Songs for Environmental Education

A Blast of Enviro-Music News for your reading pleasure

2011-08-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, there's a green music explosion! Have a look at some of these news items from the past several months!!!

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Musicians Green Their Own Beat (Includes interview)
DigitalJournal.com
It's only now that a few are starting to associate the significant impact such behaviour patterns have on the environment. Music has often been used as a vehicle for performers to express their political views, and bring awareness to world concerns. ...
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Kenya: National Music Festival Stresses Importance of Protecting Environment
AllAfrica.com
Environmental conservation and preservation was the theme yesterday at the ongoing Kenya National Schools and Colleges Music Festival in Nakuru. There was a collective call to conserve the natural habitat and curb the illegal sale of wildlife animal ...
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Sackville songwriter spreading environmental message through his music
Sackville Tribune Post
From the folksy I Love Wild Things to the up-tempo Reduce, Reuse & Recycle and the pop tune Too Much Stuff, the songs on Lautenschlager's newest album draw attention to some of today's most pressing environmental concerns and offers solutions to those ...
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Earth Fair: Music and the Environment, In Concert
Patch.com
In addition to more than 100 vendors and non-profit exhibitors, the glue that bound the day's activities together was music. Two stages played host to eight bands ranging in style from the faith-based vocals of the Capitol City Gospel Singers, ...
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Jam With Some Music While Making a Biodiesel Eco Difference
Tiny Green Bubble
I wrote the song “Go Green” because I wanted to spread awareness about the serious environmental issues around the globe as well inform people about green technologies. My original goal was to encourage activism in order to seek real solutions to the ...
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Casa student writes, records song
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
By DAN JOHNSON, When Camille Copeland decided to write a song about the environment for her senior project, she wouldn't have guessed in a million years that this would lead to her writing and performing with prominent professional musicians. ...
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EarthFest Rocks Boston
Patch.com
Opposite the Hatch Shell at the Kids Area, children listened to songs about the environment and danced around. The Kid's Planet stage included performances by Sarah Wheeler & Little Groove, RhymeZweLL, Vanessa Trien & the Jumping Monkeys, ...
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Spotlight: UI senior connects music, environment
UI The Daily Iowan
Majoring in music performance and international studies, Sidwell plans to use her education to connect music and environmental injustices in Chile. "The emotionally heightening potential of music as a mutually understood social instrument has the power ...
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QC opens song writing contest about environment
Philippine Information Agency
Song entries must be written in Filipino or in English and must focus on Quezon City's vision of a clean, green and pleasant environment. 4. The songwriter may choose to represent his/her composition in any type of music genre he/she prefers(ballad, ...
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Music to inspire love for nature
AsiaOne
Singapore, 13 April 2011 - The National Environment Agency (NEA) is hoping to encourage Singaporeans to protect and care for the environment with a newly released music album. The album, titled Eco Music Challenge Season 1 its first official Clean and ...
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The 15 Corniest Pro-Environment Songs | Rolling Stone Music | Lists
Faced with the deteriorating condition of our planet, people react in various ways. Some donate to charity, some sift trash along the highway. A selec.
www.rollingstone.com/.../the-15-corniest-pro-environment-so...

Buy tunes, save the environment - Patagonia Music Collective ...
Buy tunes, save the environment - Patagonia Music Collective taking off! 3rd March 2011. The Patagonia Music Collective launched on the 1st March and it is ...
www.muchbetteradventures.com/.../buy-tunes-save-the-enviro...

Music Video Teaches Kids about Taking Care of the Earth
GroundReport
Seventh Generation recently raised the curtain on a new summer music promotion with best-selling children's performers, the Laurie Berkner Band. The song “One Seed” expresses the importance of passing down environmental awareness from one generation to ...
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School's eco song message
Sunderland Echo
Pupils at Richard Avenue Primary School have written and recorded their own tune, Flood Song, to highlight the importance of environmental issues. They performed their work for parents and visitors at their summer fair, which also included the opening ...
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Mystic Lake lets Mr. Sunshine in
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Right now we've got just shy of 100 songs. For me -- and I'm probably making too big of a deal out of it -- I really want it to stand for something. There are songs that address environmental issues and the love of our planet and our homes and our ...
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Amateur eco-artists record songs at Glastonbury - listen online
The Independent
The project aims to re popularize the 'protest song' genre of the 1960s, with a particular focus on environmental issues. Festival goers are encouraged to come and compose and record their song, one of which will be used at the launch of a new ...
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Gospel artist goes green
The Zimbabwe Standard
He is currently working on a nine-track album with three environmental songs. Oliver Mtukudzi, Albert Nyathi and some artists from Zambia and Mozambique will feature on the album he is currently working on. He is also working with Cosmas Chingombe and ...
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Green beacon shines over Pontypridd
News Wales
Hundreds of residents gathered at the Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd for the spectacular occasion which featured music from Enviro-Vision 2010 which inspires young people across the County Borough to write and perform songs based around the environment ...
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The Effects of "Fracking" to the Environment 7/1/11
KOSA
A recent schoolhouse rock type song explaining the dangers of fracking has over 125000 views on Youtube, but as oil and gas expert Morris Burns watches, he can't help but disagree. "They've never found a single case where fracking has done damage to ...
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Brazilian Paulo Lara Wins Earth Day Network Music Contest
Environment News Service
"'We're delighted so many talented songwriters are inspired by Earth Day and we hope their music will help us address the urgent environmental challenges our planet faces today." Earth Day Network partnered with Sonicbids, the matchmaking site for ...
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Hailing the Green Movement @ Timbre
The UrbanWire
The 2-hour long Eco Music Showcase jointly organised by National Environmental Agency (NEA) and Timbre on Jun 1 saw five performances to spread awareness for World Environment Day and drum up participation for the current challenge which closing date ...
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Finalists of Eco Music Challenge launch album
AsiaOne
So, when her lecturer suggested she enter the Eco Music Challenge - a songwriting competition organised by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to raise awareness of environmental issues - she jumped at the chance. Miss Chia made it to the finals with ...
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Arts, Music, and the Environment | Facebook
Welcome to the Facebook Community Page about Arts, Music, and the Environment, a collection of shared knowledge concerning Arts, Music, and the Environment.
www.facebook.com/pages/Arts-Music.../192041904146175

Original Songs for EE Web page has new life!

2011-02-24T09:20:00.000-08:00

Good news! the folks at Reocities have revived many of the old Geocities pages, including the original Songs for EE page: http://reocities.com/rainforest/vines/2400/. We can't edit it, but at least the info is still out there on the web. Yippee! Update your links and bookmarks!

Songs for EE News

2009-10-23T16:41:00.000-07:00

Got Environmental Issues? The Next Generation's On It with Solutions-Oriented ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Aitan Grossman, the 12-year-old boy behind KidEarth, is doing what he can with something as simple as a song. Aitan says plainly, "I am a 12 year old boy ...
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Epoch Times - School Kids hit Canberra for Climate Conference
By AAP
Two thousand school children have converged on Canberra to take part in a three-day environmental conference. ... to debate climate change, 2000 school children from around the nation have converged on Canberra to take part in a three-day environmental conference. During the Murray Darling Basin River Authority's International River Health Conference, the kids will use drama, comedy, song, costumes and imagination to teach each other about ways to tackle climate change. ...
Epoch Times | All headlines - http://www.theepochtimes.com/

Environment Canada - Wildlife and Landscape Science News - Summer 2009

2009-10-09T13:44:00.000-07:00

Environment Canada - Wildlife and Landscape Science News - Summer 2009: "> Boreal Caribou Critical Habitat Science Review

Boreal Caribou | Photo: Elston DzusThe boreal population of the woodland caribou (also called boreal caribou) was assessed by COSEWIC as Threatened in May 2002. In accordance with the Species at Risk Act (SARA), the Minister of the Environment must prepare a recovery strategy that includes an identification of critical habitat to the extent possible. As part of the effort to identify critical habitat for this Threatened species Environment Canada published the Scientific Review for the Identification of Critical Habitat for Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Canada on the Species at Risk Public Registry.

Critical habitat identification for the boreal caribou is a multi-layered process that takes into account information at both small and large geographic scales as well as over different time periods. The Scientific Review provides a foundation for understanding whether local populations of boreal caribou are self-sustaining, and outlines an approach for critical habitat identification. However, the Scientific Review does not provide enough guidance to enable the identification of critical habitat under SARA. In particular, further information is being considered to understand the amount, type, and spatial distribution of disturbance that can occur within a local population range while maintaining a self-sustaining population.

The results of the Scientific Review, further scientific work, and knowledge of boreal caribou held by Aboriginal peoples, provincial and territorial governments, and other interested or affected parties, will be considered in order to inform the national recovery strategy for boreal caribou, including the identification of critical habitat.

The proposed national recovery strategy for boreal caribou will be posted on the Species at Risk Public Registry in the summer of 2011 for a 60-day public comment period.

Contact: Stephen Virc"

Songs for EE News

2009-10-07T16:20:00.000-07:00

Our "Beds Are Burning" Again, Thanks to Global Warming. Hear the ...
Daily Green
The reworked song is being released by Kofi Annan's Global Humanitarian Forum, with support from Melanie Laurent (star of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious ...
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Free Download by Samba Mapangala in Support of Endangered Mountain ...
But then the beat drops into a beautiful new melody and lyrics telling of the need to preserve the rare mountain gorillas and their fragile environment, and expressing gratitude to the park rangers who risk their lives daily to prevent ... WWF will use this music to reinforce its efforts in East Africa and Congo, especially in the Goma and Bukavu regions where years of war and turmoil have impacted the gorillas' habitat in the Virunga mountains, home to around half of the ...
World Music Central - http://worldmusiccentral.org/

Midnight oil gifts song lyrics to climate change campaign
ABC Online
The Federal Environment Minister, Peter Garrett, believes a cover of a Midnight Oil song will help build public support for a resolution on climate change. ...
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New effort should be 'Backspaced'
The Daily Collegian Online
Even in the mid-2000s, the band made a conscious effort to write songs concerning environmental advocacy and governmental accountability. ...
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Songs for EE in the news

2009-09-24T12:00:00.000-07:00

San Francisco *Pop Rock* Artist-Aoede-Makes Waves With Blue Gold ...
Music Indistry News Network
Singer/ songwriter for Aoede, Lisa Sniderman, is no stranger to these issues as she is also an Environmental Scientist working on statewide coastal water ...
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Songwriter Pays Percussionist To 'Play Garbage' On Environmental Song
Top40-Charts.com
Annie Dinerman's new Contemporary Folk singer-songwriter CD features her song, 'One Planet At A Time,' a witty look at the cost to our environment when our ...
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Where did all the blue sky go? - Songs of the environment
Examiner.com
But not all songs are just throwaways. Some have deeper meanings. Some even talk about the environment. Here are a few of my favorites: REM's Cuyahoga ...
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Margaret Atwood: Reinventing The Book Tour – Again | The ...
By Miss Mussel
The tour also acts as a fundraiser for various environmental charities. In practice, it was a rather different story. Using local people meant that Atwood had to relinquish aesthetic control. Last night in London, at St. James's Anglican Church in Piccadilly, the aesthetic was a ... Choir robes were replaced with gold lamé headbands, and the earnest, guitar-strumming song leader, who swapped traditional hymns for country-music-inspired choruses, completed the portrait. ...
The Omniscient Mussel - http://theomniscientmussel.com/

mouse medicine: e is for ecology
By mouse (aka kimy)
mercy mercy me (the ecology song) written and performed by the late great marvin gaye, whose life tragically ended in 1984. the song is a poignant environmental anthem, not the type of song one would expect would climb to the top of the ...
mouse medicine - http://mousemedicine.blogspot.com/

Action required: We're losing our webhost !

2009-09-08T11:40:00.000-07:00

Hey Songs-for-EE folks... looks like our long-standing web host, GeoCities, is going out of business on October 2. What next?

We need a new place to park our site--one ideally that is free and flexible. Know of other similar services?

However, I think this creates an opportune time to modernize the look (and content??) of our out-of-date pages..and breathe some new life into this organization we call Songs for Environmental Education. Admittedly, the interface with GeoCities was a bit clunky.

The site gets steady traffic, and anecdotally that it provides valuable info to visitors.

Ideas? Volunteers? How can we make this site/blog/network of maximum value?

I've changed the settings (temporarily) on this email list so that reply-to goes to the entire group. Looking forward to your input...

Remy

Songs for EE news items

2009-09-02T13:39:00.000-07:00

Pearl Jam Runs on People Power at San Francisco's Outside Lands ...
Treehugger
Besides the grunge and the tickets and the film scores, Pearl Jam also supports a number of environmental organizations, including The Surfrider Foundation ...
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Melissa Etheridge: Multiplying the power of one
Wicked Local Truro
Speaking out for gay rights, cancer research and environmental awareness, Etheridge has taken on a role she never sought. “Life has given me some things ...
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Jackson Browne treats Oklahoma City audience to three-hour radiant ...
NewsOK.com
... he waxed environmental, talking about the island of garbage taking shape in the Pacific Ocean. "When I started writing this song, I wrote the line, ...
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Where am I living? Who am I living with? Answers! - Cofradia ...
Always wears a hat and is usually eating a piece of fruit. He was Dirt-lovin' Dave during summer camp and he talked to the class about environmental conservation. He also danced to the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle song. ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates - http://www.travelpod.com/

Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign™: Top Ten Environmental & Meaningful Song Lyrics

2009-08-24T16:51:00.000-07:00

Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign™: Top Ten Environmental & Meaningful Song Lyrics: "Top Ten Environmental & Meaningful Song Lyrics
One of the most effective ways to get a message across to large numbers of people is through music, which is exactly what the following artists have done. Among the Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign's Top Ten Environmental and Meaningful Song Lyrics are 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Joni Mitchell, 'Earth Song' by the late Michael Jackson, and 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong.

