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Safina Center Environmental History and Music Fellow Priya Parrotta shares what she's learned from moving to a #plant-based lifestyle—from #vegan recipes to new connections with the natural world.
Consciousness and Connection: Reflections from a Plant-Based Kitchen — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Environmental History and Music Fellow Priya Parrotta
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December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Safina Center Environmental History and Music Fellow Priya Parrotta shares what she's learned from moving to a #plant-based lifestyle—from #vegan recipes to new connections with the natural world.
In a new article on our blog, Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social details the momentous release of three rehabilitated Newell's shearwaters—a native Hawaiian seabird known locally as ‘a’o.
www.safinacenter.org/blog/flying-free-on-kauai
#conservation #seabirds 🌎
www.safinacenter.org/blog/flying-free-on-kauai
#conservation #seabirds 🌎
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In a new article on our blog, Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social details the momentous release of three rehabilitated Newell's shearwaters—a native Hawaiian seabird known locally as ‘a’o.
www.safinacenter.org/blog/flying-free-on-kauai
#conservation #seabirds 🌎
www.safinacenter.org/blog/flying-free-on-kauai
#conservation #seabirds 🌎
TSC Fellow @isaiashernandez.bsky.social on #climate storytelling:
"[Climate storytelling] transforms charts and numbers into living tales of place and kinship, reminding us that rising seas, burning forests, and shifting seasons are not abstractions; they are woven into our daily lives."
"[Climate storytelling] transforms charts and numbers into living tales of place and kinship, reminding us that rising seas, burning forests, and shifting seasons are not abstractions; they are woven into our daily lives."
Storytelling Will Save the Earth — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Conservation Videography Fellow Isaias Hernandez
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
TSC Fellow @isaiashernandez.bsky.social on #climate storytelling:
"[Climate storytelling] transforms charts and numbers into living tales of place and kinship, reminding us that rising seas, burning forests, and shifting seasons are not abstractions; they are woven into our daily lives."
"[Climate storytelling] transforms charts and numbers into living tales of place and kinship, reminding us that rising seas, burning forests, and shifting seasons are not abstractions; they are woven into our daily lives."
Safina Center Environmental Journalism Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social reflects on her recent trip to #Galapágos and the marred fantasy of "pristine #nature."
"We cannot expect to experience an untouched wilderness that simply does not exist."
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"We cannot expect to experience an untouched wilderness that simply does not exist."
www.safinacenter.org/blog/the-mar... 🌎
The marred fantasy of ‘pristine nature’ in Galápagos — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Environmental Journalism Fellow Marlowe Starling
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November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Safina Center Environmental Journalism Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social reflects on her recent trip to #Galapágos and the marred fantasy of "pristine #nature."
"We cannot expect to experience an untouched wilderness that simply does not exist."
www.safinacenter.org/blog/the-mar... 🌎
"We cannot expect to experience an untouched wilderness that simply does not exist."
www.safinacenter.org/blog/the-mar... 🌎
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My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.
Carl Safina discusses #animal emotions on the Oprah Podcast:
"When we love someone, we feel that we want to be close to them... in our house, our dogs are never given any kind of a treat or fed upstairs in the bedroom. But at night, they come upstairs. Why? Because they want to be near us."
"When we love someone, we feel that we want to be close to them... in our house, our dogs are never given any kind of a treat or fed upstairs in the bedroom. But at night, they come upstairs. Why? Because they want to be near us."
Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina
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September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Carl Safina discusses #animal emotions on the Oprah Podcast:
"When we love someone, we feel that we want to be close to them... in our house, our dogs are never given any kind of a treat or fed upstairs in the bedroom. But at night, they come upstairs. Why? Because they want to be near us."
"When we love someone, we feel that we want to be close to them... in our house, our dogs are never given any kind of a treat or fed upstairs in the bedroom. But at night, they come upstairs. Why? Because they want to be near us."
New story by TSC Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social:
The #AMOC, a system of #ocean currents that helps regulate the planet's climate by bringing warm water to the north and cold water to the south, is under threat from #ClimateChange, and a complete breakdown could be catastrophic.
The #AMOC, a system of #ocean currents that helps regulate the planet's climate by bringing warm water to the north and cold water to the south, is under threat from #ClimateChange, and a complete breakdown could be catastrophic.
Stories of the Sea - Worries over AMOC — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow Raffi Khatchadourian
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September 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New story by TSC Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social:
The #AMOC, a system of #ocean currents that helps regulate the planet's climate by bringing warm water to the north and cold water to the south, is under threat from #ClimateChange, and a complete breakdown could be catastrophic.
The #AMOC, a system of #ocean currents that helps regulate the planet's climate by bringing warm water to the north and cold water to the south, is under threat from #ClimateChange, and a complete breakdown could be catastrophic.
Since at least the 1980's, there have been documented instances of #humpback #whales blowing "bubble rings" in front of humans.
