The View from Lazy Point : A Natural Year in an Unnatural World (Paperback)

from BlackSheepDances

With a home base on the Long Island Sound, Safina takes readers throughout the world, even to Antartica, to see how native species are faring in this polluted and rapidly changing world. He remains upbeat despite frequent astonishingly bad reports. Nature is in need of an advocate, and Safina ste...

from lorax

A View from Lazy Point stands out in the unfortunately crowded field of ecological-devestation books thanks to Safina's philosophical and even spiritual musings. The book follows a seasonal year, from the earliest signs of spring one February until the following January, as seen from Safina's hom...

from themagiciansgirl

Carl Safina has his fingers on the pulse of the planet. He has crisscrossed the globe in an effort to assess the health and success of a wide range of living things. Salmon, sea birds, whales, penguins, coral, bears, horseshoe crabs and more. His tellings of their feeding, mating, migration and l...

from themagiciansgirl

Carl Safina has his fingers on the pulse of the planet. He has crisscrossed the globe in an effort to assess the health and success of a wide range of living things. Salmon, sea birds, whales, penguins, coral, bears, horseshoe crabs and more. His tellings of their feeding, mating, migration and l...

from VisibleGhost

There are several messages in Safina's book. One is that there is still a lot to observe in nature even in this day and age. Look daily no matter where one lives and the unfolding natural world will reveal itself. Things aren't what they used to be but there is still an interesting amount of natu...