Do you Songs for EE'ers agree with this list?

Environmental songs...a news collection

2009-08-24T16:30:00.000-07:00

Ken Lonnquist never stops entertaining kids -- and everyone else
Isthmus
"I might be sitting at my dining room table, thinking about Paul McCartney's divorce, and a song falls out about that," Lonnquist says, reaching for his ...
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Coco and Lafe return in new album
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
While Lafe and Coco had recorded together on her "Environmental Songs for Kids" and his solo CD, we find that these two performers have teamed up both ...
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Rock & Ecology: Pink Floyd's Best of "Echoes" was promoted as ...
By candiru - stratis aigaiopelagitis
We created this blog with the ambition to collect as many lyrics of rock music songs that refer to ecology and environment as possible. We also put link for direct listening when this is possible.We prefer to add our comments to each ...
Rock & Ecology - http://rockandecology.blogspot.com/

The Piedmont Virginian's blog » Summer Concert at Farmers Delight ...
By Margaret McCann
The environmental-engineer-turned nationally touring artist's masterfully crafted songs and stories are heartfelt and intelligent, touching on themes from history, environmental issues, and rural Virginia and American life. ...
The Piedmont Virginian's blog - http://www.piedmontvirginian.com/blog/

New Study Says Digital Downloads of Music Are Better For the ...
By The Stimulist
Gist: The millions of people around the world downloading music are using a decent amount of electricity and power to do so. But for years, most people have thought that downloading music digitally is much better for the environment, ...
The Stimulist - http://thestimulist.com/

Tickets for art hike celebrating the environment through dance ...
Aug 14, 2009 ... Tickets for Trails and Vistas, an art hike celebrating the environment through dance, music and poetry, scheduled Sept.

Artistes rally for climate change
Jamaica Gleaner
Lloyd Lovindeer leads a throng of entertainers who combined on a song for climate change. Here they perform at the Mona Visitors' Lodge at the University of ...
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Disney Tweens Go Green With “Send It On” Eco Pop Song
Ecorazzi
100% of the proceeds from itunes' sales (it's currently number 5 on the itunes chart) will benefit environmental causes through its Worldwide Conservation ...
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Starting 'em young on thinking green
Business Mirror
... composed an original song and a music video that aims to inspire people to adopt behavioral changes and become responsible stewards of the environment. ...
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Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign™: Celebrity Greenwashing--Jonas ...
By Chadwick @ APRC
There is not even any mention about improving the environment. You be the judge. Does this song make any sense? Click here to read the Top Ten Environmental & Meaningful Songs, and Send It On didn't make the cut. What can I say? ...
Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign™ - http://antipollutionrevolutioncampaign.blogspot.com/

Environmental Protest Song
Environmental protest song released on a special radio promo created for Earth Day On the album Blind Mans Zoo1989 with MANY of their other songs which ...

Songs for EE News

2009-08-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

Decrease your carbon footprint, increase your spiritual footprint
Examiner.com
... environment: one of Marvin Gaye's most famous tunes "Mercy, Mercy, Me," released in 1971, and Michael Jackson's 1995 international hit "Earth Song."
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Songs about climate change are not so hot 0
Grist Magazine
“Earth Song,” by Michael Jackson, if you're into that kind of thing. A couple of Neil Young songs. They call it a sliver for a reason. ...
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HP brings 'My Backyard' to Tondo school
Philippine Star
... song “My Backyard” that was written by the CENTEX students. As one of the world's largest IT companies that put premium on environmental responsibility, ...
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Songs for EE newsy items

2009-07-28T11:30:00.000-07:00

Local government and Chevron Geothermal launch forest-stewardship ...
Business Mirror - Philippines
During the forum on forest stewardship, participants were given pointers on forest stewardship and informed of the environmental and economic impacts of ...
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Saving My Backyard
Manila Standard Today - Philippines
... My Backyard theme song. Valenciano is known to be a staunch supporter of environmental projects and activities in which children are actively involved. ...
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Indian teens use rap to bare tribal problems
Seattle Post Intelligencer
... camps throughout Washington to help kids create songs about a variety of issues, including planning for college, preventing violence and earth science. ...
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The Green Music Scene
Earth911.com - Scottsdale,Arizona,USA
Some bands are now taking this energy and putting it toward the environment. While artists such as Michael Jackson and Joni Mitchell composed songs that ...
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New motto: peace, love, and sustainability
Hudson Hub-Times - Hudson,Ohio,USA
John Butler, of the famed Australian group The John Butler Trio, said he has been inspired to produce some music about the environment because he doesn't ...
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Songs for EE...catchup on the news!

2009-07-24T15:56:00.000-07:00

AS EASY AS A SONG
MorungExpress - Dimapur,Assam,India
Act or not, we can go together just the same. But it is not difficult, the song dedicated to Earth Hour is just like you and I can say “I know what I can do…….”
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Green music plans to save the environment
South African Music & Theatre (press release) - Gauteng,South Africa
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw (UK) has committed his Government to supporting the music industry's leadership on green issues, as environmental outfit ...
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Gaiam and Trudie Styler Create DVDs in Tuscany
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
They will also contain interviews with Styler, Sting and D'Silva covering thoughts on the environment, music and several of Sting's songs. ...
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Apra Children's Song Of The Year - 'little Blue' By Levity Beet
Voxy - Wellington,New Zealand
... says: "Levity's 'Little Blue' turns the worthy genre of environmental songs upside down with a crazy, catchy number that kids will find irresistible. ...
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The Anti Pollution Revolution Campaign Top Ten Environmental ...
Superman's Song is not an environmental song but the lyrics Brad Roberts wrote so poetically are inspirational for those who wish to make a difference but ...

Humongous Carbon Footprint Blows Apart Bono, U2's Dubious ...
By just a regular guy
As a matter of fact, in the spirit of environmental consciousness of course, Bono and his wife added a three story extension to the house in Killiney about seven year ago and are in the process of adding even more living area to the 19th ... The problem for these celebrities is more often than not what they have to say is so stupid us regular folks have no choice but to wonder how on earth they possess the intelligence to sit down and write a song or memorize a script let ...
just a regular guy - http://www.just-a-regular-guy.com/

Michael Jackson and His Incredible Environment and Peace Song ...
This is hardly the first environmental songJoni Mitchell'sBig Yellow Taxi came out in 1970 The Young Idea'sTar and Cement was 1967 there must be earlier ...

Michael Jackson'sEarth Song His Biggest UK Single Ever Was Not ...
Amidst his charitable work and consciousnessraising music Michael Jackson'sEarth Song his big bold environmental calltoarms is often overlooked But it's ...

The Green Show at Pennsylvania | Tastes of Culture
By Mara Hernandez-Capili
They will sing their newest records which include Song of the Environment and taking care of Mother Earth.The Green Shows includes a lot of offerings and one of them is the Green Music Nights. This event features local bands and artists ...
Tastes of Culture - http://www.tastesofculture.com/

Songs for EE in the News (June)

2009-06-17T16:54:00.000-07:00

The best environmental and anti war songs Google Earth Community
I just happen to have the list right here and I thought Id post my list of in my humble opinion the ten top environmental and anti war songs ...

Environmental Pollution Environmental Problems Video
Mother Nature Needs Us Environmental Song Wlyrics 0348 · Mother Nature Needs Us Environmental Song Wlyrics 1 min ago. Rated 0.0 0 Views ...

Artist in residence writes songs for kids' nature program
Daily Camera - CO,USA
"If children can identify with nature through songs, they will understand it better." Already, Williams has written several sing-along pieces that reflect ...
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A whack of Songs for EE type news...

2009-06-09T15:08:00.000-07:00

To everything there is a season - and a song, especially outdoors
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
Well, as everyone who follows me on Facebook knows, I just picked the color green, so it's now well-known across America that I love nature, life, peace, ...
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Amphibian Declines and Mountaintop Mines
New York Times - United States
The blog's name comes from a song by Billy Ed Wheeler, he explains. In a post last week, Mr. Ward noted that the Obama administration had approved 42 of 48 ...
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Songs in gentle protest
Baltimore Sun - United States
Seeger continued to play for schoolchildren and at demonstrations for political, social and environmental causes; in the 1960s, he participated in Martin ...
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This song is your song, this song is my song
Tower Timberjay News - Tower,MN,USA
Ely historian and writer Mike Hillman remembers Seeger for his environmental efforts. Seeger and his friends restored the sloop Clearwater and in 1969 ...
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GOING GREEN: Lake Forest Country Day School strives to help the ...
Lake Forester - Waukegan,IL,USA
By DANI SCHWEIGERT dschweigert@pioneerlocal.com Freddie Wacker, 4, sits with his classmates at Lake Forest Country Day School as the students sing a song ...
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Rock & Ecology: "Reise Reise" by Rammstein, album: Reise, Reise (2004)
By candiru - stratis aigaiopelagitis
We created this blog with the ambition to collect as many lyrics of rock music songs that refer to ecology and environment as possible. We also put link for direct listening when this is possible.We prefer to add our comments to each ...
Rock & Ecology - http://rockandecology.blogspot.com/

Free Ideas!!!: Healing environment: applying lessons from healing Lyme
By Andrea Runyan
In Harvard Square the other day, I heard someone playing steel drums and singing a positive song about environmental change along the lines of: "We'll clean up the oceans, We'll clean up the atmosphere," etc. ...
Free Ideas!!! - http://freeideasblog.blogspot.com/

ReGeneration - Green Your Playlist
By Todd Dwyer
REM wrote a number of songs covering environmental topics, including “Cuyahuga,” and practically their whole Green album. This one just happens to be my favorite. This one's about acid rain, which was a huge topic back when the song was ...
ReGeneration - http://www.regeneration.org/

Ecological challenges have United turning green
Blairsville Dispatch - PA, USA
... class experimenting with alternative energy sources and four girls, dubbing themselves the Environmental Sirens, penning a song about ecological issues. ...
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Goldman Prize honors seven eco-heroes in San Francisco
Examiner.com - USA
She said she had been encouraged to find "upbeat" environmental songs and indicated there was an "opportunity out there" for song writers to come up with ...

Artists to sing for water and life (Google / china.org.cn ...
By willem van cotthem
They will sing songs related to major rivers on the earth, such as the Ganges, Volga, Rhine, Danube, Mississippi, Amazon, and China’s own Yellow and Yangtze rivers. All the singers invited to the concert come from the countries where the rivers run through, according to the concert organizer. ... Jidi Majia said the central government has earmarked billions for environmental protection and ecological conservation in the area since the natural reserve was established. ...
Desertification - http://desertification.wordpress.com/

Granny Ranny's Addenda: PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS GO! Are in Full ...
By Ranny Levy
On pbskids.org, younger children and their parents can create an original Earth Day-centered tale at “Dot’s Story Factory” and enjoy games and activities with environmental themes. Additionally, pbskids.org/video will ... After a talk with Snook and Oko, Bob writes a song to celebrate the tree and earns a badge from Snook. World Tree Cuisine It is time to celebrate the World Tree's birthday and Madge and Snook are planning a surprise party for the tree's residents. ...
Granny Ranny's Addenda - http://www.kidsfirst.org/addenda/

Neil Young News: Fork in the Road Reviews: Got A Potbelly
By Thrasher
A rock-opera/lo-fi movie about environmental activism? An R&B homage with Booker T. & The M.G.s? A set of Iraq-specific anti-war anthems? None of these recent Young flights of fancy have exactly been winners, but neither are they completely ... So it goes with Fork In The Road, a 10-song set that Young threw together to promote his interest in alternative automobile technology. The concept drives the record to an absurd degree. There are songs here about how “just singing ...
Neil Young News - http://www.thrasherswheat.org/wheatfield.html

Nat Geo Music Celebrates Earth Day With Ben Harper And Relentless7 ...
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will perform songs from their upcoming album ... a song that helps increase understanding about significant environmental issues. ...

Sweetwater 420 Fest announces eco-oriented workshops and ...
Duluth Weekly - Duluth,GA,USA
... has announced the workshop and environmental activities lineup for the “Planet ... and his friends as they explore recycling through song and dance. ...

Einstein Music Journal
By Nick Fulton
Made even more noticeable by a year away in the UK. While the song doesn’t push it’s message, it’s very clear that the band has a passion for the environment; for that they deserve to be environmental super heroes. ...
Einstein Music Journal - http://www.einsteinmusicjournal.co.nz/

Loughborough school students celebrate the Earth.
The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
by Mark Bergin The school is hosting an Environmental Sustainability Symposium. ... They wrote a song called “It Won’t Be Long” and produced a video that’s ...

