Richard Steeves has made the PLATO course sessions of Pathways to a Sustainable Planet a benchmark for the broad range of critical topics related to "saving spaceship earth". While Richard is an avid supporter and believer in the future of nuclear electric power, the course topics covered a wide range – from ocean inhabitants to manufacturing processes. Richard attracted highly knowledgeable presenters from around the country who spoke on many planet-sustaining topics. Outside interest for these presentations prompted them to be available on YouTube each week and these recordings continue to be available on PLATO's Past Recordings webpage for on-demand viewing.

With his own broad range of knowledge, Richard guided the presentations with insightful questions and discussions. His professional demeanor and communication style attracted a diverse group of long-standing participants for 14 years!

Richard was very helpful guiding me with the preparation and presentation of my two sessions, one on artificial intelligence and generative artificial intelligence, and one on methane gas.

The Pathways to a Sustainable Planet sessions and Richard's unquestionable enthusiasm will be greatly missed.

Written by By Mert Corwin, participant of Pathways to a Sustainable Planet