The investment/venture groups of Kleiner Perkins & Generation invited me to attend their evening reception. John Doerr has been a great proponent of immediate action to mitigate greenhouse gasses and has been investing heavily in this direction. I look forward to getting together with him again soon. He welcomed the guests and introduced Al Gore [who looked much fitter than the last time we met]. Al spoke about his enthusiasm for the opportunity that the new administration is looking to embrace in battling climate change. He pointed out that President Obama is truly committed to green and that we should look forward to his personal support in this area. It was also great to see my friends John Gage and Colin LeDuc.

However, the highlight was meeting and chatting with Tom Friedman. He is a really great approachable guy who tolerated my UrbanLife2030 pitch. It would be wonderful if he would see this as a way to help implement some of his ideas.

http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doerr
http://www.kpcb.com/team/doerr
http://www.algore.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gage
http://www.generationim.com/about/team/leduc.html