Songs for EE in the News (March 9 09)

2009-03-09T10:00:00.000-07:00

Music Review: The Moody Blues - A Question Of Balance
Blogcritics.org - Aurora,OH,USA
“How Is It (We Are Here)” is a dark song on the environment and starvation. Likewise, “Melancholy Man” has an ominous feel to it. ...
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Neil Young Supports Warner Music; New Album April 7
Earvolution - Rockville,MD,USA
Young previewed many of the songs from the new album on his latest tour; set next to his older material, the songs about the environment and fuel efficient ...
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Music Connection » Blog Archive » CAUSES 2 ALBUM RELEASED TO ...
By admin
At Music Connection we feel it’s important for artists and musicians to be aware of the impact they have on the environment and on the fortunes of others. So please make it a point to click on the green heart for tons of green tips and ...
Music Connection - http://musicconnection.com/

Music to heal what ails you
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
It's an environment that has influenced the way she wants music on her upcoming debut CD to sound. "I write songs to help people let go of fear," says Ernst ...
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Read me! A whole bunch of Songs for EE links on TreeHugger

2009-03-04T15:12:00.000-08:00

Ballad for a Beleaguered Land : TreeHugger:
TreeHugger Interviews Eliza Gilkyson, Folk Music's Environmental Troubadour
Rio: An Environmentally Conscious Album by Aterciopelados
Green Eyes On: Jack Johnson’s All At Once Tour
Convenient Truths: Sheryl Crow Touring for Climate Change
TreeHugger Asks: Who's Your Favorite Green Musician?
The TH Interview: Matt Costa

Songs for EE in the News (Feb 23)

2009-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:00

Behind ‘eTown'
Colorado Springs Gazette - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
Listeners come for the music, but stick around for the show's environmental message. "The music is the opportunity for us, almost like a Trojan horse, ...
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Profile: Tree hugger, musician Jeff Kagan
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
He wrote his very first song, "Mama's Song," for his mother, Bev. Every Mother's Day, he calls her and sings it to her on the phone, no matter where he is. ...
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Pacific Whale Foundation Announces Entertainment Lineup for Whale Day
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
The album includes the song "One by One," which addresses the harmful effects of plastics in our environment and seeks, like many of his songs, ...
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Of Butterflies and Tributaries with Susan Tedeschi
jambands.com - New York,NY,USA
A lot of the ones that didn’t make it were actually part of a theme, like an environmental, political theme—songs like “Til the Earth Runs Dry,” and songs ...
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BEST ~Countdown ~ 2008 H « GoldHikari
It was also used as the theme song for a special program called SAVE THE FUTURE, which promoted environmental issues. What made this song so special and wonderful was a multitude of things. The children’s vocals in the background and ...
GoldHikari - http://goldhikari.wordpress.com/

power of a song... in court

2009-02-10T12:55:00.000-08:00

The Volokh Conspiracy - Sunday Song Lyric:
By Jonathan Adler
Rather than describe the poor environmental conditions of the land in its own words, however, the Court dropped a footnote to "Paradise," a John Prine song about Muhlenberg County's environmental woes. ...
The Volokh Conspiracy - http://volokh.com/

Songs for EE in the News (Jan 13 09)

2009-01-13T10:06:00.000-08:00

Trinidad & Tobago Express

Machel beats heavenly drums
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
A multimedia promotional campaign for the book and the event will soon begin appearing, even as Montano prepares to launch an environmental awareness ...
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Music and message matter to Amber Darland
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
And as I gained more knowledge about social and environmental issues, my passions grew deeper. I started paying attention to where my food and other ...
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From a social marketing listserv...

2009-01-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

I was wondering if anyone had any creative ways of tying in sustainability into lesson plans for fine arts, specifically music. The target audience is elementary aged students.

Thanks!

Susanne

Hi Susanne, Check out the Voices of Nature Elementary School Program "Cycle of Life" at http://www.cycleoflife.ca/

Alex Ferguson school here in Calgary Alberta created a CD last year titled "Pitch to the Planet". The kids worked with Calgary musician Kris Demeanor to develop the lyrics and create the CD. I was lucky enough to be at their CD release party, which was amazing!

http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b101/pdfs/pitch_to_the_planet.pdf

Susanne: I know that Raffi, the Canadian children's musician, is passionate about sustainability issues and has some resources on his website, including relevant songs: http://www.raffinews.com/sustainability/raffi http://www.raffinews.com/sustainability/cool-it (his song about climate change)

A friend who teaches kindergarten also recommends the resources at this 'Songs for Environmental Education' website: http://www.geocities.com/envirosongs/

Songs for EE in the News (January 08)

2009-01-08T16:02:00.000-08:00

Roger Tincknell - Music for all Ages
EARTH RHYTHMS is the result of many years of singing, writing, and collecting songs about environmental issues. I have always been amazed by young ...

Enviro song of the year (2008) | Gristmill: The environmental news ...
Hynde has been singing about environmental themes for decades (remember My City Was Gone?) But the title song off the new album, which sounds to me like a ...

What song would be good for an environmental type powerpoint ...
My class is doing a powerpoint to raise awareness …

When the Call of the Wild Is Nothing but the Phone in Your Pocket
New York Times - United States
... tens of thousands of phones howl, hoot, trill, screech, croak or emit the haunting song of whales. The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental ...
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Songs for EE in the News (December 23)

2008-12-23T14:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays all! Sing in a bright new year!

Environmental Songs
We are one of many groups around the world comprised of older women activists who are determined to change the world and leave it a better place for our ...

Music Australia - Environmental songs
Includes activities to enhance the appreciation of the environment. For children . Bibliography: Booklet, p. 40. Subject/Genre. Children's songs. ...

Randy Todd, Environmental Activist, Saving the Earth One Song at a ...
Green Movement in Music, Los Angeles Singer Songwriter and Activist Sings for Change

CD Baby: NOOSHI: Environmental Songs About Going Green
'Nooshi' shares ideas about 'GOING GREEN' and environmental conservation through these songs. NOOSHI is an aspiring Children's Music Artist and has two ...

TreeHugger Interviews Eliza Gilkyson, Folk Music's Environmental ...
Folk Music Troubadour, Eliza Gilkyson, is currently touring in support of her new release, 'Beautiful World', an album which tackles environmental issues, ...

The Environmental Song for Australia Contest The Environmental ...
Please accept this entry for The Environmental Song for Australia Contest as part of the. International Music Exhibtion. By submitting this application I ...

Jack Johnson Interview
Acoustic Guitar - USA
But rather than coast on the momentum of fame, Johnson quickly leveraged his celebrity status to shine a spotlight on the environmental issues that are ...
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Musician hopes to draw attention to environment at Alishan concert
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
Renowned Canadian environmental musician Matthew Lien hopes that his sunrise concert on Alishan Jan. 1 will concentrate the attention of more local ...
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FernGully - The Last Rainforest | Cool VHS
The environmental message here is well-suited for little ones - it is not over the top and put forth in a fun way. The songs are fun: "Life is a Magic Thing", "Batty Rap", "If I'm Gonna Eat Somebody", "Toxic Love", "Land of a Thousand ...
Cool VHS - http://www.coolvhs.co.cc/

Don Waite gets a nod in Florida paper

2008-11-18T14:49:00.000-08:00

Teaching Science With Song
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Don Waite, a Canadian environmental scientist, works with fifth-grade students at James Sanderlin Elementary School in St Petersburg around a pond they ...
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Songs for EE in the News (November 08)

2008-11-17T12:22:00.000-08:00

Magpie treats ecological issues with seriousness, humor
Schenectady Gazette - Schenectady,NY,USA
“We’ll be doing a variety of things around those themes, lots of songs that both celebrate as well as inform about the environmental world that we live in, ...
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Get Up in Canberra for the environment
By chriswhite
This morning the famous Chorus of Women sang new environmental songs. www.chorusofwomen.org. ‘A Chorus of Women came into being when 150 women filled the Australian Parliament with the song “Lament” on 18 March 2003, the day Australia’s ...
Chris White Online - http://chriswhiteonline.org

Corey Feldman Launches New Label - CiFi Records to Release New ...
Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK
The song is already creating buzz on the internet, with environmental groups adopting it as their theme song. The album was made with special 100% ...
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Seeking shelter through poetry and music
South County Independent - Wakefield,RI,USA
The mission of Notable Works is to raise awareness about environmental and social issues through the arts, while giving artists forums to express themselves ...
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Making Music From Sunshine
Green Muze - Salt Spring Island,British Columbia,Canada
And even though the topics I discuss in some of the songs can be quite serious issues, like environmental issues, you'll find that the message remains ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" VIDEO
This is the "ENVIRONMENTAL LAW" Music Video...of sorts...many, many sorts...that was inspired by the website, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE, and their Holiday song contest. Hope that you enjoy our creation... And Texas Tommy says, "Howdy! ...
ViroPOP - A Green Video Network - http://www.viropop.com/

Local musicians play benefit for environment
Traverse City Record Eagle - Traverse City,MI,USA
By VANESSA McCRAY TRAVERSE CITY -- Concert-goers can revel for a cause at a benefit for the environment. Local musicians Song of the Lakes, Robin Lee Berry ...
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Great Falls Community Concert Association presents the Fabulous ...
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
Today he is musically active in several medical and environmental causes. Bailey also performs regularly in nursing homes and Alzheimer's units, ...
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Memories of a road trip, driven by the price of gas
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The 1974 law that set the national limit at 55 -- and inspired one Samuel R. Hagar to write a song about the impossibility of driving at that pace -- was ...
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‘Promised’ keeper
Southern Voice - Atlanta,GA,USA
SoVo: With the “Promised Land” cover photo and the message of the environmental song “Go To The Woods,” is this disc your “An Inconvenient Truth”? ...
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Björk and Thom Yorke Will Release a Song to Promote Protecting ...
Spacelab - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Björk and Thom Yorke have collaborated on a new single to benefit the environment in Iceland. Thom has provided backing vocals for Bjork's song Nattura, ...
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What's Avaaz?
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
... song by a dozen or so recording artists. The group is also the subject of an Elections Canada complaint from Environment Minister John Baird's campaign, ...
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Martha Wainwright: the importance of moving slowly
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
She's not just feeling guilty about the environmental impact of all that burned carbon. She's also pointing out how bad flying is for the mind, ...
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Listen to music and save trees -Pune-Cities-The Times of India

2008-10-03T14:47:00.000-07:00

Listen to music and save trees -Pune-Cities-The Times of India: "Listen to music and save trees
26 Sep 2008, 0223 hrs IST,TNN
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PUNE: In a bid to spread the message of environment conservation, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has come up with an audio compact dis
c to be distributed free in schools and among citizens in the twin township.

The CD, titled ‘Atatari Jagu Dya Zhadala’ (Let the tree live), has eight songs on various environmental themes, rendered by Bhagyashree Abhyankar, Asavari Godbole, Dattaprasad Ranade, Vitthal Chavan, Omkar Kelkar, and Pandit Raju Sawar, who has also composed the songs."

(More at the news site...)

Peter Puffin article Yukon News

2008-10-02T09:07:00.000-07:00

Yukon News: "Arts and Entertainment Music makes the medicine go down

If family entertainer Peter Puffin was an unscrupulous business man, he would have used Canada’s Poopin’ Puffin to his advantage.

But the songsmith with an environmentalist twist isn’t a shady music business agent.

“If I was opportunistic, I could have used the ad to advance my own cause,” said Puffin.

So, the Conservative Party online ad featuring a puffin taking a midair dump on Liberal leader Stephane Dion passed without the entertainer making significant business moves.

Peter Puffin — Peter Lenton to his banker — is too earnest to take a crass incident and turn it into profit.

The singer-songwriter blends his background in biology and education into a touring performance about environmental stewardship, science and community involvement.

It’s a serious message the award-winning musician wraps in light-hearted performance, which he takes to the Yukon this week.

Puffin, whose name originates with a summer spent in northern coastal Quebec ferrying children to a puffin nesting ground to teach them about animal life — an emotional experience he remembered for years — played the Dawson City Music Festival in 2001 and appeared at a Whitehorse storytelling festival shortly after.

On Thursday, he returns for a week’s worth of music and workshops.

The first two days of the Yukon tour will be spent with local teachers in workshops at the Yukon Teachers’ Association fall conference.

Saturday he plays a concert at the Old Fire Hall with local family entertainer Remy Rodden — a “good ol’ buddy,” said Puffin.

The following week will take Puffin to rural schools in Teslin and Carcross, with more stops planned.

Environmental stewardship underlies Puffin’s music in songs like Extinction Train, Proud Like a Mountain and the Whales are Waiting.

A former teacher, Puffin is a student for life.

“Everywhere there are ideas that I can blend or adapt into music or the workshops,” said Puffin.

“The best teachers are great listeners. They’re always listening for a good idea to share.”

The ideas Puffin likes to share about endangered species or industrial farming or hunting can hit the wrong note for some people.

He takes pains not to come off as preachy in his performances, gently embedding ideas into his music.

“If there is a message — it’s OK to hunt, but with regard to animal populations — you weave them into songs, and you give the audience a choice, to take the message or just listen to the music,” said Puffin.

Puffin, 47, grew up in Ottawa and around southern Ontario before landing in Edmonton where he now lives.

A former biologist and teacher, Puffin began using music to teach his students lessons towards the end of a school year.

His success led to requests from other teachers for Puffin to teach a couple of their classes in trade for some of his.

Positive feedback gave him the idea to road test his act.

Puffin thought he’d entertain kids for a year and head back to the classroom.

“But that was in 1996,” he said.

Twelve years later, business is strong.

He’s played more than 2,500 concerts and played for more than 1,000,000

With over a million served, Puffin is like a healthy educational alternative to McDonald’s. Food for the mind.

Years of word-of-mouth praise has propelled him across Canada for tours that include hundreds of shows every year.

“The travelling life suits me well,” said Puffin.

His first year of continual touring he played 200 plus shows, and followed that with 303 performances in 365 days.

“That was too many to sustain one’s health,” he said.

Puffin’s shtick is anchored in the idea of music as universal language.

“You can use music to teach anything,” he said.

Using the science curriculum for his target audience, Puffin wrote song lyrics based on what’s taught in the classroom.

“When the kids sing along in concerts, they’re memorizing stuff the teacher wanted to them to learn,” said Puffin.

The act includes lots of physical activity to help the memorization, creating a highly interactive concert experience.

For one song, Puffin will have kids stretch their arms above their heads to mimic a whale spout while making whooshing sounds.

He has instruments audience volunteers can play, and costumes for children to wear to interactive with others in the crowd.

Visual stimuli in musical education experience can be used in any subject, not just environmentalism, said Puffin.

Teaching a class about numerators and denominators, Puffin brought two volunteer students to the front of the classroom.

He got one — the numerator — to stand on top of a desk and the other to crawl below, representing the denominator.

“You hook them physically,” said Puffin.

“Just those simple demonstrations and they never forget.”

Puffin follows a long line of venerable Canadian family entertainers with a message, like Fred Penner and Raffi, the latter of whom has stepped up his environmental activism.