In a new post on our blog, Jodi Frediani writes about her team's recent study on this phenomenon and what it might tell us about our #cetacean neighbors 🌏
In a new post on our blog, Jodi Frediani writes about her team's recent study on this phenomenon and what it might tell us about our #cetacean neighbors 🌏
Humpback Whales Blow Bubble Rings — The Safina Center
Guest Blog by Jodi Frediani
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August 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Do we have a relationship with #dogs ? Is this relationship one-way only?
~ check out this great video from @safinacenter.bsky.social
- FYI @jackdashby.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social
~ check out this great video from @safinacenter.bsky.social
- FYI @jackdashby.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social
"Dogs have everything we wish we could be without the things we wish humans didn't have. Dogs, in a way, are who we wish we were."
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
Are Our Relationships with Dogs A One Way Street?
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August 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Do we have a relationship with #dogs ? Is this relationship one-way only?
~ check out this great video from @safinacenter.bsky.social
- FYI @jackdashby.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social
~ check out this great video from @safinacenter.bsky.social
- FYI @jackdashby.bsky.social @euanritchie.bsky.social @animaljusticeparty.bsky.social
TSC Writer-in-Residence @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social has written about all sorts of climate-forward diets, from pescatarian to vegan. While these diets have benefits, they're also repetitive and expensive. In a new article in Gravy, he offers a "lazy man’s guide to climate-conscious animal eating."
I’ll Have the Chicken | Southern Foodways Alliance
by Paul Greenberg Illustrations by Matt Rota In 2015, partly as a premise for a PBS Frontline documentary and partly for research on my book The Omega Principle, I ate fish and shellfish as my sole so...
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August 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TSC Writer-in-Residence @4fishgreenberg.bsky.social has written about all sorts of climate-forward diets, from pescatarian to vegan. While these diets have benefits, they're also repetitive and expensive. In a new article in Gravy, he offers a "lazy man’s guide to climate-conscious animal eating."
"Dogs have everything we wish we could be without the things we wish humans didn't have. Dogs, in a way, are who we wish we were."
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
Are Our Relationships with Dogs A One Way Street?
YouTube video by JUST A DOG: a journey, a collaboration and a film
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August 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Dogs have everything we wish we could be without the things we wish humans didn't have. Dogs, in a way, are who we wish we were."
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
Carl Safina speaks on the relationship we have with dogs and other animals in a new video from JUST A DOG: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKg...
In a new post on our blog, TSC Community Organizing Fellow @mikaelaloach.bsky.social urges us all to take part in our local communities and organize against injustice.
"Our whispers combine together to form a collective voice... One that reminds us that the ending to our story is not yet written."
"Our whispers combine together to form a collective voice... One that reminds us that the ending to our story is not yet written."
Whispers of Change — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Community Organizing Fellow Mikaela Loach
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August 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In a new post on our blog, TSC Community Organizing Fellow @mikaelaloach.bsky.social urges us all to take part in our local communities and organize against injustice.
"Our whispers combine together to form a collective voice... One that reminds us that the ending to our story is not yet written."
"Our whispers combine together to form a collective voice... One that reminds us that the ending to our story is not yet written."
For the first time in recorded history, a Laysan #albatross has fledged from the South shore of Kauaʻi! Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social has the full story on our blog!
#Conservation #Hawaii #Birds #Ornithology 🌎
#Conservation #Hawaii #Birds #Ornithology 🌎
North Star on the South Shore – First Poʻipū Mōlī Chick in Recorded History — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence Hob Osterlund
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July 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For the first time in recorded history, a Laysan #albatross has fledged from the South shore of Kauaʻi! Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social has the full story on our blog!
#Conservation #Hawaii #Birds #Ornithology 🌎
#Conservation #Hawaii #Birds #Ornithology 🌎
In her new article, TSC Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social writes of two military initiatives threatening protected #Hawaiian islets that over 1.5 million #seabirds rely on for nesting. Hawaiian residents and #conservation organizations are fighting to keep these islands safe. 🌎
Hawaiʻi Stands Up for Seabird Sanctuaries — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Conservationist-in-Residence Hob Osterlund
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July 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In her new article, TSC Conservationist-in-Residence @hobdy71.bsky.social writes of two military initiatives threatening protected #Hawaiian islets that over 1.5 million #seabirds rely on for nesting. Hawaiian residents and #conservation organizations are fighting to keep these islands safe. 🌎
Today marks 10 years since Cecil the #lion was killed by a trophy hunter.
Today on our blog, Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Andy Loveridge, the director of Panthera’s lion program and one of the biologists tracking Cecil with GPS tags before his untimely death.
Today on our blog, Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Andy Loveridge, the director of Panthera’s lion program and one of the biologists tracking Cecil with GPS tags before his untimely death.
A Conversation With Biologist Dr. Andy Loveridge 10 Years After Cecil the Lion Was Killed — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Environmental Journalism Fellow Marlowe Starling
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July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today marks 10 years since Cecil the #lion was killed by a trophy hunter.
Today on our blog, Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Andy Loveridge, the director of Panthera’s lion program and one of the biologists tracking Cecil with GPS tags before his untimely death.
