The young man caught up to me in front of Cooper Union. Hi, he said, I'm Adrian, what's your name? I told him. You like nature, right? Not particularly, I said. (I, City Girl!) That threw him off for the briefest second. Do you agree that NYC air is pretty polluted? he asked confidently. No, not really. He started right back in. Then I realized he was shilling for the Nature Conservancy. I support you! I declared; as nature goes, you're OK. He was pleased. Half a block later, I realized that my friend who works for the Nature Conservancy actually works for the Environmental Defense Fund, & now I can't remember which group I in fact have donated to, if it's even one of those two.