But Puffin believes a fine line separates him from the rest.

“Those guys are phenomenal at what they do — they’re masters,” he said. “But these guys awre working in the entertainment industry and (gear) their material to a very young audience.”

Puffin is in the educational business that “has some spill over into the music business.”

Puffin and Rodden play the Old Fire Hall Saturday at 2 p.m.

Advance tickets, available at Yukon Arts Centre of Arts Underground, are $20 per family or $7 individually, or $25 and $9 at the door.

Children under three get in free.

www.puffin.ca

full story by Jeremy Warren"

Concert benefits environmental sustainability, education | delawareonline | The News Journal

2008-10-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Concert benefits environmental sustainability, education | delawareonline | The News Journal: "Environmentalists, musicians, teachers…all of these words describe the performing duo Magpie. Touring for over three decades, Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino will sing Songs of Sustainability on Saturday, October 25th at 8 p.m. at First and Central Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, DE. The fabulous, world-renowned duo have been featured presenters for environmental education associations around the country and supporters of the work of organizations such as the National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, the National Wildlife Refuge System and the National Park Service. The proceeds of this concert will benefit Hazon and its sister organization, the Heschel Center for Environmental Learning and Leadership as they strive to promote a more sustainable society in the Israel, the United States and worldwide."

Songs for EE (pop influence) (Sept 22)

2008-09-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

Band tours via bike
Wesleyan Argus - Middletown,CT,USA
The Ginger Ninjas’ songs all deal with environmental or political causes, or the theme of liberating oneself from society’s constraints. ...
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NEW ‘GREEN’ SONG BY PLATINUM BAND FIREFALL GAINING WORLDWIDE ...
PR-USA.net (press release) - Varna,Bulgaria
9/18/08 - Denver, CO - "WALK MORE SOFTLY" is the dynamic new single from 1970s hit-makers FIREFALL, an environmental 'green' song with a humble message of ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Guitarist Stanley Jordan offers music therapy for people and the ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
With it, Jordan hopes to raise awareness of environmental issues. "We need to expand, in terms of our circle of care," he says. "Instead of just thinking ...
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CMT.com

The Duhks Unlimited by Worldly Musical Influences
CMT.com - Nashville,TN,USA
Not surprisingly, the band is also interested in conservation and launched an environmental sustainability project at GreenDuhks.com, to counteract their ...
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Al Gore sings “How on Earth”? — A climate song gathers steam in a warming world

2008-09-19T15:48:00.000-07:00

Al Gore Changes Tune

September 11, 2008

Al Gore sings “How on Earth”? — A climate song gathers steam in a warming world

By Dan Bloom

BOSTON, MASS (RUSHPRNEWS) 9/11/2008– — When the Texan producers of a global warming protest song titled “How on Earth” went looking for a singer to perform the moving ballad online, they found someone who sounds very much like Al Gore.

He agreed to perform the song in a quiet studio and make the recording available free of charge online, worldwide. Listen to the voice and judge for yourself. It might even be Al Gore himself.
“How on Earth” is a song to try to wake people up to the dire future that might lie in store for humankind if CO2 emissions are not cut worldwide soon.

Time is running out; no, time has already run out, some experts say. We need action now. So this song, partly sung and partly spoken, is alarm bell set to a quiet melody that just might wake more people up. It is currently online in France on a music share site, and here is the link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/songsterhiragana/video/x398cu_global-warming-song-how-on-earth
“HOW ON EARTH?

Did the planet get this way?

HOW ON EARTH?

Did we mess up this way?

HOW ON EARTH?

Are we gonna find the way?

HOW ON EARTH?

Are we gonna reach that day? ….”

“How on Earth” isn’t the only song reaching out to climate activists.

At a recent climate rally in New York state, American folksinger Pete Seger sang “My Rainbow Race,” his popular 1967 song that has also become something of an anthem for climate campaigners because the lyrics speak of the atmosphere and oceans as shared resources.

The song begins:”One blue sky above us, One ocean lapping all our shores,

One Earth so green and round, Who could ask for more? ”

The lyrics also, in classic Pete Seeger fashion, toss a dart at those people, maybe government officials, maybe corporate honchos, impeding change:

“Some folks want to be like an ostrich,

Bury their heads in the sand.

Some hope that plastic dreams

Can unclench all those greedy hands.

And Seger’s song also speaks of intergenerational obligations

“Go tell, go tell all the little children.

Tell all their mothers and fathers, too - Now’s our last chance to learn to share What’s been given to me and you.

Give it a listen, too, after you hear Al Gore’s singing “How on Earth”.

AP PHOTO

About the author:

Dan Bloom is a Rush PR News political and environmental news columnist/reporter and a freelance writer from Boston, who has been based in Asia since 1991. He graduated from Tufts University in 1971 and has worked in media, public relations and education in several countries. He is currently doing research on climate change and global warming as the founder of the Polar Cities Research Institute. His email is: danbloom@RushPRnews.com

Songs for EE in the News (Sept 15)

2008-09-15T09:33:00.000-07:00

Hymn a reminder of interdependence
In-Forum - Fargo,ND,USA
I, too, like the hymn “This is My Song,” which reminds me to strive for humility and to remember our interdependence with all creatures of this, our Earth.
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Pete Seeger, The Original Green Troubadour, Still Fighting For ...
Top40-Charts.com - New York,NY,USA
... who has spent his entire career fighting for the environment, continues to spread the message of ecological responsibility through song and action. ...
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Calexico's School of Philosophy
All About Jazz - Philadelphia,PA,USA
As Burns points out, the environment, particularly, “is a theme that's always run through our work since 1996 when we started putting out songs. ...
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Song of the Day
By Robert Rouse
From 1970, George Harrison Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) Have a suggestion for a social, political, or environmental song for this feature? Tell me. [See post to listen to audio]. Share/Save/Bookmark.
Left of Centrist - http://loc.rousefamily.com/leftofcentrist

Da-da-da-thud
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
... Sacks. the McGill prof draws from multiple wells of reference and recollection in The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. ...
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The green Miley | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

2008-07-23T11:56:00.000-07:00

The green Miley | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist: "The green Miley
Popster Miley Cyrus pens 'eco-anthem'

Photo: mileycyrus.com

Fifteen-year-old Disney pop starlet Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) wants America to wake up and deal with global warming ... though she's not quite sure what that means. At least, that's what she admits in a song -- dubbed an 'eco-anthem' by some, though I'm curious what qualifies it as an anthem -- on her new release Breakout."

Songs for EE in the News (July 21)

2008-07-21T10:19:00.000-07:00

Eaton Bank goes green
Congleton Guardian - Congleton,Cheshire,UK
Prior to the event, a number of students were responsible for writing the school`s own Eco song which was recorded by all students in Years 7, 8 and 9. ...
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Natalie Portman
By noreply@blogger.com (jopie33)
... which means 'to play'. In 2007, she launched her own brand of vegan footwear. Portman has been an advocate of environmental causes since childhood, when she joined an environmental song and dance troupe known as World Patrol Kids. ...
All Celebs 4U - http://allcelebs.blogspot.com/

Environment and Song July 08

2008-07-14T09:14:00.000-07:00

Sarah Harmer among finalists for national honour
Burlington Post - Burlington,ON,Canada
A few years ago she recorded a folk song, Escarpment Blues, which tells the story of a land-use conflict on the escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve ...
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Are You Plugged In?
By rustedrobot
Stoltz tracked his electricity use and with the help of the Green-e program, offset the all the electricity used to record his record with green tags from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. In Kelley’s words: “Using renewable ...
RustedRobot: The Tife & Limes... - http://rustedrobot.com

That’s not punk!
By underground
When do those bands otherwise make a stand an environmental issues? Punk bands have been singing about the environment for decades. It appears as though many musicians jump on the bandwagon, adopting causes in a desperate profit driven ...
Undergroundnetwork - http://undergroundnetwork.wordpress.com

Dancing to save the planet: the world’s first sustainable nightclub
Times Online - UK

As I stomped to Amy Winehouse’s version of Valerie (a recycled song!) and the screen told me that “300 million children have no access to health services”, ...

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Songs for EE in the News (July 9)

2008-07-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

Festival setting the 'green' standard
MLive.com - MI,USA
The music industry was challenged by Bud Ward, an environmental journalist and Yale University academic about the lack of "green" songs to inspire the ...
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Cobalt takes on shades of green on and off stage
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
"The environment's something we care about individually," Plotsky said. "And we can use the music we love to encourage people to do something about it."
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Kelley Stoltz: California dreamin' of singing songs in Liverpool
Drowned In Sound - London,UK
Environmental concerns clearly weigh heavy on your mind, at least enough to make a point of recording Below The Branches while monitoring electricity use, ...
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Songs for EE in the News, June 2008

2008-06-30T16:25:00.000-07:00

Musical star-power unites for Algonquin cause
Kingston This Week - Ontario, Canada
The music comes from a deep commitment to aboriginal rights, social justice and environmental protection. A number of artists wrote songs specifically for ...

Al Gore Fights King Cole With Song
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Having tried, he tells us, to get his point across by every other available means, he has finally settled on "the most powerful weapon on Earth:musical ...
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The minister of culture will see you now
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
A member of the Green Party since the early 1990s, Gil has written many songs about the environment and participated in global meetings about conservation. ...

Kids get friendly with the environment
London Free Press - Canada
By KATHY RUMLESKI Chanting "We will, we will recycle" to the tune of Queen's catchy rock song, about 300 kids watched and heard how cool recycling can be. ...
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Earth Music - Various Artists
By Bob, Brisbane, Australia(Bob, Brisbane, Australia)
Australian artists to be part of the Earth Music Trust, to raise funds for Greening Australia. All Artists donated their times and potential royalties to the project and many of the song writers and publishers as well. ...
Song of the Paddle Forum : :... - http://www.songofthepaddle.co.uk/forum

Book Review: This Is Your Brain On Music | KXNet.com North Dakota News
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
The book is occasionally a little "heady" but then you'll flip the page and he'll bring it all back down to earth by using some Paula Abdul song, ...

MUSIC: Eco-Elvis "Earth Day Rock" from 'Burnin' Globe' (Matt ...
Living on the Earth - Cambridge,MA,USA
RIGGS: Actually, it's – well like with the song "I Reduce, I Reuse, I Recycle," it's kind of a, a phrasing thing. You know it's like, "I Want You, ...
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Celebrate world environment day with song of the earth
India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India
Animal Planet, in its special eight-hour long programme line-up, Song of the Earth: Celebrating World Environment Day will address these critical issues and ...
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Saving The World With A Song
Torontoist - Ontario, Canada
With news of environmental disaster a daily reality, artistic response on the topic couldn’t be more timely. But instead of poe-faced polemics and dour ...
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Who says climate change isn't funny?
Globe and Mail - Canada
Together, they plan to stop Powers by posting an inspirational song on MyFaceTube. An environmental-themed musical about a young rebel falling for the ...

The Waybacks: Loaded, Album Review
By MusicAndArtsBlog(MusicAndArtsBlog)
“Nice to be Alone” is a classic pop song without any hints that the band playing might have been a called a bluegrass band. “Beyond the Northwest Passage” is a sea shanty Celtic tune, which critiques environmental degradation in a salty ...

Children parade through Basseterre to save planet
SKNVibes.com - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis
I heard the Cayon group even chanted their own song to go along with the theme,” said Francis. “Our department has often targeted high schools, ...
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Clearwater announces film competition finalists
Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY,USA
The films are mostly music videos - bluesy calls for environmental action and folksy odes to

Faith leaders: People ready to change lifestyles
Salisbury Post - Salisbury,NC,USA
Sleeth said he recently spoke to 2000 elementary students at a school assembly in California, during which they sang several environmental songs with the ...
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MySpace.com - IYPE STUDENTS - NL - Dutch pop - www.myspace.com/iypestudents

2008-06-30T15:40:00.000-07:00

MySpace.com - IYPE STUDENTS - NL - Dutch pop - www.myspace.com/iypestudents

Youth copmposed song "Mother Earth" on MySpace.

Songs for EE in the News, late May 2008

2008-05-29T12:48:00.000-07:00

Pupils make song and dance over green achievements
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
YOUNGSTERS at a north-east primary school are making a song and dance about their latest environmental achievement. Rosehearty School has become one of just ...

A sneak peek at Rothbury music festival
Ludington Daily News - Ludington,MI,USA
The creators of Rothbury hope to spread the word about the world’s growing environmental problems. To lower the event’s own carbon footprint, ...
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China's 'Super Girl' Navigates Her Own 'Idol' Fame
NPR - USA
Last year, she recorded a Brit-pop-style tune called "Green," to support the environmental group Greenpeace. In one song on Youth of China, Lee runs down ...
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Raising her voice, taking a stance: Sheryl Crow's new music ...
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
Not the usual agenda for a singer-songwriter who's coming to town, but Crow, 46, has forged a reputation as an environmental and political activist, ...
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TORONTO BIKE FANS- Let's break
blogTO - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... a resounding chorus for the environment during the performance of his new song, Walk and Roll (download the song for free at http:www.fiddlefire.com). ...
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From Grist: singer goes green

2008-05-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

GRIST COLUMNS AND FEATURES

He's Got the Remedy
Jason Mraz sings the praises of a simpler life

You may know him as the geek in the pink, but these days Jason Mraz is the geek in the green. From co-founding a bamboo T-shirt line to making his latest tour more sustainable, the singer has made a commitment to eco-living at work and at home. He talks with Sarah van Schagen about his musical role models, his converted crew, and why he'll never sing about recycling.

