November 13, 2005

Richard had a busy week, which started with a media blitzed event in San Francisco for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Richard gave an opening 15-minute talk on Peak Oil (which is now at www.alternet.org); that afternoon the Prince gave a longer keynote taking in a broader range of environmental issues. See Shepherd Bliss’s account, “The Prince and the Peak� on www.energybulletin.net.

Richard is being filmed in Los Angeles Friday the 18th for a documentary being produced and presumably narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio (working title: “The Eleventh Hour�). Prior films on Peak Oil, such as “The End of Suburbia,� have been catalyzing communities across the globe. Several other PO docs are in production currently, but this one from DiCaprio will undoubtedly have the largest budget and highest profile of the lot.

Nevada City Post Carbon Outpost is staging its inaugural event by having Richard meet with local officials, community members and activists in a very full schedule on November 15 and 16th.

The Global Oil Depletion Protocol project is coalescing quickly: there will be important news soon about the creation of an organization to promote the Protocol.

Roughly 1000 people at San Francisco’s Green Festival came to hear Richard and Joanna Macy; the Protocol Project was a particular focus of audience interest.