Today on our blog, Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social speaks with Dr. Andy Loveridge, the director of Panthera’s lion program and one of the biologists tracking Cecil with GPS tags before his untimely death.
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As Pride Month comes to a close, I wrote a personal essay on Queer Ecology and how it has saved me. As a queer environmentalist in this field, my work is not only to educate but also to represent LGBTQ+ communities, which are often underrepresented in science.
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What Queer Ecology Taught Me About Survival, Belonging, and Love.
Queer ecology offers us a critical lens to understand these relationships through, beyond the narrative of the binary. What does it mean to create an expansionary world than a fixed?
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June 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As Pride Month comes to a close, I wrote a personal essay on Queer Ecology and how it has saved me. As a queer environmentalist in this field, my work is not only to educate but also to represent LGBTQ+ communities, which are often underrepresented in science.
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@csafina.bsky.social spoke about his book "Alfie & Me," and our relationship with the natural world at the New Canaan Library last month. You can watch the entire presentation on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwv...
New Canaan Library Presents: Oldham Nature & Environment Lecture: Carl Safina
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June 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
@csafina.bsky.social spoke about his book "Alfie & Me," and our relationship with the natural world at the New Canaan Library last month. You can watch the entire presentation on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwv...
Last month, Safina Center Fellow Priya Parrotta released "Vegana Vol. 1," a #BossaNova album about embracing a vegan lifestyle, eschewing consumerism, and building community around a shared desire for a more loving world.
You can listen to the full album for free or purchase it on Priya's BandCamp:
You can listen to the full album for free or purchase it on Priya's BandCamp:
Vegana, Vol. 1, by Priya Parrotta
5 track album
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June 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Last month, Safina Center Fellow Priya Parrotta released "Vegana Vol. 1," a #BossaNova album about embracing a vegan lifestyle, eschewing consumerism, and building community around a shared desire for a more loving world.
You can listen to the full album for free or purchase it on Priya's BandCamp:
You can listen to the full album for free or purchase it on Priya's BandCamp:
This week, congress will vote on a rescissions package that would take over $1 billion of funding away from public TV networks like PBS. We ask you to write to your members of congress and urge them to vote against rescinding the funding that makes shows like PBS' "Nature" and "Menghayati" possible.
Support Your PBS Stations Today !
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June 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This week, congress will vote on a rescissions package that would take over $1 billion of funding away from public TV networks like PBS. We ask you to write to your members of congress and urge them to vote against rescinding the funding that makes shows like PBS' "Nature" and "Menghayati" possible.
Safina Center Fellow alum and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ian Urbina returns with a new season of his riveting podcast anthology, The Outlaw Ocean, which explores the most lawless place on earth — the vast unpoliceable ocean. #TheOutlawOcean
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast is a seven-part series that explores a gritty and lawless realm rarely seen: the high seas.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Safina Center Fellow alum and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Ian Urbina returns with a new season of his riveting podcast anthology, The Outlaw Ocean, which explores the most lawless place on earth — the vast unpoliceable ocean. #TheOutlawOcean
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My latest opinion piece, just out today, is about what I learned about political strategy from watching lions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
Opinion | To Take on Trump, Think Like a Lion
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May 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My latest opinion piece, just out today, is about what I learned about political strategy from watching lions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
Since 2022, it has been illegal to catch North Atlantic shortfin mako #sharks. So why is it so easy to buy their meat online?
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social writes about shark steaks and illegal #wildlife trade in his latest blog post 🌎
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social writes about shark steaks and illegal #wildlife trade in his latest blog post 🌎
Stories of the Sea - Shark Steaks and Illegal Wildlife Trade — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow Raffi Khatchadourian
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May 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Since 2022, it has been illegal to catch North Atlantic shortfin mako #sharks. So why is it so easy to buy their meat online?
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social writes about shark steaks and illegal #wildlife trade in his latest blog post 🌎
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social writes about shark steaks and illegal #wildlife trade in his latest blog post 🌎
By studying over 700 ancient poems, scientists have shed light on the Yangtze finless porpoise's population throughout history. This data may provide insight on where the endangered species can thrive in the future. 🌏
Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:
Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:
Ancient poetry unveils history of critically endangered finless porpoises, scientists say | CNN
Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
By studying over 700 ancient poems, scientists have shed light on the Yangtze finless porpoise's population throughout history. This data may provide insight on where the endangered species can thrive in the future. 🌏
Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:
Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social shares more stories from the #ocean: from complex microscopic life working together to produce oxygen, to a potential discovery that could offer new explanations to the origin of life on Earth. 🌎
Stories of the Sea - Bacteria, Water from Space, and the Origin of Life on Earth — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow Raffi Khatchadourian
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May 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Safina Center Historical Journalism Fellow @raffiwriter.bsky.social shares more stories from the #ocean: from complex microscopic life working together to produce oxygen, to a potential discovery that could offer new explanations to the origin of life on Earth. 🌎
Read about wildlife refuges, environmental education, upcoming events, and more in this week's Safina Center update!
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May 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Read about wildlife refuges, environmental education, upcoming events, and more in this week's Safina Center update!
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