ecologist and writer.
October 17, 2020 Carl Safina participates in "A Talk About Water," hosted by The Storefront, moderated by Rebecca Kusa at 6pm. This panel will build upon the theme of the current exhibit at The Storefront, “It Is All About Water.” Just as this exhibit works to celebrate water in its many forms, these panelists will discuss how water has shaped the work they do.
October 12, 2020 Carl Safina speaks with graduate students in philosophy at the University of Montana, with Professor Deborah Slicer, wolf researcher Rick McIntyre and anthropologist-psychologist Barbara Smuts. Private event.
October 12, 2020 Carl Safina and naturalist-educator and photographer Patricia Paladines are a married couple who share a love of nature. For this Zoom presentation, they join up-and-coming environmental photojournalist Erica Cirino in a lively discussion about how they each use their love of nature and original talents to make a case for life on Earth. Learn about what most inspires these creative conservationists, how they are making waves, what they hope for the future of our planet and more! This event is hosted by the South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center, and will begin at 2pm Eastern Time.
October 9, 2020 Carl Safina speaks online at the Annual Celebration of the Crystal Cove Conservancy at 9pm EST.
October 1, 2020 Carl Safina discusses BECOMING WILD with the Duke University Marine Laboratory Book Club.
September 29, 2020 Carl Safina discusses animal culture and BECOMING WILD with students at the University of Gettysburg as part of a “Skype-A-Scientist” series.
September 29, 2020 Join the Charleston Library Society for an online event with authors Carl Safina and Mary Alice Monroe as they discuss Safina’s most recent book, Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace; as well as the environment & ecosystems, writing & perspective-shifting ideas.
September 27, 2020 Carl Safina and Safina Center Creative Affiliate Isabella Rossellini, model, actress and filmmaker, have a lively in-person discussion about animal behavior before a tour of Isabella's Bellport, NY, farm. What's the occasion? Carl's latest book, BECOMING WILD was just published in April, and Isabella has recently earned her Master's Degree in Conservation & Animal Behavior. This event is a fundraiser for the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery.
September 23, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his 2003 article "Launching a Sea Ethic" (Wild Earth Magazine) at a MARIPOLDATA Reading Group Session. While this meeting is closed to the public, you can learn more about MARIPOLDATA here
September 10-11, 2020 Join Carl Safina at the CWA Virtual Conference on World Affairs. Carl will participate in the Friday panel "Reconnecting to the Natural World," at 9am Mountain Time.
August 4, 2020 Carl Safina gives a "Tuesday Talk" for the Block Island Maritime Institute about his latest book, BECOMING WILD, at 7pm EST.
August 5, 2020 Carl Safina moderates a live online Q&A for the film "Whale Wisdom" by Rick Rosenthal as part of this year's International Ocean Film Festival at 4pm PDT/7pm EST. Carl and Rick are joined in the Q&A by Katya Shirokow, managing director of Wild Logic, LLC.
July 28, 2020 Carl Safina joins Book|Hampton and RJ Julia Booksellers in an online discussion, with journalist Andrew Revkin, about his new book BECOMING WILD and the animal cultures he explores in it, as well as his experiences observing free-living animals in some of the most remote parts of the world.
July 29, 2020 Carl Safina and Patricia Paladines host an online masterclass with the Ward Melville Heritage Organization together discussing how they integrate their shared care, concern and passion for the natural world into their everyday lives.
July 18, 2020 Carl Safina participates in the Interspecies Conversations' Public Event 2020 in collaboration with the Coller Foundation, Google and MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. Interspecies I/O's mission is to encourage, explore and facilitate interfaces for interspecies communication and approaches for deciphering the communication of non-human animals, with the aim to positively impact species conservation, welfare, empathy, compassion, enrichment, sustainability and understanding.
July 14, 2020 Carl Safina speaks about his new book BECOMING WILD at a socially distanced event at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket, NY, at 11am.
July 14, 2020 Carl Safina discusses animal cultures, showing how other beings teach and learn, and his new book BECOMING WILD online with Brentwood Public Library at 7pm EST.
July 15, 2020 Carl Safina discusses how animals learn to be animals, and his new book BECOMING WILD during this week's Your Environment Now (YEN) online discussion. "YEN at Ten" is hosted by Hildur Palsdottir of ReWild Long Island and environmentalist Steve Finkelstein.
July 12, 2020 Carl Safina meets with Bonnie Grice for her Sunday WLNG 92.1 FM radio show "Brunch with Bonnie." Listen to their conversation here.
July 9, 2020 Carl Safina joins an online conversation with The Whale Sanctuary Project at 3:30pm EST. In addition to his work with the Safina Center, Carl is also on the board of the Whale Sanctuary Project, which is working to establish a model seaside sanctuary where cetaceans (whales and dolphins) can live in an environment that maximizes well-being and autonomy and is as close as possible to their natural habitat. Find more information and learn how to join the event live on Facebook here.
July 9, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his new book BECOMING WILD in an online meeting with Google's staff based in Boulder, CO. This event is private and only open to Google employees.
July 3, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his latest book BECOMING WILD with The New School at Commonweal in an online webinar at 9AM PST/12PM EST.