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new in Grist: Jason Mraz sings the praises of a simpler life

Songs for EE in the News (April-May)

2008-05-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Mother Earth is HOT
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
Musicians who have not yet added a green-theme song to their catalogs seemed to apologize for their inability to offer up an Earth Day anthem. ...
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The environmentalist's song; Green-Up's Donald Fraser has fused ...
Peterborough Examiner - Peterborough,Ontario,Canada
Late in the afternoon on Earth Day, Peterborough Green-Up's Donald Fraser rides into Ecology Park on his bicycle, guitar slung on his back, the hair under ...
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Cloud Cult goes green with every note
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
BY ALLISON AUGUSTYN For the band Cloud Cult, every day is Earth Day. It's not unusual to find environmental politics mixed up in modern music, ...

Beauty queens on environment mission
ABS CBN News - Philippines
This tour involves past and present Ms. Earth ambassadors who talk to students about the environment. Their teaching strategies usually begin with a song, ...

How to sing like a planet Scientists say the Earth is humming. Not ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The Earth is humming. Singing. Churning out a tune without the aid of battery or string or wind-up mechanism and its song is ethereal and mystifying and ...

Earth Day music to your ears
UNLV The Rebel Yell - Las Vegas,NV,USA
He sings about the pain and suffering of planet Earth as people keep abusing it. Unfortunately, the song isn't very catchy, and I personally think the ...

Students Sing 'Green Song' For Recycling
NBC6.net - Miami,FL,USA
Greening The Earth: Part 3 Glass Of Green? When you are debating whether ... Greening The

Finale to Earth Day Celebration
Newport News Times - Newport,OR,USA
"Who'll Watch the Homeplace" - an IBMA Song of the Year - conveys "a down-to-earth, down-home, deeply rooted conversation" that looks at life in unexpected ...

Earth Day growing
Vancouver Courier - BC, Canada
Those who want to commune with nature can kick off Earth Day on April 26 with song. The Hastings Park Conservancy invites residents to join naturalist Al ...

How To Be Greener Than The Trees On Earth Day, April 22, 2008
By Jeff
Grab yourself a free download of our song Greener Than The Trees. No, it's not specific to Earth Day, but it sure is pretty darn green. Email the song to a friend or 3. Check out the green festivities over at www.earthday.net, ...
100 Year Picnic - http://www.100yearpicnic.com/blog/

Planetpals Earth Characters a Brighter Shade of Green
Animation World Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The Planetpals theme song "You can be a Planetpal, too," like all of its unique content, teaches kids that by doing their part they can be a Planetpal at ...
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Life’s Short
Anchorage Press - Anchorage,AK,USA
... steady focus on humanitarian and environmental issues. Cockburn (pronounced “co-burn”), has not only made it a point to reflect his convictions in song, ...

Postcard from the past
Jerusalem Post - Israel
Singer Joni Mitchell probably wasn't aware that when she wrote that line in "Big Yellow Taxi" - a song about environmental degradation, irretrievable loss ...
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Firefighters’ band is all fired upInquirer.net - Philippines
Another song on the album, “Pinagpalang Kalikasan (Blessed Environment),” sings of the importance of environmental preservation,

Beauty queens on environment mission
By johnnytalkback
This tour involves past and present Ms. Earth ambassadors who talk to students about the environment. Their teaching strategies usually begin with a song, followed by a short lecture (reason being the short attention span of children). ...
Ilovepinoys - http://ilovepinoys.wordpress.com

Activists protest Tory filibustering of climate change law
Edmonton Journal - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
... would behave respectfully and after the Raging Grannies, a singing seniors' protest group, belted out a song mocking Environment Minister John Baird. ...

Eco-Rock: Jack Johnson supports Mixed Greens
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
Next month, one of those booths will feature Grand Rapids' Mixed Greens and Blandford Nature Center. Better yet, Johnson has awarded the groups a $500 grant ...
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Folk singer offers ‘song for a small planet’
Republican Eagle - Red Wing,MN,USA
A native of Minnesota with a background in theology, Mayer frequently delves into science andnature as well as “things spiritual.”

Bob and Sarah Dylan Saving Your Vocal Chords and the Environment
Indymedia Estrecho - Andalucía,Ceuta y Melilla,Spain
You cannot break the law of nature, but if you do it will break your back. It’s like asking, “How can I have unprotected sex with multiple partners and not ...

How to sing like a planet: great article

2008-05-08T09:45:00.000-07:00

How to sing like a planet

Scientists say the Earth is humming. Not just noise, but a deep, astonishing music. Can you hear it?

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

This is the kind of thing we forget.

This is the kind of thing that, given all our distractions, our celeb obsessions and happy drugs and bothersome trifles like family and bills and war and health care and sex and love and porn and breathing and death, tends to fly under the radar of your overspanked consciousness, only to be later rediscovered and brought forth and placed directly in front of your eyeballs, at least for a moment, so you can look, really look, and go, oh my God, I had no idea.

The Earth is humming. Singing. Churning out a tune without the aid of battery or string or wind-up mechanism and its song is ethereal and mystifying and very, very weird, a rather astonishing, newly discovered phenomena that's not easily analyzed, but which, if you really let it sink into your consciousness, can change the way you look at everything.

Indeed, scientists now say the planet itself is generating a constant, deep thrum of noise. No mere cacophony, but actually a kind of music, huge, swirling loops of sound, a song so strange you can't really fathom it, so low it can't be heard by human ears, chthonic roars churning from the very water and wind and rock themselves, countless notes of varying vibration creating all sorts of curious tonal phrases that bounce around the mountains and spin over the oceans and penetrate the tectonic plates and gurgle in the magma and careen off the clouds and smack into trees and bounce off your ribcage and spin over the surface of the planet in strange circular loops, "like dozens of lazy hurricanes," as one writer put it.

It all makes for a very quiet, otherworldly symphony so odd and mysterious, scientists still can't figure out exactly what's causing it or why the hell it's happening. Sure, sensitive instruments are getting better at picking up what's been dubbed "Earth's hum," but no one's any closer to understanding what the hell it all might mean. Which, of course, is exactly as it should be.

Because then, well, then you get to crank up your imagination, your mystical intuition, your poetic sensibility — and if there's one thing we're lacking in modern America, it's ... well, you know.

Me, I like to think of the Earth as essentially a giant Tibetan singing bowl, flicked by the middle finger of God and set to a mesmerizing, low ring for about 10 billion years until the tone begins to fade and the vibration slows and eventually the sound completely disappears into nothingness and the birds are all, hey what the hell happened to the music? And God just shrugs and goes, well that was interesting.

Or maybe the planet is more like an enormous wine glass, half full of a heady potion made of horny unicorns and divine lubricant and perky sunshine, around the smooth, gleaming rim of which Dionysus himself circles his wet fingertip, generating a mellifluous tone that makes the wood nymphs dance and the satyrs orgasm and the gods hum along as they all watch 7 billion confused human ants scamper about with their lattes and their war and their perpetually adorable angst, oblivious.

But most of all, I believe the Earth actually (and obviously) resonates, quite literally, with the Hindu belief in the divine sound of OM (or more accurately, AUM), that single, universal syllable that contains and encompasses all: birth and death, creation and destruction, being and nothingness, rock and roll, Christian and pagan, meat and vegetable, spit and swallow. You know?

But here's the best part: This massive wave of sound? The Earth's deep, mysterious OM, it's perpetual hum of song? Totally normal — that is, if by "normal" you mean "unfathomably powerful and speaking to a vast mystical timelessness we can't possibly comprehend."

Indeed, all the spheres do it, all the planets and all the quasars and stars and moons and whirlpool galaxies, all vibrating and humming like a chorus of wayward deities singing sea shanties in a black hole. It's nothing new, really: Mystics and poets and theorists have pondered the "music of the spheres" (or musica universalis) for eons; it is the stuff of cosmic philosophy, linking sacred geometry, mathematics, cosmology, harmonics, astrology and music into one big cosmological poetry slam.

Translation: You don't have to look very far to understand that human beings — hell, all animals, really — adore song and music and tone and rhythm, and then link this everyday source of life straight to the roar of the planet itself, and then back out to the cosmos.

In other words, you love loud punk? Metal? Jazz? Deep house? Saint-Saens with a glass of Pinot in the tub? Sure you do. That's because somewhere, somehow, deep in your very cells and bones and DNA, it links you back to source, to the Earth's own vibration, the pulse of the cosmos. Oh yes it does. To tap your foot and sway your body to that weird new Portishead tune is, in effect, to sway it to the roar of the universe. I mean, obviously.

At some point we'll probably figure it all out. Science will, with its typical charming, arrogant certainty, sift and measure and quantify this "mystical" Earthly hum, and tell us it merely comes from, say, ocean movements, or solar wind, or 10 billion trees all deciding to grow a quarter millimeter all at once. We will do as we always do: oversimplify, peer through a single lens of understanding, stick this dazzling phenomenon in a narrow category, and forget it.

How dangerously boring. I much prefer, in matters mystical and musical and deeply cosmic, to tell the logical mind to shut up and let the soul take over and say, wait wait wait, maybe most humans have this divine connection thing all wrong. Maybe God really isn't some scowling gay-hating deity raining down guilt and judgment and fear on all humankind after all.

Maybe she's actually, you know, a throb, a pulse, a song, deep, complex, eternal. And us, well, we're just bouncing and swaying along as best we can, trying to figure out the goddamn melody.

Eco Elvis...now here's a spin

2008-05-06T09:00:00.000-07:00

Eco Elvis
The Environmentally Friendly Elvis

http://www.ecoelvis.com/

"The oceans could start rising,
Floods and droughts could come our way,
People, plants and animals could start dying
From a burnin' globe" - Burnin' Globe

Hello, I'm Eco Elvis. I'm Kansas City's own environmentally friendly Elvis impersonator. My job is to educate people and get them to take action for the environment. I do this by singing recycled versions of the King's songs and speaking to diverse audiences. Song titles include Burnin' Globe (Burning Love), Can't Help Recycling It All (Can't Help Falling In Love), etc.

This web site has two main purposes: to let you find out more about me, my shows and music and to give you the best information to take action for the environment in your daily life. So, enjoy it babuh, and...thankyuh, thankyuhverymuch for visiting!

Songs for EE in the News, April 3, 2008

2008-04-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

Furtado's light shines through
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
"Happy Earth Hour, Toronto," she yelled at the screaming crowd. By the time she got to the last verse of the song, urging the crowd to sing along, ...
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Turn out the lights, Calgary
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Nelly Furtado took to the stage at a green-powered concert at Toronto's city hall, singing her hit song Turn off the Light - the official theme song of the ...
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Jack Johnson shines in the dark
Sunday Times.au - Perth,WA,Australia
While people across WA reduced their carbon footprint for one night, Johnson crooned the song, Girl I Want To Lay You Down, belting out the very fitting ...
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Working with EEK!
Malta Independent Online - Malta
Suggested activities for this term are: creating a pen-friend club, singing or dancing to a song that focuses on the environment. This song should be ...
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Tie me emissions down, sport, tie me …
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The legendary Perth-born performer has changed the lyrics to his classic Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport to create a special song for Saturday's event. ...
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With Cloud Cult's New Eco-Friendly Album, Green Means Go
Spinner - New York,NY,USA
"If I'm finished writing a song and I don't feel like a better person for it, then I didn't write a good song." The band, just back from SXSW, ...
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Virgin Blue goes black for Earth Hour
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Godfrey then introduced a traditional indigenous welcome ceremony, which included traditional song and dance and the secret involvement of a surprise ...
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Naturesongs Links Page

2008-03-17T11:01:00.000-07:00

Naturesongs Links Page: "Links to Other Sound, Bird and Environmental Pages
These are sounds, bird-related and environmental pages I've visited and enjoyed. The great thing is the ability we now have to compare bird songs and other local sounds from one area to similar songs and sounds from other parts of the world. It is wonderful to be able to compare the song of a Cardinal recorded in Arizona to one from New York! They are different in a dialectic way, and I'm convinced they carry different information. See what you think as you explore."

