Richard C. Duncan Ph.D.

I feel very lucky to have run across Richard during one of his walks in the Admiral district in West Seattle. He was a happy interruption to weekend yard work over the years when he would stop by to talk and share some of his latest observations. He was always happy, always welcome, and he will be missed. I will never forget when he led a number of us on a local tour of the electrical grid in the Admiral district. Thanks for the tour Richard. We'll miss you.

You can tell the core quality of a man by how his own children felt about him, and I can honestly say Rich's three daughters loved him very much.

Proud to have been listed in his acknowledgments on The Social Contract and proud that he bought lunch for me in July 2015. I'll miss him.

Richard was a valuable contributor to a discussion group I organized in the 1990s called the Third Place Academy.
It was devoted to understanding from as wide a perspective as possible the potential consequences of continuing ecological degradation, resource depletion, deepening of the population "footprint," and continuing political and economic unsustainability.

That led to his becoming a good friend and advisor who is sorely missed.