Projects
- ClimateMusic
- Climate Stories Project
- Earthsound
- Small Island Big Song
- Tempo: Music for Climate Action
Climate-Inspired Music
- A Passion for the Planet by Geoffrey Hudson
- “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell
- “Elegy for the Arctic” by Ludovico Einaudi
- “Feels Like Summer” by Childish Gambino
- “Idioteque” by Radiohead
- Retribution by Tanya Tagaq
- “The 1975″ (Notes on a Conditional Form) by the 1975
Other Examples
- Climate by Erik Ian
- “Climate Voices Suite” by Jason Davis
- “Eight Seasons” by Kalevi Aho
- Global Warming by Sonny Rollins
- Handfuls of Night by Penguin Cafe
- “I Had a Dream I Was Falling Through a Hole in the Ozone Layer” by Deee-Lite
- “King Tide and the Sunny Day Flood” by Billy Bragg
- Le Monde est Chaud by Tiken Jah Fakoly
- “Liberated Carbon” by Andy Revkin
- Live at City Winery by Pathway to Paris
- “Love Song to the Earth” by Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, John Rzeznik, Q’orianka Kilcher, Victoria Justice, Christina Grimmie, Nicole Scherzinger, Kelsea Ballerini, Angelique Kidjo, Krewella, Sean Paul, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield and Colbie Caillat
- “Making Do” by Lake Street Dive
- Many a Thousand by Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith
- “Melt!” By Kelly Lee Owens
- “(Nothing But Flowers)” by the Talking Heads
- Old Wow by Sam Lee
- “Wake Up America” by Miley Cyrus
Climate Themes in Music
- Ecomusicology
- Iñupiaq Drumming and Global Warming
- Rain Dances (Ceremonies/Prayers for Rain)
- Hopi Snake-Antelope Dance
Selected Resources
Artists/Musicians
- Jason Davis
- Judy Twedt
Articles
- Ambre, K. “Local Artists Band Together for Climate Action.” Music in Minnesota. n.d. https://www.musicinminnesota.com/local-artists-band-together-for-climate-action.
- Amsen, E. “What Does Climate Change Sound Like As Music?” Forbes. 2019. https://www.forbes.com/sites/evaamsen/2019/04/18/what-does-climate-change-sound-like-as-music/?sh=204cbfaf3250.
- Currin, G. H. “Music for Our Emergency.” NPR. 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/12/05/784818349/songs-our-emergency-how-music-approaching-climate-change-crisis.
- Sheikh, K. “This is What Climate Change Sounds Like.” The New York Times. 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/science/climate-change-music-sound.html.
- Harrison, K. (2020). Indigenous music sustainability during climate change. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 43, 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2020.01.003
Books
- Cooley, T. J. Cultural Sustainabilities: Music, Media, Language, Advocacy. University of Illinois Press, 2019.
- Pedelty, M. Ecomusicology: Rock, Folk and the Environment. Temple University Press, 2011.
Websites