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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Unearthing climate solutions with cattle and soil - ASU News -
Posted on Mon Feb 21, 2022, 4:02 pm
Food Talk Live: Peter Byck - Food Tank: The Think Tank For Food -
Posted on Tue Apr 20, 2021, 7:00 am
Carbon Nation at 10: The future’s not what it used to be - Trellis Group -
Posted on Thu Jul 30, 2020, 7:00 am
Meat Isn’t Done Yet. ASU is researching a better way to raise cattle - PHOENI... -
Posted on Thu May 14, 2020, 7:00 am
Saving our Planet Starts in the Soil - Smithsonian Magazine -
Posted on Wed Sep 25, 2013, 7:00 am
Peter Byck On Sustainability Beyond 'Carbon Nation' - WFAE -
Posted on Thu May 9, 2013, 7:00 am
'Carbon Nation' director Peter Byck to teach sustainable storytelling at ASU ... -
Posted on Fri Aug 17, 2012, 7:00 am
SXSW Alum Peter Byck Talks Trash With Bill Maher - The Austin Chronicle -
Posted on Fri Feb 25, 2011, 8:00 am
Movie Review: Carbon Nation - The Austin Chronicle -
Posted on Thu Feb 10, 2011, 8:00 am
Kicking Our Fossil Fuels Habit (Published 2011) - The New York Times -
Posted on Wed Feb 9, 2011, 8:00 am
Peter Byck, Carbon Nation - Filmmaker Magazine