Quiet Riot uses the theater arts to engage communities in shaping a peaceful, clean energy future. We are in partnership with Lester Brown and the Earth Policy Institute. We have used his book Plan B 2.0 as one of the inspirations for this 60-minute stage performance:

One Earth, One Family, One Future

Designed for grades 6-12, universities, and organizations

4 Types Questionnaire Interactive Event—each audience member discovers his/her personality type: Communicator, Thinker, Integrator, or Director

Introduction We introduce the idea that the Human Family is poised to make a Great Transformation, we are about to change FROM our illusion of Separateness — finite and diminishing dirty energy INTO the reality of Interdependence — inexhaustible and sharable clean energy. We show how our two-man team on stage (engineering and metaphor) relies on interdependence.

Universe to Brain A high energy physical comedy piece with sound effects and props that reveals the uniqueness within each of us, and our interdependence with one another, the Earth, and our life support systems.

4 Billion-Year History of Oil Starting with dead plankton being cooked over millions of years by pressure and heat into hydrocarbons to the human pursuit of global power leading to our present day hydrocarbon “house of cards:” Global Warming, Peak Oil and Resource Depletion.

Spy Satellite True story that reveals Peak Oil

Ice Satellite True story that reveals Global Warming in acceleration

300,000 Years of Human Invention in 4 Minutes A mime montage and game with the audience to guess the 30 “significant” inventions from fire to the fast food hamburger. Some of our inventions have given us comfort, knowledge, or threaten our extinction.

The 3 Ps and the New Inventions from Plan B 2.0 People, Planet, Profit in Balance: All we need to correct our course is ALREADY HAPPENING on our planet in small projects, e.g. with regard to energy: solar (PV, thermal, thin film, hot water heating); geo-thermal; wind turbines; energy efficiency; and environmental tax reform. This last “invention” is the key to moving these small successful initiatives to mainstream practices.

Subsidy Shifting Interactive Event that shows the chain reaction that occurs when we SHIFT Fossil Fuel and Nuclear Subsidies TO Energy Conservation — Wind, Solar, Mass Transit and Low-Income Home Clean Energy Aid — we shift from Separateness to Interdependence.

The 4 Personality Types 4 comedic characters respond to Subsidy Shifting and the new paradigm of Interdependence: Communicator sees The Big Picture of Earth Community, Thinker delves into the details of the solutions already at work on the planet, Integrator empathizes with the Earth's communities of life and seeks socially and environmentally-just initiatives, Director takes action with the most timely and effective initiatives and so focuses on the Three Action Steps for the audience!

Audience Action Steps Interactive Event On the flip side of the 4 Types Test is a short Subsidy Shifting phone statement and phone numbers for your Congressional Representative and your two Senators:

Conserve Energy, Save Money, and Reduce Carbon Emissions — 10 steps for home & school!
Have your family buy Clean Renewable Energy to drive up demand for solar and wind energy.
Join the Subsidy Shifting Campaign — make the phone calls (materials at the show).

100 People The 6.6 billion people in our global community are represented by a village of 100. The audience will see that, as Americans — at this point in history and in a brief window of opportunity — we are disproportionately empowered to effect change. By evolving toward Earth Community, we strive for our Future: a system that works well for the children of all species.

Go to What Families Can Do at Home: THE BIG 10