Carnegie Center to sneak a peek at the documentary Carbon Nation: Wed., November 18.

(Submitted. Know that there'll be a grand opening party across the street all the while on the 18th)

Carnegie Center Presents Free Sneak Peek of Documentary Carbon Nation

Discussion to Follow with Director/Producer Peter Byck

Wednesday November 18, 2009, 7-8:30 pm

The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany, Indiana will present a free special sneak peek of scenes from Carbon Nation, an upcoming documentary about climate change, on Wednesday November 18 from 7 to 8:30 pm. Carbon Nation is an optimistic (and witty) discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing and what the world needs to
do to prevent (or at least slow down) the impending climate crisis. Here's the great news director and producer Peter Byck shares with audiences: we already have the technology to combat most of the worst-case scenarios of climate change, and it's also very good business as well. Filmmaker Byck wants inspire the great portion of Americans that know there's a problem, but don't know what they can do - and don't realize they need to act now. Visit www.carbonnation.tv for more information. Carbon Nation is presented in conjunction with the Carnegie Center’s current exhibit Earthworks: Art Quilts by Pat DaRif, Joanne Weis, & Valerie White, on display through December 30.

Carbon Nation features interviews with over 200 people, including Richard Branson (CEO, Virgin Group), Thomas L. Friedman (New York Times), Former CIA Director James Woolsey, Van Jones (Founder, Green For All), Col. Dan Nolan, U.S. Army (Ret), Amory Lovins (Chairman, RMI), Janine Beynus (Founder, Biomimicry Institute), Art Rosenfeld (Commissioner, California Energy Commission), Denis Hayes (Founder of Earth Day), Ralph Cavanagh (NRDC), Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute), John Rowe (CEO, Exelon), Jim Rogers (CEO, Duke Energy), and many more climate change pioneers.

Louisville filmmaker Peter Byck, Director and Producer of the documentary, will talk about the project and show about 20 minutes of clips from the film, followed by a dialogue with the audience about the film and the topic of climate change. Peter Byck has over 20 years experience as a director and editor. His first documentary Garbage won the South by Southwest Film Festival. (It screened in scores of festivals in the U.S. and Europe and played at the Museum of Modern Art and Lincoln Center.) The Christian Science Monitor wrote about Garbage: “One part ‘Roger and Me,’ one part ‘60 Minutes,’ and one part ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ stitched together with a sense of witty serendipity.”

The Carnegie Center for Art and History, a department of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, offers a full schedule of changing exhibitions and other educational programs. Visit www.carnegiecenter.org or call 812-944-7336 for more information on current exhibits, events, and classes.