Nature or nurture? Both, but there’s a surprising amount of teaching from parents. Carl tells us about a blended family of birds, baby chicks, and orphaned bears and other delightful stories about how to become wild.
Click above to listen to part 1 of The Other Living World, featuring Carl Safina, an ecologist and McArthur Fellow who writes extensively about the human relationship with the natural world. He is the founding president of the Safina Center, a professor at Stony Brook University, and author of many books – most recently, “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.”
The Other Living World:
Part 1: Nature or Nurture?
Part 2: Moral Imperative
Part 3: Learning and Reconnecting
