num_pages: 416
description: An exhilarating journey of natural renewal through a year with MacArthur fellow Carl Safina Beginning in his kayak in his home waters of eastern Long Island Carl Safina's The View from Lazy Point takes us through the four seasons to the four points of the compass from the high Arctic south to Antarctica across the warm belly of the tropics from the Caribbean to the west Pacific then home again. We meet Eskimos whose way of life is melting away explore a secret global seed vault hidden above the Arctic Circle investigate dilemmas facing foraging bears and breeding penguins and sail to formerly devastated reefs that are resurrecting as fish graze the corals algae-free. Each time science tightens a coil in the slack of our understanding Safina writes it elaborates its fundamental connection. He shows how problems of the environment drive very real matters of human justice well-being and our prospects for peace. In Safina's hands nature's continuous renewal points toward our future. His lively stories grant new insights into how our world is changing and what our response ought to be.
language: English
title: The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.