In the past 2 decades years Dave has focused on science, health, and environmental topics. He directed a documentary about Greenpeace USA's 3 month journey down the Mississippi River highlighting water quality and public health issues, and more recently has photographed projects in Haiti, Israel, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Malawi for Little Voice Productions.

Dave is the founder of the Sustainable Media Network, and has been actively engaged in sustainability issues since 1997, joining the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES), in 1999. He served on its Board for 4 years and led the group as its President in 2004. That year, as a member of the statewide committee that won Amendment 37, America's first direct vote on renewable energy, Dave worked on voter education and fundraising efforts. In June 2004 he wrote a 700 word editorial "Get Real on Energy", published in the Denver Post, and was repeatedly interviewed and quoted in statewide newspapers, radio, & TV stations about clean energy topics. His video work that year included producing and writing a nationally broadcast 30 min. show "The Power of Tomorrow" about renewable energy, and his video footage was integral to A-37's campaign commercials. In recent years, he has made substantial contributions to the writing, design, & photography of CRES' website.

Bowden holds degrees in Fine Arts from the Bournemouth and Poole College of Art in Bournemouth, England, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. His broadcasting work has received numerous national awards.

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Richard recently served on the energy advisory transition team for newly-elected Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, and currently serves as the Business Outreach Coordinator for the Apollo Alliance, a national coalition of business, labor, environmental and civil rights groups committed to increasing American energy independence and creating good jobs. Prior to joining the Apollo Alliance in 2005, he directed marketing and sales efforts at several key national PV systems integration firms; including Colorado-based Altair Energy (now Alpha Energy) and Vermont based Solar Works. There, Richard served as the Business Development Director and Marketing Coordinator, responsible for establishing partnerships with architects, contractors, environmental groups, unions and developers.

As a staff member at the UN Environment Programme in the early 1990s, Richard directed a series of conferences on renewable energy and sustainable development, and attended the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. He has worked for the NYC government as a senior policy analyst, consulted to various national environmental organizations, as well as CH2Mhill, and the World Bank. For five years, Richard's public policy background proved valuable as an adjunct faculty member with Boston College's Center for Corporate Community Relations.