Songs for EE newsy items

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 ... See all stories on this topic

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. ... See all stories on this topic 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. ... See all stories on this topic 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 ... See all stories on this topic 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 ... See all stories on this topic

Songs for EE...catchup on the news!

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)

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 ... See all stories on this topic

A whack of Songs for EE type news...

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 ... See all stories on this topic

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 ... See all stories on this topic 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 ... See all stories on this topic 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 ... See all stories on this topic 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. ... See all stories on this topic 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)

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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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 ...
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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

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)

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

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)

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 ... See all stories on this topic

From a social marketing listserv...

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

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

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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

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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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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. ... See all stories on this topic

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 ... See all stories on this topic

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 ... See all stories on this topic

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 ... See all stories on this topic

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

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”.

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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

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