Blue Ocean Institute

Winner of the 2012 Orion Book of the Year Award. In this intertwined story, Carl Safina shows us that nature and human dignity require each other. The View from Lazy Point follows the arc of the seasons from Carl Safina’s home waters of eastern Long Island to far horizons of the globe, from the Arctic to Antarctica and across the tropics. We encounter bears, Eskimos, salmon, penguins, corals, tropical fishes, local villagers-. We see a world brimming with vitality, but changing, with much at stake.
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A Sea in Flames is Safina’s blistering account of the months-long manmade disaster that tormented a region and mesmerized the nation. Traveling across the Gulf to make sense of an ever-changing story and its often-nonsensical twists, Safina expertly deconstructs the series of calamitous misjudgments that caused the Deepwater Horizon blowout, zeroes in on BP’s misstatements, evasions, and denials, reassesses his own reaction to the government’s crisis handling, and reviews the consequences of the leak—and what he considers the real problems, which the press largely overlooked.
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On this transforming ride to the ends of the Earth, our guide and inspiration is Amelia, an Albatross wearing a state-of-the-art satellite transmitter. Chronicling Amelia’s travels as she journeys thousands of miles to find food for her chick, Safina shows how our actions connect us to the lives of animals in the most remote corners of the world. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing and selected by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine as the Year’s Best Book for Communicating Science.
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In a global journey on oceans and coasts, Carl Safina follows the miraculous migrations of the Leatherback turtle, the closest thing we have to a last-living dinosaur. From tropical New Guinea jungle beaches to chilly waters of Newfoundland, Safina explores and explains the wondrous biology of this ancient mariner and the political, cultural, and economic forces that will affect its survival. In the end, we see that we all share the voyage. A New York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice.”
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Carl Safina’s epic personal narrative brings to life the complex challenges facing our shared ocean, its animals, and its people. In portraits of the exploitation of salmon, bluefin tuna, and coral reefs, Safina travels with fishermen, scientists, conservationists, and politicians, telling vivid tales of overfishing, political dysfunction, and greed. But he also shows people working heroically to build a better future. Winner of the Lannan Award for Literature and selected as one of the Most Influential Environmental Books of All Time by the Environmental Defense Fund. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction selection, Library Journal Best Science Book selection, and New York Times Notable Book.
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Inspired by a true story, Carl Safina’s first children’s book takes you on an adventure through the Pacific Ocean as Nina Delmar struggles to save an entangled Humpback Whale. A chapter book aimed roughly at ages 7 to 11, this coming-of-age story is perfect for ocean enthusiasts of all ages!
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