
Teresa Steinmeyer McKillop posted an update in the group The Little Things 2 years, 2 months ago
Exciting announcement! If you are local to Florida, we have been gifted tickets to The Wild Dolphin Project’s upcoming event with Carl Safina! Details can be found below and at this link. Please get in touch if you would like to join our group attending for FREE!
https://wildoceanscience.ticketleap.com/2023/details
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The Wild Dolphin Project, a nonprofit scientific research organization studying the behavior and communication of the Atlantic spotted dolphins in the wild, presents their 6th annual signature event, Wild Ocean Science.
Doors open at 4:30pm. Come early to enjoy the reception: meet-n-greet, book signing, photo ops, great raffle items, vendors, light hors d’oeuvres. Presentation starts at 6pm.
Carl Safina presents “Animal Minds, Animal Cultures”.
Carl Safina’s lyrical non-fiction writing explores how humans are changing the living world, and what the changes mean for non-human beings and for us all. His work fuses scientific understanding, emotional connection, and a moral call to action. His writing has won a MacArthur “genius” prize; Pew, Guggenheim, and National Science Foundation Fellowships; book awards from Lannan, Orion, and the National Academies; and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals. He is founding president of the not-for-profit Safina Center. He hosted the PBS series Saving the Ocean, which can be viewed free at PBS.org. Safina is a New York Times best selling author and his of ten books include the classic Song for the Blue Ocean, Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, and his most recent book is Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.
Wild Ocean Science is moderated and emceed by independent American broadcast news journalist, Miles O’Brien, specializing in science, technology, and aerospace who has been serving as national science correspondent for PBS NewsHour.
Dr. Denise Herzing, Research Director and Founder of The Wild Dolphin Project, will be signing books and available for photos.
Doors open early at 4:30pm
Your ticket includes:
catered hors d’oeuvres
general admission seating
free parking