I became aware of climate change in 2006 and immediately wanted to know whether there were solutions.

Along with my team, we set out to find the innovators and entrepreneurs who were laying the groundwork for a clean energy future. Mid-way through production, we met Bernie Karl, a wild Alaskan geothermal pioneer – when Bernie told me he didn’t think humans were the cause of climate change, it was a light-bulb moment. A person didn’t have to believe in climate science to still want clean air and clean water. And once we filmed the Green Hawks in the Department of Defense, I realized that national security was another way into the clean energy world.

In our travels, we filmed Bay Area radicals, utility CEOs, airlines execs and wonky economists – and they all agree that using as little energy as possible and making clean energy are important goals; whether for solutions to climate change, national or energy security or public health. I wanted to make a big-tent film where folks of all political stripes could find common ground. - Peter Byck

clayway media & Earth School Educational Foundation, Inc.

Directed by: Peter Byck
Narrated by: Bill Kurtis
Produced by: Peter Byck, Craig Sieben, Karen Weigert, Artemis Joukowsky & Chrisna van Zyl

82 minutes, Color, 35 mm
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Director: Peter Byck
Editors: Eric Driscoll & Peter Byck
Writers: Peter Byck, Eric Driscoll, Matt Weinhold, Karen Weigert
Producers: Peter Byck, Craig Sieben, Karen Weigert, Artemis Joukowsky, Chrisna van Zyl
Narrator: Bill Kurtis
Executive Producers: Paula Crown, Gigi Pritzker, Nick Pritzker, Peggy & Henry Sharpe, The Lemelson Foundation
Associate Producers: Michael Cochran, Gill Holland, Jim Slama, Gueta Mezzetti, Michael Leifer, Patricia Jones Blessman, Nick Street
Graphics: MFactor, Inc.
Composer: Flexi P; Orchestrator: Robert Hawes
Sound Designer: Robert Hawes/Neptunes Broiler
After Effects Artist: Andrew Fink
Animation: Six Point Harness

Director of Photography: Peter Byck
Additional Camera: Daniel Lir
Camera Assistants: Chrisna van Zyl, Michael Cochran, Bill Stark, Jim Slama
UDQ Wrangler: Michael Pucker

Michael White

Supervising Sound Designer and Re-recording mixer: Robert Hawes
Sound Designers: Courtney Bailey and Bobby Garza Jr.
Additional Orchestration: Eric Lindsay and Matt Heck
Post Production Music & Sound Services: neptunesbroiler.com

Musicians:

Guitars: Eric Whorton, David Immerglück, FlexiP, Phil Maynes, Robert Hawes
Bass: Danny Kiely, David Immerglück, Eric Garcia
Drums: Paul Culligan, Ziv
Keys: FlexiP
Engineers: John Schroeder, Robert Hawes, Phil Maynes
Voice Over engineer: Brian Leitner

Patrick Duncan

Nick Towle, Christo Brock, Jeff Cowan

Chris Bonno, Sean Casten, Ben Evans, Jonathan & Julia Friedland, Daniel Lir, George Meyer, Chris Peeler & Luke Phillips-PFC

Keith Gore, Jeff Bass, Erik Beauchamp

Russell Goodwin, Simon Levine, Creighton Montei

Asterios Kokkinos, Russell Goodwin, Chrisna van Zyl

InCreation.com

Annie Buckman

Barry Sackett, Attorney at Law
Sackett & Sims-Taylor PC
Charles A. Deen, CPA & Susan S. Deen, CPA
Deen & Company

• Rohit T. Aggarwala - Dir. Of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, NYC Mayor’s Office
• Jerry M. Allums - Home and Solar Roof Owner, Richmond CA
• Lela Allums - Home and Solar Roof Owner, Richmond CA
• Peter Barnes - Economist and Senior Fellow, Tomales Institute
• Richard Branson – CEO, Virgin Group
• George Bravo – Driver, KKW Trucking
• Lester R. Brown – President, Earth Policy Institute
• Sean Casten – President & CEO, Recycled Energy Development LLC
• Ralph Cavanagh – Lead Attorney, NRDC
• Col. Jim Chevallier - Garrison Commander-Garrison Fort Irwin Army Base
• Roger Duncan – Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy
• Michael Dunham - Director of Energy & Environmental Programs, Jaco Environmental Inc
• Cliff Etheredge – Partner, Peal Wind LLC
• David Etheredge – Partner, Peak Wind LLC
• Bob Fox – Partner, Cook + Fox Architects
• Greg Franta - Senior Vice President/Chief Architect, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Tom Friedman – Author & NY Times Columnist
• Eric Gardner - Contract Officer Representative, 916th Support Brigade, US Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin
• Wayne Gatlin Jr. – Solar Installer
• Sherri Goodman - Senior Vice President & General Counsel, CNA
• Eban Goodstein - Economic Professor, Lewis & Clark College
• Stuart Grauer - President/Head of School, The Grauer School
• Denis Hayes – President, Bullitt Foundation
• Vickie S. Haynes – Owner, Vickie’s Gifts
• Paul Reed Hepperly – Director of Research, Rodale Institute
• Gary Hirshberg - Chairman, President and CEO of Stonyfield Farm
• Gwen Holdmann - Vice President of New Development, Chena Hot Springs Resort
• David Hone – Climate Change Advisor, Shell
• Daryl Horne – Solar Installer
• Sadhu Johnston - Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago
• Van Jones – Founder, Green For All
• Willie Jones - Father of Van Jones
• Bernie Karl – Proprietor, Chena Hot Springs Resort
• James A. Kelly - Senior Vice President of Transmission and Distribution Business Unit, Southern California Edison
• Kristina Kershner – Director, Architecture 2030
• M. Glen Kertz - President/CEO, Valcent Products
• Edward Kjaer - Director of Electric Transportation Division, Southern California Edison
• Timothy Lasalle – CEO, Rodale Institute
• Amory B. Lovins - Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Joel Makower – Executive Director, GreenBiz.com
• Col. Matthew Margotta – Commander, US Army Garrison-Hawaii
• Edward Mazria – Executive Director, Architecture 2030
• Kevin Mccullough – COO, RWE-
• Michele Mcgeoy - Founder/Executive Director, Solar Richmond
• Jeffrey W. Moyer - Farm Director, Rodale Institute
• Daniel A. Nolan III – CEO, Sabot6, Inc.
• Dana Pittard - Commanding General/Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin
• Peggy Rathmann – Carbon Farmer, Wick Farms
• Paul Rode - Project Team Leader, Johnson Controls
• Jim Rogers – Chairman, President & CEO, Duke Energy
• Arthur Rosenfeld – Commissioner, California Energy Commission
• John W. Rowe – Chairman & CEO, Exelon Corporation
• Lance K. Toyofuku - Director of Public Works, US Army National Training Center, Fort Irwin
• John Wick - Carbon Farmer, Wick Farms
• Tom Williams - Director of External Relations, Duke Energy
• R. James Woolsey - Former CIA Director, Venture Partner, VantagePoint