Posts by Traci Hickson
Songs for Trees and Forests
Welcome to “The Overstory” in Song. For Thanksgiving, we are pleased to share a playlist of environmental songs about trees, forests, and forest defenders. This playlist of tree songs spans decades. We begin with the famous Irish traditional Bonny Portmore, about the destruction of Ireland’s ancient oak trees (from the late 1700s); Dozens of artists…
Read More2021 Earth Day Songs for Climate Justice
Climate justice in 2021 calls for songs that hold governments and corporations accountable for climate pollution. As of today, global ambitions to reduce climate pollution are dangerously low. Added up, the world’s current pledges are only at one percent of where we need to be. It’s time for the Biden administration to step up and…
Read MoreWater songs for children and the young at heart
The Earth Song List has more than 700 songs+ listed in the children’s music genre. To celebrate World Water Day, we’d like to lift up and share a sample of these songs about water, drinking water, the water cycle, water habitats, and our water planet. This is by no means a complete list. Suggestions are…
Read MoreEnvironmental Songs by Black Artists
A key goal of the Earth Song List is to feature a “diversity of voices singing out for the diversity of life.” We need to do more to lift up Black recording artists for their role in advancing the environmental movement. Their contributions have been lasting and significant, and their songs span decades, countries, and…
Read MoreEnvironmental Songs for a United Sense of Place
A sense of place and appreciation for where one lives inspires many environmental songs. Many singer/songwriters also bear witness to the changes and environmental harms to the places they care about. This curated green song list includes just a few of the 750 songs in our earth song database database that reflect a sense of…
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