The coast is an edgy place. Living on the coast presents certain stark realities and a wild, rare beauty. Continent confronts ocean. Weather intensifies. It's a place of tide and tantrum; of flirtations among fresh- and saltwaters, forests and shores; of tense negotiations with an ocean that gives much but demands more. Every year the raw rim that is this coast gets hammered and reshaped like molten bronze. This place roils with power and a sometimes terrible beauty. The coast remains youthful, daring, uncertain about tomorrow. The guessing, the risk; in a way, we're all thrill seekers here.
[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat of his parents' sedan. I almost threw up. I got physically ill when I learned … - Carl Safina
[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat of his parents' sedan. I almost threw up. I got physically ill when I learned …
- Carl Safina
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, h… - Carl Safina
Saving the world requires saving democracy. That requires well-informed citizens. Conservation, environment, poverty, community, education, family, h…
A painting is nothing more than light reflected from the surface of a pigment-covered canvas. But a great painter can make you see the depth, make yo… - Carl Safina
A painting is nothing more than light reflected from the surface of a pigment-covered canvas. But a great painter can make you see the depth, make yo…
The ocean is not just blank blue space but rather the habitat for amazing wildlife, and we have to take care how we use it. If we want to keep having… - Carl Safina
The ocean is not just blank blue space but rather the habitat for amazing wildlife, and we have to take care how we use it. If we want to keep having…
Any honest inquiry into the reality of nature also yields insights about ourselves. - Carl Safina
Any honest inquiry into the reality of nature also yields insights about ourselves.
For each of us, then, the challenge and opportunity is to cherish all life as the gift it is, envision it whole, seek to know it truly, and undertake… - Carl Safina
For each of us, then, the challenge and opportunity is to cherish all life as the gift it is, envision it whole, seek to know it truly, and undertake…
Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human come… - Carl Safina
Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human come…
Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how things could … - Carl Safina
Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how things could …
But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it. - Carl Safina
But one doesn't wait for a revolution. One becomes it.
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