Nicole Greevy's Page

The Gifts feature you are all seeing on your home page is apparently something our network server, Ning, put up. It's basically a moneymaking thing for them- you buy credits, send virtual hugs or flowers or kittens or what-have-you. As this is a not-for-profit site I'm looking into having Gifts removed. For now, you can just ignore it.

(I myself don't see the value in virtual gifts. In fact, if someone gave me a virtual pony, I'd assume the person was making fun of my deep-seated desire to own… Continue

I wanted to take a moment to brag on our T4PE members Adarsha Shivakumar and Apoorva Rangan- there is a lovely article on insidebayarea.com about their work to save wildlife in India. Here's a link to the article:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_13552278?source=most_emailed#

Enjoy! And good work, both of you!

As I go through the new members on T4PE, banning the ones that are actually ads for acai berries, teeth whiteners, and how-to-potty-train-a-puppy (Seriously? BTW- apologies if you've received messages from some of these things- I'm trying to keep up on weeding them out), I'm thinking about actor Patrick Swayze and how sad I was to hear of his passing. I know for most of you he's another (kind of) older actor, but for those of us who were the right age when Dirty Dancing hit, for a brief t… Continue

Last night we had 3 performances of "The Adventures of Captain Cocoa" at the Bronx Zoo for an event. I love this show, as the message, that consumer choices we make here can help save habitats around the world, is a good one for any age, even though the show is geared for ages six to twelve. But this morning, when I turned on the TV (Comedy Central, 'cause I love The Daily Show and it's often the last thing I watch at night), first thing I saw was a 30-minute infomercial for some kind of… Continue

I came across this article on Salon.com about the concept of balance in nature. Unlike the Salon writer, I don't know of any ecologists who oppose the concept, so I think the beginning part is kind of meh. The second half is pretty interesting, though, as it looks at nature as a series of balances and imbalances and what that means to those seeking to conserve what we have. I especially enjoyed the thoughts on balance/imbalance and biodiversity.… Continue