Potpourri of Songs for EE in the News March 2008

2008-03-14T16:44:00.000-07:00

Crow should be proud of new album
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
In the album's first half, Crow belts out political and environmental issues with wry bliss: Her catchy rock/pop/blues melodies never sounded better ...
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The Office beckons for a Collective homecoming
London Free Press - Canada
Many of Wassabi's lyrics spread messages of environmental, social and spiritual activism. The quintet released their first full-length studio record, ...
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Manhandling the Environment
By The Viewspaper
Will some XYZ celebrity singing a song, which incidentally not even remotely related to the very purpose of the event, be able to generate awareness about conserving the environment. I believe it will do nothing more than entertain the ...
- http://theviewspaper.net

Getting back to the garden in song
Boston Globe - United States
On the side, he writes his own music under the name EnPossant about environmental and social justice issues. His song "Erflings" talks about poverty and ...
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Just Asking: The Long Green Road
Wall Street Journal - USA
... trying to use his popularity to push for environmental change in the concert business. A lifelong surfer from Hawaii known for his laid-back rock songs, ...
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Just Asking: The Long Green Road
Wall Street Journal - USA
... trying to use his popularity to push for environmental change in the concert business. A lifelong surfer from Hawaii known for his laid-back rock songs, ...
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Little Aussie Butler returns
Adelaidenow - Australia
But one thing that's been consistent over his entire career is the social conscience often environmental - of his work. ``I'm inspired by a lot of political ...
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The Close Shave/Env Science Song
By admin
On Friday 11th May, I had all my hair shaved off for chraity and here is the proof! Also, the music is an environmental science song called ‘Eutrophication’, which I used for no particular reason. ShareThis.
Next VDO - http://nextvdo.com

Music and radical politics
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
When Midnight Oil was making music about the need to protect the environment, the environmental movement in Australia was growing. ...
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Sounds: Sheryl Crow's bad times infuse the songs on new disc
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
Angry at environmental decay? Check. ("Gasoline"). So by the time you're five tracks into the album it's not like she doesn't have a point, but isn't there ...
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HOW TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY - April 22nd

By Ian Paul Marshal(Ian Paul Marshal)
Sing or listen to "Earth" songs. There are many Earth Day song lyrics available on the internet. Many follow well-known tunes. These make a fantastic classroom activity and help younger children to become interested in environmental ...
Your Great Awakening - http://yourgreatawakening.blogspot.com/

MySpace.com - IYPE STUDENTS - NL - Dutch pop - www.myspace.com/iypestudents

2008-02-11T13:19:00.000-08:00

MySpace.com - IYPE STUDENTS - NL - Dutch pop - www.myspace.com/iypestudents

This site has a song called "Mother Earth" to celebrate the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE).

http://www.yearofplanetearth.org/

Songs for EE in the News, February 2007

2008-02-11T11:48:00.000-08:00

Sorry, Neil Young, Music Never Could Change The World
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
"After The Gold Rush," with its immortal line, "Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 1970s." She's still running, faster than even back then. ...
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Disposable chopsticks under attack in China
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
The spiky-haired Ms. Li, known for her rebellious tomboy style, was blasting chopsticks while promoting her single "Green," a song about forest protection. ...
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Disposable chopsticks under attack in China
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By JANE SPENCER BEIJING — A dozen environmental activists stormed the cafeteria of Microsoft Corp.'s Chinese headquarters on a lunchtime mission to change ...
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Polite's calypso wins hard labour
Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
To prove his claim the magistrate asked him to sing one of his songs. Lewis sang two verses and the chorus about the Community Environmental Protection and ...
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cedar-n-sage donate song to chernobyl children's project international
By Kathy Ryan
They see What in the World as their environmental song, and decided to donate the proceeds to CCPI. Thank you, Cedar-N-Sage, not only for this, but for the support you have shown these past years! I hope everyone will listen to the song ...
- http://chernobyl.typepad.com/chernobyl_childrens_proje/

Music and art festival to emphasize environment

2008-01-28T16:46:00.000-08:00

Music and art festival to emphasize environment: "Music and art festival to emphasize environment
By STACY O'BRIEN
Jan 17, 2008, 22:27

A new music, art and environment festival is set to take place in Lethbridge next month.
Called the Canadian Music with Nature in Mind Festival, it will draw artists who focus on environmental issues and nature from across Canada for the five-day event, Feb. 19 to 23.
The festival is being tied into the environmental speakers series being held at the Lethbridge Public Library, with festivities kicking off Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. in a free performance at the library’s theatre gallery.
As part of the event, organizers have also asked for pieces of art from across southern Alberta to display, with the Lethbridge Public Library partnering with the group to display the work.
On the afternoon of Feb. 20, youngsters at one westside, one southside and one northside school will be entertained in three simultaneous performances by musicians and theatre groups.
The next day, Feb. 21, there will be an evening of the arts performance set for the Yates between 7 and 9 p.m., which will be a blend of dance, poetry, music and theatre.
On Feb. 22, a musical performance will take place between 7 and 9 p.m. Among the performers set to hit the stage are: Remy Rodden, a Whitehorse, Yukon, musician .....

Lots of EE Songs in the news...a trend??

2007-12-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

Song launched to fight climate change
Xinhua - China
... a popular musician who has had a long involvement in promoting environmental
issues in Indonesia. The song, which was also composed to raise awareness ...
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Eco-song aims for Christmas number one
Environmental Data Interactive - UK
An organisation that educates children about the environment is bidding to hit
the number one spot in the Christmas charts with a song encouraging people to ...
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Raffi sings to 'Child Honoring' tune
Yale Daily News - New Haven,CT,USA
... warming — for former vice president and environmental activist Al Gore
in Vancouver. Another song, "Count With Me," suggests assessing national progress ...
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Baba Brinkman Creates Musical Dialogue With Stephen Harper
ChartAttack - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Brinkman describes the song as a "rap editorial on the authoritarian management
style and environmental recklessness of Canada's current prime minister," ...
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Bob Dylan Re-Records A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Undercover HD - New York,NY,USA
The exhibition will focus on conservation and environmental issues. Dylan
though original disputed the environmental message of the song once stating
that ...
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Students rap their way to national nomination; Two years on, a ...
Owen Sound Sun Times - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
Woodhouse sings the rap-influenced song about Justin Trudeau and David Suzuki's examination of environmental degradation along the Nahanni River. ...
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Otters swim over to Oak Park
Detroit Free Press - United States
At the beginning of the play, the actors and audience joined to sing a song
about the river: "There's only one river, there's only one sea. ...
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Former Midnight Oil rocker Garrett named Australia's environment ...
The Canadian Press -
A longtime environmental campaigner and advocate for Aboriginal rights, Garrett
made his first foray into politics with an unsuccessful bid for the Senate ...
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Featured Visual Artist
All About Jazz - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... surrounded by many nature parks, including the Environmental Protection
Area of Cairuu. His song "Green Heart" is a tribute to Brazil's Amazon Forest. ...
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Former Midnight Oil rocker named Australia's environment minister
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... a protest song about Aboriginal land rights in Australia. The band also used music
to register its anger about environmental issues, performing at the ...
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Pete Seeger, songs for EE pioneer

2007-09-18T13:35:00.001-07:00

Just breaking bread with longtime hero is fulfilling
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
A folksinging legend of world renown, Seeger's persona is as closely
interwoven with social, environmental, political and labor concerns as it is
to his music ...
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APP.COM - Ask a question and you'll get many answers | Asbury Park Press Online

2007-09-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

BY HARRIET MAY SAVITZ

BRADLEY BEACH

The birds were singing outside my window — so many of them. Their voices were strong, cutting into the silence. Looking out from my window, I suddenly thought, "Who put the song in a bird?" Once the question surfaced, I could not escape it. There were many other things to do that day, yet nothing seemed as important as this question, and that I share it with others.

My son is a science teacher. He was cleaning out the shed when I asked him what he thought. He hesitated and then responded. "I would say natural selection. One bird trying to attract its mate finds a way. It's his song."

It is a reasonable answer, I thought, but then another surfaced. My daughter was taking a walk on the boardwalk. She called me from her cell phone to chat. Instead, I asked, "Who put the song in a bird?" "It's their own uniqueness," she answered. "God put the song there to lift our spirits."

Ferida, a long-time friend, shared these thoughts when I asked her the question: "Joy put the song in a bird," she told me. "There was such a strong feeling of joy in the bird that he had to express himself so the first thing that came out was a song."

Seven-year-old grandson Ben thought birds copy us. "They learned to sing by listening to us sing," he told me with some authority.

Rosemarie was sitting on a nearby porch, crocheting. There were birds singing as we spoke. "God put a song in a bird so that we can each wake up to a song, even if it is just from a bird."

Granddaughter Jenny, 13, was sipping a cold glass of water when she thought about it. "When the human race is upset, we depend on animals to cheer us up. A bird's song brings smiles." And then she smiled thinking about it.

There were other answers. Mother Nature received credit also. Putting it this way, Bill, an e-mail friend, reported, "Mother Nature put the song in a bird so we could communicate. Ever whistle back at a bird? Invariably, it will return your version. It's up to your imagination to figure out what you are both talking about."

Why was one song different than another, some wondered in response. Others shrugged, sending me a look that suggested there was no answer. And I was quite silly searching for any.

But it was such an intriguing question I could think of nothing else all day. Just asking it brought me such delight. And excitement. As if I were on a journey with the destination yet unknown.

Certainly I had my own ideas about the singing birds. It was very clear when I fed them in the morning, when I heard their chatter and their constant chirping as they sat on telephone wires, as they flew past me, as they perched on my porch railings, as they filled the air with their sounds, that their songs were there to remind us that for some questions, there is not just one answer.

As there is not one song.

Interested in writing about a turning point in your life? If you would like us to consider your story for publication, send it to Ronna Sutow, Asbury Park Press, 3601 Highway 66, Box 1550, Neptune, NJ 07754; fax it to (732) 643-4015; or e-mail ronnas@app.com. Please limit submissions to 1,000 words or fewer. Stories may be edited for length and content.

Songs for EE tidbits Sept 4 2007

2007-09-04T09:24:00.000-07:00

'Wild man' speaks to audience through nature-centered music [2 ...
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
Miller said he is first and foremost an environmental educator. "I try to help

audiences realize how much we depend on the natural world," he said. ...
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Sing Along Songs (Midis and Lyrics), NIEHS Kids' Pages
Sing-Along Songs (Midis and Lyrics) presented by the National Institute

of Environmental Health Sciences as a means of introducing kids to
science and ...

Some envirosongs tidbits...

2007-08-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

New Song Promotes Environmental Conservation In San Salvador
The Bahama Journal - Nassau,Bahamas
The Trust has released a new song titled, "Living Jewels of the Land, Sea and Sky,"
about the benefits of conserving the unique biodiversity of the island. ...

An Inconvenient Leo
TIME - USA
Any film, book, magazine article, song, music festival, blog, lecture or

Various commentary on Hacken Lee's album - My Cup of Tea
By teddybear67
Hacken's cup of tea has Where Will The Flowers Fall as the first hit, a song about our
environment. He mentioned while he was promoting that he hopes to bring the
message across to listeners. The simplicity in the background music gives ...
Asian4Ever - http://www.asian4ever.net/forum conversation that tries to raise
awareness on climate change has to overcome the ...

Aussie guitarist John Butler on nukes, dickheads, and common sense | By Sarah van Schagen | Grist | Grist Feature | 14 Aug 2007

2007-08-14T11:24:00.000-07:00

Aussie guitarist John Butler on nukes, dickheads, and common sense | By Sarah van Schagen | Grist | Grist Feature | 14 Aug 2007:
"For the record, John Butler hates the word 'environmentalism.' Actually, he's sick of all the '-isms.' The Australian jam-band musician is more interested in the interconnectedness of problems, in why humans do the things we do. 'Lack of love, or hope, or opportunity,' he says, 'are the core problems that end up, down the road, becoming environmental or human-rights issues.'"

Teaching Science through Song - science and environmental education supplies for teachers, outdoor educators

2007-08-10T14:37:00.000-07:00

Teaching Science through Song - science and environmental education supplies for teachers, outdoor educators:
"Over the years, Acorn Naturalists has distributed the music of recording artists who specialize in music that relates to science, nature and the environment. Included are nature songs, environmental music and outdoor education songs from many musicians, including Billy B Brennan, The Banana Slugs, JP Taylor, Stan Slaughter, Bunjee Jumping Cows, Chris Rowlands, David Stokes, Ken Lonquist, JP Taylor, Jon Sherman, Lucas Miller, Michael Caduto, Steve Schuch, Strollin' Jeff Wollin and more."

Environmental Songs

2007-08-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

Environmental Songs:
"ENVIRONMENTAL SONGS
These are songs (and CDs) that have been featured on Grinning Planet as 'Songs for a Better Planet.' All are listed below in alphabetical order by artist. Most are environmental songs; some are just related to environmental issues. Links are available for a CD review and lyrics for each environmental song."

from Grinning Planet: Saving the Planet One Joke at a Time

Nature Songs About Environmental Concerns, Conservation & Alternative Energy Sources

2007-08-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

Nature Songs About Environmental Concerns, Conservation & Alternative Energy Sources:
"Earth Songs About Nature, Environmental Concerns Conservation and Alternative Sources of Energy"

from Songs for Teaching
Using Music to Promote Learning

Instant Survey: The Best Environmental Pop Song (TreeHugger)

2007-08-10T14:29:00.000-07:00

Instant Survey: The Best Environmental Pop Song (TreeHugger):
"Instant Survey: The Best Environmental Pop Song

More snippets

2007-07-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

Global warming - the musical
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Green is an innocent, well-intentioned man who sets out on a journey like Luke Skywalker, says actor Fabrizio Filippo, on break from a love song number that ...

Amazon.com: "Environmental Songs (suggestions please?)"
A list of products including, Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice, The Joshua Tree, Cosmic Thing, 20000 Watts RSL: ...
[surely we could add to this list?]

Note there is no Live Earth links here...comments anyone?

Songs for EE snippets

2007-07-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

The Childrens' Revolution at the Camp for Climate Action
Indymedia UK - UK
"Without this world there would be no dance, there would be no song... "Shoulder to shoulder we must stand up strong. "Let's take our Earth back to where ...

Mother Earth can't live without a Solartopian vision
Columbus Free Press - Columbus,OH,USA
In humble synch with Mother Earth and all her children, Solartopia is the 21st Century vision of our necessary future. Pete Seeger has written a song for ...

Nature makes a comeback
Boston Globe - United States
One recent evening, as sparks crackled and flames shot into the pink twilight, they sang a song about a "crazy moose" who "drank a lot of juice," cheered ...

She writes songs in the key of life
Detroit Free Press - United States
She has performed her trademark tune, "Mother Earth," in festivals, cafés, churches and folk music clubs throughout the state. From the song's opening lines ...

Maya: I was taught to respect nature
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Maya will perform a brand new song, Di Gelap Mentari, composed by Audi Mok, which is also the theme song for her new upcoming movie Anak Halal. ...

Live Earth Makes Going Green Global
Forbes - NY,USA
The band didn't make any environmental statements during its five-song set, but that didn't seem to matter to its cheering fans. The former vice president ...
See all stories on this topic

Group against 'paving paradise'
parrysound.com - Parry Sound,Ontario,Canada
The group has taken singer Joni Mitchell's lyrics from her Big Yellow Taxi song "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" as their slogan and plan to ...
See all stories on this topic

Green Rock
By Brad
Cloud Cult is the brainchild of one man, Craig Minowa, an environmental scientist, record label owner and incredible musician. The music he makes is equal parts black despair and childlike wonder. It's deeply affected by the unexplained ...

Armageddon? Nothing a sing-song can't solve
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Who could fail to be inspired by Live Earth? Inspired to feel that the planet dying might not be such a bad thing. I watched Joss Stone considering for the ...

