# Carl Safina **Domain:** Ecology / Animal Life / Conservation **Doc Type:** Person Node **Maturity:** Developing ## Definition **Carl Safina** is a writer and ecologist whose account of human-caused ecological damage also insists on the value of other species apart from human utility. His Rutgers interview describes the scale of human destructiveness; his authored essay “The Real Case for Saving Species” argues for a moral duty to protect wild beings. Neither source proposes machine succession as its solution. ## Relationships - **Interviewed by:** [Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Newsroom](https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2016/04/beyond-words-carl-safina-gsnb-82-87/) about animal lives and human-caused global damage (2016). - **Authored:** [“The Real Case for Saving Species”](https://www.carlsafina.org/blog/the-real-case-for-saving-species-we-dont-need-them-but-they-need-us), which argues for conservation based on the interests of wild animals rather than merely human self-interest. - **Conceptual route:** [[wiki/Human Ecology|Human Ecology]] and [[wiki/Ecological Limits|Ecological Limits]] concern different scales of the human–biosphere relationship. - **Collection and article route:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]], [[articles/Climate Systems as Human Resilience Platforms|Climate Systems as Human Resilience Platforms]], and [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] provide corpus context, not a claim of Safina's participation in those projects. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Humans are clearly the most destructive species and the worst thing that’s happened to every other living thing.” > **— Carl Safina**, *Rutgers University interview, 2016* [[reminders/Human Animality/Humans Became the Most Destructive Species by Carl Safina|Humans Became the Most Destructive Species by Carl Safina]] > “Humans are the only species that has ever caused global problems.” > **— Carl Safina**, *Rutgers University interview, 2016* [[reminders/Human Animality/Humans Alone Cause Global Problems by Carl Safina|Humans Alone Cause Global Problems by Carl Safina]] > “Human beings have thrived by destroying nature.” > **— Carl Safina**, *“The Real Case for Saving Species,” author essay* [[reminders/Human Animality/Humans Have Thrived by Destroying Nature by Carl Safina|Humans Have Thrived by Destroying Nature by Carl Safina]] > “We are like spoiled children throwing a tantrum in our refusal to apply any limits to ourselves.” > **— Carl Safina**, *Rutgers University interview, April 2016* [[reminders/Human Animality/Humanity Refuses to Set Limits on Itself by Carl Safina|Humanity Refuses to Set Limits on Itself by Carl Safina]] > “We are losing many species along the way to humanity’s only three apparent real goals: bigger, faster, more.” > **— Carl Safina**, *“The Real Case for Saving Species,” Yale Environment 360, October 21, 2019* [[reminders/Human Animality/Bigger Faster More Drives Species Loss by Carl Safina|Bigger Faster More Drives Species Loss by Carl Safina]]