June 30, 2020 Carl Safina and novelist Luanne Rice, Safina Center Creative Affiliate in discussion about their latest books, BECOMING WILD (Carl Safina) and LAST DAY (Luanne Rice). Watch the recorded conversation here.
June 30, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his latest book BECOMING WILD with Stony Brook University Professor Dr. Patricia Wright's graduate conservation class. He will also dicuss how to stay positive and focused in the field of conservation even when times are tough. This private event is for students only.
June 22, 2020 Carl Safina and the nationally-syndicated radio show & podcast Living on Earth host the latest "Good Reads on Earth" virtual event. Carl will discuss his latest book BECOMING WILD and the nonhuman cultures he explores in it.
June 21, 2020 Carl Safina discusses his latest book BECOMING WILD and the animal cultures he explores in it, during this "Sunday Platform" online meeting with the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
June 20, 2020 Carl Safina gives the keynote speech on nonhuman animal cultures, featuring excerpts from his new book BECOMING WILD, for The Science of Nature's "Stronger Together: Pets, Stress & Us" event. Watch the recording online here.
June 19, 2020 Carl Safina participates in a LIVE Ocean Geographic webinar on "Wildlife and Wet Markets," an important forum in this time of a global pandemic. Listen to the perspectives from an expert panel comprised of conservationists, ecologist, educators, scientists of diverse demographic, culture and gender. Dr Carl Safina, Dr Sylvia Earle, Dr Zhou Jifeng, Sharon Kwok, Peter Knights, Miao Wang, Michael Aw , and Steve Blake—host and moderated by Alex Rose and Sheree Marris.
June 10, 2020 Carl Safina speaks about his latest book BECOMING WILD with WMNF Tampa (88.5FM)'s "Talking Animals" host Duncan Strauss. Listen to the recorded conversation here.
June 10, 2020 Carl Safina speaks live about his new book BECOMING WILD with Lisa Valentine Clark on "The Lisa Show." Listen to the recorded conversation here.
June 12, 2020 Carl Safina and Safina Center Fellow Paul Greenberg join sustainable seafood expert Barton Seavers for "Sustainable Seafood: The Sessions," an event that will be streamed live online from 7-9PM EST by The Explorers Club in NYC. The evening is a celebration of art, science, and innovation and culinary treats in honor of World Oceans Week, which runs June 7-12, at The Explorers Club.
June 5, 2020 Carl Safina participates in the Southampton Arts Center's online Zoom panel discussion "The Ripple Effect: Small Actions Impacting Larger Scale Change" with East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery Director "Barley" John Dunne, and Founder of the Amazon Plastic-Free Checkout Petition Nicole Delma, and moderator Susan Rockefeller. Watch the recorded event here here.
June 2, 2020 Carl Safina speaks with the Conservation Book Club about his latest title BECOMING WILD in an online conversation. Private Event.
April 21, 2020 *Beyond Words; What Wolves and Dogs Think and Feel*, a young reader's adaptation, is published by Roaring Brook Press. In this second part of a two-part adaptation of his bestseller *Beyond Words; What Animals Think and Feel*, Carl Safina tells triumphant and heartbreaking stories about the wolf population at Yellowstone (as well as some personal anecdotes about dogs), accessibly exploring the mysteries of animal thought and behavior for young readers. You can purchase a copy for your young reader here.April 14, 2020 *Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace* by Carl Safina is published by Henry Holt and Co. In his latest book, New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina brings readers close to three non-human cultures—what they do, why they do it, and how life is for them. You can purchase your copy of Becoming Wild here.
March 26, 2020 Carl speaks to children as part of Avalon Park and Preserve's Youth Book Club. The children are reading Beyond Words; What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel, the first part of the YA adaptation of his bestseller Beyond Words; What Animals Think and Feel. Time: 4pm. Location: Avalon Park and Preserve Harbor Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11790.
March 4-6, 2020 Carl participates in Pathways to Planetary Health, a private symposium on ethics in the age of the Anthropocene, at the Garrison Institute in New York. This is the second convening of the Pathways to Planetary Health Symposium and will build on discussions created at the 2018 symposium. A major focus will be the exploration of necessary steps to create a foundational shift in society toward altruism. This event is "by invitation only," but you can learn more about its aims and inspirations here. Location: Garrison Institute, 14 Mary's Way, Route 9D, Garrison, NY 10524.
March 3, 2020 Carl speaks about respect for nonhuman animals at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork, in Bridgehampton, NY, on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at 3:30pm. Location: 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton, NY.
February 8, 2020 Dial into Carl Safina’s conversation with Awakin about human treatment of, and beliefs about, nonhuman animals. Carl believes that we cannot preserve the wild in nature unless we preserve human dignity, and we cannot conserve human dignity while continuing to degrade nature. How has your treatment of the natural world affected your internal state, and vice versa? Dive into these issues on Saturday, February 8 at 9am Pacific Time. Register for the call here.
January 10, 2020 Carl Safina in conversation with environmental artists at the Parrish Art Museum, in Water Mill, New York, on Friday, January 10, 2020, at 6pm. Location: Parrish Art Museum (in the Lichtenstein Theater), 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY 11976. Get tickets here.