Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish and a clarification....

2017-04-20 Thread Mike Nolan
list members first of all i wanted to thank all the people that responded to me based on my comments on this post to ecolog-l a few days ago. some interesting comments. most were also copied to back to the list. so, i did not summarize here. one person that did not send her post to the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Kennedy Rubert
OLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU<mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish erik this is not about you personally in any way. there are some rich people out there, some from hollywood, some from pro sports, etc. that do a great d

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Jerome Joseph Howard
Society of America: grants, jobs, news <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> on behalf of Mike Nolan <mno...@rainforestandreef.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 5:42 AM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish erik this is n

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Xin Xu
Hi all, I just came across this book review on Nature about megaphilanthropists, thought it could be an interesting read related to this topic. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v544/n7648/full/544031a.html On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Gary Grossman wrote: > What

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Gary Grossman
What we really need is Tinder for stars and scientists, where stars can find a scientist whose work they're interested in and a scientist that would be willing to take them out into the field with no publicity. That might eventually result in greater publicity but also famous people who actually

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Michelle LaRue
Mike, With all due respect, what's the difference? The outcome is the same, no? I don't know about you, but I'd settle for any funding I could get regardless of the anonymity - or lack thereof - of the famous person! All best, Michelle On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 5:42 AM, Mike Nolan

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-18 Thread Erik Hoffner
Mike, no worries, but you might need a cup of coffee? ; )If you're looking for an e.g. of a star doing things for the right reason, Alison Sudol is her. What's needed more than her money is her voice and outreach to a younger generation, talking about the import of connecting to nature and

[ECOLOG-L] Hollywood star wants to study whales, jellyfish

2017-04-17 Thread Erik Hoffner
Today I asked a Hollywood star what she'd like to do if she were not so busy entertaining the masses, she said "I would love to study whales and other marine mammals, either in the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington and British Columbia, or frankly anywhere, jellyfish off the coast of