Thought Leader Profile
Peter Byck
Director/Producer, Carbon Nation
Peter Byck is the director of Carbon Nation, a climate change solutions movie [that doesn't even care if you believe in climate change].
As a public speaker, Peter has presented Carbon Nation for Boeing, Nike, Google, Microsoft, Shell, Walmart.com, SC Johnson, Stonyfield, Richard Branson's Carbon War Room, White House CEQ, CarbonTrade-Ex, NetImpact, Social Venture Network, AREDAY, PEW-BICEP, Prince Charles' B.E.P. program at Cambridge University, Yale, Duke, R.I.S.D., Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island, Art Center (Pasadena), Conservation International, and many other universities, companies, and secondary schools across the country and internationally.
Peter has over 20 years' experience as a director and editor. His first documentary, Garbage, won the South by Southwest Film Festival, screened in scores of festivals, and played at the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center. In addition, he Peter has edited documentaries for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Peter has edited documentaries and promotional shorts for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, MTV, Vh1, BBC, Disney, and MGM, including The West Wing, The Matrix, Scrubs, ER, and many more.
Peter has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts. He lives with his wife and young son in Louisville, Kentucky.
Speaker at FiRe 2012
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Posted on Sun Feb 22, 2026, 4:41 am
Green Living: Documentary Offers Energy Solutions - ABC News - Breaking News,... -
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Peter Byck Talks ‘Roots So Deep’ Documentary: “It’s A People Project” - Deepe... -
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Unearthing climate solutions with cattle and soil - ASU News -
Posted on Fri May 20, 2022, 5:44 am
Carbon Nation Film Premiere - Hampshire College -
Posted on Tue Apr 20, 2021, 7:00 am
Carbon Nation at 10: The future’s not what it used to be - Trellis Group (for... -
Posted on Sun Nov 24, 2013, 8:00 am
Peter Byck works with journalism, sustainability students to make solar docum... -
Posted on Fri Aug 24, 2012, 7:00 am
'Carbon Nation' Tackles Climate Change, By Ignoring It - NPR -
Posted on Fri Feb 11, 2011, 8:00 am
Will Carbon Nation succeed where An Inconvenient Truth failed? | Sylvia Rowle... -
Posted on Thu Feb 10, 2011, 8:00 am
Kicking Our Fossil Fuels Habit (Published 2011) - The New York Times -
Posted on Wed May 5, 2010, 7:00 am
A Green Light - LEO Weekly | Louisville Eccentric Observer
