Southampton - On Saturday, March 26 at 6 p.m. Canio's Cultural Cafe hosts ecologist Carl Safina, who will discuss his latest book "The View from Lazy Point: a Natural Year in an Unnatural World" published by Henry Holt and Company. In this intertwined story, Safina shows us that nature and human dignity require each other. 'The View from Lazy Point' follows the arc of the seasons from 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.

Why do our institutions fail to sense the dangers? Safina shows how philosophy, religion, and economics - all developed before we knew the world was round - are out of sync with scientific realities. But in the cycle of seasons and the waves of migrating fishes and birds, Safina still finds solace and delight in the power and resilience of living things. As revealed by Safina, the world still sings. The challenge now: to keep the music alive, for those who'll follow.

Peter Matthiessen declares, "The high quality of his prose makes all this fascinating information such a great pleasure to read."

Safina is a prominent ecologist, marine conservationist, and president of Blue Ocean Institute, an environmental organization based in Cold Spring Harbor. A winner of the prestigious Pew Fellowship, MacArthur Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowship, Safina has written four previous books: "Song for the Blue Ocean: Encounters Along the World's Coasts and Beneath the Seas; "Eye of the Albatross: Visions of Hope and Survival;" "Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur;" "Nina Delmar: The Great Whale Rescue;" and "A Sea in Flames: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Blowout." Safina has a home in Napeague.