Ideal team wins Unesco's Gulf music contest

2007-07-03T09:14:00.000-07:00

Ideal team wins Unesco's Gulf music contest
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
... for the group song contest with the theme 'Water,' and conducted as part
of Unesco's programme to create environmental awareness among the youth. ...
See all stories on this topic

15 Green Musicians and Bands | Grist | Main Dish | 22 Jun 2007

2007-06-26T09:51:00.000-07:00

15 Green Musicians and Bands | Grist | Main Dish | 22 Jun 2007

Pop musicians and festivals making a difference?

Live Earth Concert - South Africa

2007-06-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

Spanning the globe, there will be more than 1 million audience members at the
Live Earth concerts, and more than 2 billion viewers worldwide. With the
current range of performers, the Live Earth concerts are sure to reach massive ...
Explore South Africa - http://blog.exploresouthafrica.net

Free Climate Change Posters ---ORDER NOW!

2007-05-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

The Government of Canada through C-CIARN (Canadian-Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network) has created a set of five posters (in French and English) describing how Canadians can adapt to living in a changing climate. These will be available in July 2007.

Each one represents a different sector of Canadian life: Agriculture, Coastal Zones, Forests, Health, and Water Resources. The high quality posters (26" x 39") are designed to appeal to a general audience. If interested, send a reply email with the order form below filled in and return no later than May 31/07.

Please pass on this announcement to anyone else you think might be interested in having these posters. If you have further questions, contact:

Dr. Ellen Wall [ewall@uoguelph.ca]
Co-ordinator, C-CIARN Agriculture
Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture
Blackwood Hall (Room 202)
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

Phone: 519 824 4120 ext 58480
Fax: 519 763 4686
http://www.c-ciarn.uoguelph.ca

Send orders to:
Mireille Lapensée [mlapense@uoguelph.ca] Co-ordinator Assistant, C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture) Blackwood Hall (Room 202) University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

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Ramiro Burr: climate change song

2007-05-29T09:12:00.001-07:00

Ramiro Burr: Rubio CD rocks more, shifts styles
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Rubio raises the environmental flag on "Ayudame," a bubbly pop-rock song on which she pleads for help in reducing world climate change. ...

From Grist: Madonna environment song

2007-05-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

AND I AM A RECYCLED-MATERIAL GIRL
Madonna releases single to support Live Earth climate efforts

What is it about climate change that makes music ... suck? First we had Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up," the earnest, Oscar-winning "Inconvenient Truth" anthem. Now we have Madonna's "Hey You," a somnolent single released this week in conjunction with Live Earth, the continents-spanning climate-awareness concerts planned for 7/7/07. While we can't complain about our favorite virgin's intentions -- the single is downloadable for free for a week, and Microsoft is donating 25 cents for each of the first million downloads to the Alliance for Climate Protection -- we can complain about her music. Because its vapid lyrics and "stripped-down, folksy" style suuuuck. Still, Live Earth's Kevin Wall called the release of the ballad, which Madge will perform at the London concert, "an incredible boost to our efforts to get people engaged in the environmental cause." And you should go download it! To support climate relief! Plus you might love it! In which case, ignore everything else we just said.

straight to the source: Reuters, 18 May 2007

straight to the source: E! Online, Sarah Hall, 17 May 2007

see also, in Gristmill: The latest Live Earth news

straight to the song: Free download of "Hey You"

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Also in GRIST:

God of Small Things. An interview with underground foodie hero Sandor Katz.

Murdoch, She Wrote. An interview with Rupert Murdoch about News Corp.'s new climate strategy.

Lady, Bugged. Umbra advises on fighting pests with pests.

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Download a free copy of Green Teacher magazine!

2007-05-11T09:59:00.001-07:00

Download a free copy of Green Teacher magazine!

To celebrate the launch of an electronic edition of Green Teacher, we invite you to download a free copy of the Winter 2006-2007 edition of our non-profit magazine. Please share the following website URL (address) with your friends and colleagues.

http://www.greenteacher.com/freeIssue80.html

(Please note that this issue can be freely downloaded until July 1^st, 2007.)

Initially, we created an online edition to better serve our overseas readers, who could receive Green Teacher earlier and pay less than subscribers to the print version. But many readers in Canada and the United States have told us that they prefer the electronic edition because each issue is searchable and the hot-links provide readers with quick access to additional information about a topic or new educational resources mentioned in that issue. So we’ve also decided to offer dual subscriptions, so that readers can enjoy the advantages of both versions for a few dollars more.

As a small non-profit, we ask that you encourage your friends and colleagues to subscribe so that we can continue to publish Green Teacher. For ordering details about online, print or dual subscriptions, please visit www.greenteacher.com.

Now, here is a summary of what you will find in Green Teacher 80, our Winter 2006-07 edition.

The Start of Something Big: Environmental Education in China
China faces enormous environmental challenges, but until recently most environmental education initiatives were organized by governments and were intended more for publicity than educational purposes. In the last few years, non-profit organizations have seized the opportunity to develop many successful educational programs that offer a glimmer of hope for China and for the world. Australia’s Jane Sayers describes several of these programs and their impact.

Last Child in the Woods? Treating nature-deficit disorder at a high school winter camp
A full-immersion winter camp in Canada's far north provides an life-changing experience with the elements and has a positive resonance with the wider community. Claude Doucette, David Kowalewski and Peggy Ransom describe the week-long camp and argue that outdoor education needs to expose young people to our harshest weather in order to develop a respect and enthusiasm for spending time in the natural world.

Making It Up As We Go Along

Tricia Edgar describes the role of pretend games in early environmental education and many of her favourite activities.

Getting Fresh with Farm-to-School Programs

By making direct connections between growers and schools, farm-to-school programs provide local markets for family farmers and healthier food choices for schoolchildren. Marion Kalb explores how these programs work best and introduces us to state-wide initiatives in Wisconsin, New York and Pennsylvania.

Social Justice and Language Arts
Christopher Greenslate shows how the language arts curriculum offers unlimited opportunities for teachers and students to make connections with current social and global issues.

Discovering Lake Management: Getting Students' Feet Wet
Teaching about lake management is an exciting way of getting students interested in the environment. Matthew Opdyke provides hands-on opportunities for students of all ages to learn about the biology and chemistry of lakes.

Growing Art in School Gardens
Hilary Inwood describes how school gardens can provide the inspiration, supply cupboard, and exhibition space for students' art.

And here is a list of educational resources that are reviewed in the Resources section of the Winter issue:

Cultivating Compassion (curriculum books & DVD)
Adbusters Media Empowerment Kit (includes binder, poster & DVD)
Birdsong and Coffee (DVD)
Great Lakes in my World (large paperback, K-8)
Change the World for Ten Bucks (pb)
Global Kidz Curriculum (Grades 4-5 curriculum binder)
The Goat Lady (hardcover children’s book)
What Do Roots Do? (hardcover book)
Professor Noggin's Life in the Ocean card game
Operation Thistle: Seeds of Despair (Grades 6-8 curriculum binder)
Mouse in a Meadow (hardcover children’s book)
On The Day You Were Born (hardcover children’s book)
Dig Your Hands in the Dirt (paperback)
A Mind with Wings (hardcover children’s book)
Animal Rescue series (paperback books)
Super Size Me (DVD w Grades 6-12 curriculum)

Songs for EE in the News, May 2007

2007-05-08T09:13:00.000-07:00

Earth Day Venture Turns Green With Synergy
Newindpress on Sunday - India
Exactly how Dave Stewart, co-founder of the 1980s pop supergroup the
Eurythmics, came to launch a new multimedia venture with the
environmental crusaders of ...
See all stories on this topic

Environmental Month winners proclaimed
Saipan Tribune - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
Logo Contest winners were: Grace Christian Academy's
Charis Lopez, first place; Saipan Community School's So Jung Song,
second place; and MCS Ann Gelica ...
See all stories on this topic

Creative Action, Environment and Youth

2007-04-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

Check out this page for some action ideas, quick facts and more...great lesson plans too, if you need to convey some environmental concepts!!

Creative Action

http://www.creativeaction.org/fast_facts.htm

World's Youth in Concert for Global Healing

2007-04-25T09:56:00.000-07:00

Earth Day, April 22, 2007
Reverence for Life - Music for Life is planning a global wave of music with the Global Youth Service Days and the Earth Day Network. More than 20 concerts and events are confirmed on six continents.
http://www.reverenceforlife.org/reverence/index.html

Interactive IPY event for all!

2007-04-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Celebrate the International Polar Year and join us for Live from IPY with the BEST Expedition in the Arctic!

Interact with PolarTREC teacher Maggie Prevenas and science educator Robyn Staup live from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Healy, from someplace in the Bering Sea! Ask questions and view photos! Anyone can register for these events and participation is free!

For more information about the BEST expedition or to register for live events, visit www.polartrec.com

Or contact Katie Breen or Janet Warburton or call the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) at 907-474-1600

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Live Event Information
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You may register for live events below at: http://www.polartrec.com/applications/ipy_webinar_app.html

There are two upcoming events:

Event 1: Tuesday, 17 April 2007

Time: 12:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (10:30 a.m. HDT; 1:30PM PDT; 2:30 p.m. MDT; 3:30 p.m. CDT; 4:30 p.m EDT).

Duration: ~ 45 minutes

Event 2: Thursday, 26 April 2007

Time: 12:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (10:30 a.m. HDT; 1:30PM PDT; 2:30 p.m. MDT; 3:30 p.m. CDT; 4:30 p.m EDT).

Duration: ~ 45 minutes

For these events, we will be using the webinar interface, HorizonWimba, which allows presentation of PowerPoint slides over the Internet during a conference call, and includes other useful functions such as online chat and polling features. To take full advantage of the webinar you will need telephone and Internet access. If you do not have Internet access, however, you can simply join the conference call.

The webinars will be archived online after the completion of the live sessions. Instructions on how to view an archived events will be posted on the PolarTREC website and emailed to all registered participants.

For more information, contact Katie Breen or Janet Warburton or calling the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) at 907-474-16

Fill planet earthwith music (Asia)

2007-04-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

Fill planet earth with music
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
This must be the message behind all the feverish preparations for Earth
Day 2007 by nongovernment and government organizations.
It will be a heady mixture ...

Bill McKibben weighs in on songs for EE

2007-02-12T11:02:00.000-08:00

Introducing a brand-new, mass-protest climate movement for 2007 | Grist | Dispatches | 08 Jan 2007

A lot of songs have their own movements -- you know, like "Vogue" and "YMCA." But as writer Bill McKibben explains, every movement also needs its songs. The civil-rights movement had "We Shall Overcome," the labor movement had "Union Maids" and "Sixteen Tons," and climate activists have, well ... Musicians United to Save our Environment, an organization that's calling on artists to belt out tunes about global warming. Some have even answered the call. In his latest dispatch from the front lines of the Step It Up 2007 campaign, McKibben croons about the importance of music in activist movements, noting why climate activism is no exception.

Global warming: #2 on the pop charts | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

2007-02-07T11:32:00.000-08:00

Global warming: #2 on the pop charts | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

Some more commentary about pop music from Kit Stolz.

Some envirosongs tidbits...

2007-02-07T11:25:00.000-08:00

Enviro Songs of the Year 2006
By Kit Stolz
Is there such a thing as environmental music, or nature music? ... This method describes perfectly the best environmental music of last year, which I think was ... unfortunately, but know that this song has become something of a hit on ...
A Change in the Wind - http://achangeinthewind.typepad.com/achangeinthewind/

Music and Lyrics World Premiere to Benefit NRDC
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental action organization. They use law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to ...

MORRISON SONG USED IN NEW ECO CAMPAIGN
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
Rock legend JIM MORRISON is helping the fight against global warming from beyond the grave, with the release of a song he wrote. Environmental campaigners ...

The MUSE Campaign: Write a Climate Change Song

2007-02-02T14:27:00.000-08:00

The MUSE Campaign: "Calling all Musicians
If every musician writes a song about global warming the world will listen.
Add your unique voice to musicians all over the world who are writing songs about global warming, the environment, and preventing a climate catastrophe."

Dutch artists contribute to Greenpeace, Dutch News, The Netherlands, Holland, Expatica

2007-01-30T09:18:00.000-08:00

Dutch artists contribute to Greenpeace, Dutch News, The Netherlands, Holland, Expatica

The artists will be writing a new song or making a new version of an existing song for Greenpeace Music to highlight environmental issues. ...

Environmental Songs

2007-01-26T13:51:00.000-08:00

Environmental Songs

Here's another interesting list. The environmental connections are a bit tenous on some of these songs though...

Environmental songs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2007-01-26T13:47:00.000-08:00

Category:Environmental songs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hey Songs-for-EE folks: Here's your chance to be a Wikipedia contributor...more to be added for sure!

Barenaked Ladies vocalist Steven Page lays bare his hopes for a green future | By Sarah van Schagen | Grist | Main Dish | 18 Dec 2006

2006-12-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

Barenaked Ladies vocalist Steven Page lays bare his hopes for a green future | By Sarah van Schagen | Grist | Main Dish | 18 Dec 2006

Celebrities and environment: Toronto Star article

2006-11-07T13:28:00.000-08:00

Cause celeb

Toronto Star:
More than ever, celebrities of all stripes are becoming environmentally active. But whether their motives are genuine or self-serving, most agree on one thing: it's about time...

Print friendly news

Kick the Oil Habit Hip Hop Road Tour

2006-10-30T09:53:00.000-08:00

We're down with Seth Green look-alike MC Esher hip-hopping his way through Sin City, hypin' E85, and makin' fossil fuels history. After all, he "loves Halle Berry, not Halliburton" and says we gotta kick our oil habit 'cause "this sitch ain't workin'."
http://www.kicktheoilhabit.org/roadtrip/node/2144

Songs for EE in the News, October 11, 2006

2006-10-11T09:32:00.000-07:00

Buena Vista Saves Earth
http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=25547255
CMJ.com - USA
This fall, environmental nonprofit organization Artists' Project Earth (APE) will be raising ... Each song on the upcoming disc synergizes the sizzling Afro-Cuban ...

