Robert is a frequent keynote speaker all over the world. His talks, which are customized for the specific audience, frequently deal with 1) understanding where we are now in the larger pattern of history, 2) the essential meaning and implications of becoming a sustainable society, 3) various aspects of sustainable economics, and 4) the role of community and the built environment in developing a sustainable society. Some of his recent presentations are as follows:

• Lecturer and workshop leader in New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch, Nelson, and Totaranui) November 1999 through February 2000
  
  
• Keynote address for the Sustainable Communities Conference, Findhorn, Scotland, October 1998
  
  
• Lecturer for the Institute of Deep Ecology's Summer Institute, Clinton, Washington, July 1998
  
  
• Lecturer and workshop leader for the Institute of Deep Ecology's Summer Institute, Clinton, Washington, July 1997
  
  
• Plenary Panelist (with the Dali Lama) and workshop presenter at Peace Making: the Power of Non-Violence, San Francisco, June 1997
  
  
• Keynote address for the Eco Design Arts Conference, University of Oregon, April 1997
  
  
• Featured public lecture and day-long workshop for Ecology North, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, September 1996
  
  
• Spielmann Memorial Lecture and Telecast, Washington State University, February 1996
  
  
• Keynote address for the Eco-Villages & Sustainable Communities Conference, Findhorn, Scotland, October 1995
  
  
• Keynote address for the Society for Ecological Restoration Conference, Seattle, Washington, September 1995
  
  
• Keynote addresses and pre-conference day-long workshop for the Australian Permaculture Convergence, Adelaide, Australia, February 1995
  
  
• Main luncheon speaker for the Sustainable Communities Resource Institute Conference, Washington, DC, November 1994
  
  
• Keynote address for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Building Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 1994
  
  
• Keynote address for the Citizens Network for Sustainable Development annual national meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, July 1994
  
  
• Sustainable Community for Kauai for the County of Kauai, Hawaii, Energy Extension Service, June 1994
  
  
• Panelist at the Society for International Development Congress, Mexico City, April 1994
  
  
• Main luncheon speaker for the Environmental Grantmakers Association in San Francisco, March 1994
  
  
• Main luncheon speaker for the Minnesota Sustainable Development Congress, February 1994
  
  
• Hyde Lecture for the Department of Architecture, University of Nebraska, January 1994.
  
  
• Convocation address for Hammons School of Architecture, Drury College, Springfield, MO, January 1994
  
  
• Panelist for the President's Council on Sustainable Development, January 1994
  
  
• Opening keynote for a meeting of regional leaders including Idaho Governor Andrus and former Oregon Governor Goldschmidt, which led to the formation of a high-level group called Sustainable Northwest, 1993
  
  
• Opening keynote for the kick-off meeting organized by the Washington State Department of Trade and Economic Development for a campaign to bring the concepts of sustainability into the mainstream of the states business and government operations. 1993