Songs for EE in the News, October 3, 2006

2006-10-03T09:04:00.000-07:00

A song about trees
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
IF ALL schools cared about environmental conservation the way SK Bukit Damansara (SKBD) does ... of SKBD performed in a short play based on a song entitled Tears of ...

Songs for EE in US Congress?

2006-09-28T14:55:00.000-07:00

Will Anti-Nuker John Hall Rock The Congress?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0609/S00226.htm
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
Rock Star and long-time environmental activist John Hall just won the Democratic primary in an ... As part of MUSE, Hall co-authored the song "Power," an anthem to ...

New reference

2006-09-26T10:11:00.000-07:00

“Share the Music” Curriculum Grade 3 UNIT 1: Lesson 1 ...
www.lakesidelosgatos.org/musart/music/11sample3.pdf
Environmental song. • Objective: Create movements to demonstrate contrasting
sections. o Write down things that endanger the planet. o Share with class ...

Songs for EE on the Web September 7, 2006

2006-09-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

Bruce Cockburn: Telling the Truth About the Human Condition
www.emagazine.com/view/?3280
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
... harder to write environmental songs? For me the process has to start with that emotional trigger that I talked about earlier. The new song "Beautiful Creatures ...

The new song "Beautiful Creatures ...Suit Filed Over Paradise Coal-fired Plant in Kentucky
For those who have been singing Prine's "Paradise" for years and may not know the origins...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/press/paradise-coal-07-31-2006.html
Center for Biological Diversity (press release) - Tucson,AZ,USA... tore down Paradise, later memorialized in John Prine’s folk song by the same ... of tons of air pollutants each year that the US Environmental Protection Agency ...

Back To Cool (songs for EE, sort of...)
MTV and Campus Climate Challenge have partnered up to reward college and high-school students for efforts to fight global warming on campus. Tune into MTV this afternoon for details. Get the scoop in Gristmill. <http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/9/5/154754/2745?source=daily>

Dubai's Nature song gets heard loud and clear
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Dubai_Summer_Surprises/10057493.html
Gulf News - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Dubai: Organised by the Dubai Police, the Nature Surprises week managed to raise awareness in children about the environment that we live in, a statement by ...

Songs for EE in the News, September 6, 2006

2006-09-06T11:04:00.000-07:00

Mostly about rockers and their environmental sympathies...
(Note that URLS are added as links for those who don't have html email).

Teaching Environmental Conservation: The Petronas Way
www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=213769
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia... In the early 1990s, pop star Zainal Abidin (http://www.zainalabidin.com/home.html) sang "Hijau" or literally, "Green", a big hit in the local music scene then.Yet it was more than a song. ... Our World programme will ensure the youngsters of today have the knowledge and understanding of the environmental issues that will ...

Rock's green days
www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-08-10-green-rock_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
USA Today - USA... Joan Jett is on stage belting out an anthemic song from her new album, singing ... dozens of rock bands are doing more than just singing about environmental causes ...

Live Review: Melissa Etheridge in TO
http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/08/14/1753474.htmlJam!
Showbiz - Canada... She talked about environmental responsibility and how she converted her tour buses to run on biodiesel, leading into I Need To Wake Up, the song she wrote for ...

The journey continues
www.vaildaily.com/article/20060814/AE/108140043
Vail Daily News - Vail,CO,USA... In 1984, Cockburn produced the hit song, "If I Had a Rocket Launcher," with ... rock sound, and his political agenda was weighted toward environmental concerns, as ...

STARS TEAM UP FOR GREENPEACE
www.pr-inside.com/stars-team-up-for-greenpeace-r17412.htm
PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria... to write a song in celebration of eco-warriers Greenpeace. The track will be recorded on 9 September (06) at Sir in Hollywood, in honour of the environmental ...

Global warming and gerbils

2006-09-01T13:18:00.000-07:00

From: Nancy Schimmel global warming and gerbils
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 08:32:11 -0700

Inspired by this article from Grist (online environmental zine) Is It Frogs Next, or Locusts? Warmer climate could lead to increased bubonic plague Ever feel like we live in End Times? Well, you may be right. Apparently, in coming years we can expect more bubonic plague -- yes, plague, as in "bring out your dead!"

Researchers publishing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that a rise of just 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit in the springtime temperature led to a 59 percent increase in plague prevalence (currently, up to 3,000 cases are reported each year around the world). The researchers focused their study in Kazakhstan, where the primary host of the plague is the great gerbil (no, really). The gerbils carry fleas, which carry the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, which gets transmitted to humans by the fleas. Yersinia likely triggered both the Black Death, which killed more than 20 million people in the Middle Ages, and a 19th century pandemic in Asia that killed tens of millions. Depressingly, both outbreaks occurred during warm, wet climatic periods. Hmm, warm, wet climate ... sounds familiar. If you need us, we'll be in the bunker, hiding from the gerbils.

I have written this parody:
Is It Frogs Next, or Locusts?
Tune: Traditional (She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain)
New words by Nancy Schimmel

She’ll be coming out of Asia when she comes.
She’ll be coming out of Asia when she comes.
Oh she rides upon the gerbil And her wrath is something ter’ble,
She’ll be coming out of Asia when she comes.

Nobody wants to meet her when she comes.
Nobody wants to meet her when she comes.
Although we do expect ’er, The great gerbil is the vector,
Nobody wants to meet her when she comes.

She’ll be riding lots of fleases when she comes.
She’ll be riding lots of fleases when she comes.
Now the fleas like global warming, On the gerbils they are swarming,
She’ll be riding lots of fleases when she comes.

Once she decimated Europe, here she comes!
Then she decimated Asia, here she comes!
Well, she goes by many handles And there’s no use burning candles,
She’s iconic and bubonic, here she comes!

Sun, sun, shine on me, Sunbeam's warm and sunbeam's free. Put solar panels in your path, And I'll have sunshine in my bath... Sun Sun Shine and other recordings and books by Nancy Schimmel, Malvina Reynolds, Candy Forest and Fran Avni at www.sisterschoice.com Berkeley, California

Sun, sun, shine on me, Sunbeam's warm and sunbeam's free. Put solar panels in your path, And I'll have sunshine in my bath... Sun Sun Shine and other recordings and books by Nancy Schimmel, Malvina Reynolds, Candy Forest and Fran Avni at www.sisterschoice.com Berkeley, California

Songs for EE on the Web, June 20, 2006

2006-06-20T09:26:00.000-07:00

Clearwater Festival gently communicates conservation theme
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... as long as you are singing," said the 87-year-old Seeger, a key player in the environmental movement that ... "Pete brings the world together with song," said Cowen ...

Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival
New York Times - United States
... song "I Feel Just Like a Child." And he introduced a song he said ... It's an environmental statement; Bonnaroo is using biodiesel fuel and solar power (along with ...

Songs for EE on the Web, June 13 2006

2006-06-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

THINK LOCALLY, ACT VOCALLY
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA... So Williams took a cue from a song called Echoes, which teaches even the ... Many of the groups champion bipartisan environmental work, which has long been a ...

Clearwater revival harmonizes music with its purpose
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA... Workshops and panel discussions about pressing environmental issues like global warming will this ... doesn't delve with any depth into Seeger's use of song as a ...

Celebrate Oceans Day June 8th!!!

2006-06-08T08:31:00.000-07:00

WORLD OCEAN DAY June 8th!Celebrate World Ocean Day by participating in events and activities with aquariums, zoos, and museums. The Ocean Project Web site provides activities suggestions and a petition to the United Nations to officially designate World Ocean Day on June 8th each year. www.theoceanproject.org/news/oceanday.html

Oceans Day Canada
Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF)
www.cwf-fcf.org/pages/wildprograms/wildprogramsoceanseb_e.asp?section=6&language=e

Department of Fisheries and Oceans site www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/events-evenements/oday-ojeux/index_e.asp

SEA STORIES JOURNAL ONLINE Blue Ocean Institute announces Sea Stories, a new online journal devoted to nurturing appreciation and concern for the world's oceans through writing, art, and conversation. The first issue features poetry, prose, photography, and painting from a wide variety of contributors. Submissions and sign up online.Contact: Steven Pavlos Holmes sholmes@blueocean.org http://www.seastories.org

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TEACHER GRANTS Deadline: June 16, 2006The National Geographic Foundation gives grants of up to $5,000 each to help K-12 educators make a greater impact in their classroom, school, district, and/or community through innovative geography education projects.www.nationalgeographic.com/education/teacher_community/get_grant.html

REPORT ON GREEN SCHOOL GROUNDS & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY"Grounds for Action: Promoting Physical Activity through School Ground Greening in Canada" is a 2006 Evergreen report, presenting the findings of a national survey indicating that green school grounds enhance the quantity and quality of physical activity by increasing the range of enjoyable, non-competitive forms of play at school. http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/pdf/PHACreport.pdf

GOOD FOOD GOOD BUSINESS New video "Good Food, Good Business" from Arnold Creek Productions, Inc. features the hot topics of local and organic food and how new types of connections among growers, grocers, and chefs are driving market growth. http://www.arnoldcreekproductions.com/

LEARNING SCIENCE INTERACTIVES learningscience.org site offers free, high-quality Web interactives for the classroom in various areas of science studies listed by learning standards for grades K-4 and 5-12. Links to long and short interactive lesson plans, data collection, imaging, and more. http://www.learningscience.org/

STATE OF THE PLANET State of the Planet Web pages covers issues such as population, global warming, wetlands, and ecosystems based on the PBS video series "Journey to Planet Earth." Some other fascinating programs include "Land of Plenty, Land of Want" and "On the Brink."http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/stateoftheplanet/index.html

Songs for EE on the Web, May 17, 2006

2006-05-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

[Editor's note: Sorry for the long period since the last posting...my source, Google Alerts, went AWOL for a while. Hey, who kenw that Louisiana has an official "environmental song"??]

Committee approves bill naming official Cajun poem
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA... In addition to those songs, Louisiana has an official march song, "Louisiana My Home Sweet Home," and an official environmental song, "The Gifts of Earth ...

"Green Girl" by John Romano First Green Song To Hit Radio Charts
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PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA“Green Girl” by John Romano is the first song by the new crop of environment friendly artists to garner mainstream radio success. ...

Environmental Adventure Stirs Controversy on Big Screen Also
Voice of America - USAAn environmental adventure enjoyed as a book by millions of young people has been ... to respond to is that,(like Jimmy Buffett says in the song), sometimes the ...

Act Naturally
Washington Post - United States... Entertainers who will perform include Appalachian Andy and science song-and-dance man Billy B; and the environmental group Scales & Tales will be on hand with ...

College rockers for environmental awareness!

2006-04-07T12:31:00.000-07:00

Songs for environmental education don't always have to be in the folk genre, aimed at the younger crowd!!

The barnstorming band that's changing the world, one campus at a time

Another test: Songs-for-EE : For sharing about using songs and music for environmental education: earth songs, nature songs, etc..

2006-03-03T09:23:00.000-08:00

Songs-for-EE : For sharing about using songs and music for environmental education: earth songs, nature songs, etc..

This is the link for the Songs-for-EE archives at Yahoo. You have to be registered member of Yahoo and this group to access the many features.

Earth Day ~ Linda Book's World of Music for Kids ~ Environmental Songs for Children

2006-02-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

Earth Day ~ Linda Book's World of Music for Kids ~ Environmental Songs for Children

Another performer for the list.

Tuning into Nature: Songs and Activities About the Earth CD & Activity Book : Animal Songs : Science Songs : Songs for Teaching

2006-02-23T17:34:00.000-08:00

Tuning into Nature: Songs and Activities About the Earth CD & Activity Book : Animal Songs : Science Songs : Songs for Teaching

Anybody have any experience on this resource?

River of Words

2006-02-23T17:28:00.000-08:00

River of Words

River of Words’ mission is to educate children about the importance of water in their lives; we utilize the avenue of creative expression—the arts—to do that. Many kids, in urban and rural areas alike, are disconnected from the natural beauty and rhythms of their communities, but not so the children of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.

Songs for EE on the Web, Feb, 23, 2006

2006-02-23T11:07:00.000-08:00

Your comments welcome!

songs about the environment. environmental songs for children ...
We Can Save Our Planet- This is a collection of environmental songs and ecologymusic, designed by Emmy Award Winning composers for children and elementary ...

Women of the Grand Canyon
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA...
My message is: Never, never give up on environmental issues ... Seduction: Rivers and Lovers, Canyons and Friends," will perform some of her eco-themed songs at the ...

"My Name Is Randy, And I'm Addicted To Oil.
"Willamette Week - Portland,OR,USA...
He spent his spare time writing songs, playing Risk and drinking beer into the ... His environmental attitudes and his job keeping the station on the air can be at ...

Tom Chapin releases more environmental songs

2006-02-16T11:11:00.000-08:00

Check out a review here: Two great CDs for the 8 to 10 set:
Tom's website: http://members.aol.com/chapinfo/tc/

From the text of this review..."But the one that reaches out and grabs me every time is 'Walk the World Now, Children.' It features Dan Zanes with New York's Pilgrim Baptist Choir and the press release calls it a 'moving environmental anthem' that 'feels like an old folk classic.' I couldn't agree more.The first verse sets the tone:
Walk the world now, children. Walk it now with me.
Walk the world now, children. Walk it now with me.
Walk the world now, children, treat it lovingly,
And the world will last forever and a day.

Other verses include 'drink the water, breathe the air, work the land' and follow the same lyrical format. "