Songs for the Earth

Most songs on the environment & climate in Rise Up Singing are in the Ecology chapter.

Most songs on this subject in Rise Again are in the Earthcare chapter

Here are some that are not in either book - because they written too recently!  (* = "zipper" songs)

• More Waters Rising by Saro Lynch *
• L'Dor Vador by Rena Branson
• The Tide Is Rising by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman & Yotam Schacter *
• We Shall Be Known by MaMuse (the "Great Turning" is an expression used in the Transition Movement)
• Holy Earth, Ancient Home by Geoffrey Hudson (part of an oratorio called "A Passion for the Planet")
• Our House Is on Fire by Emma's Revolution
• Our Power by Rena Branson
• The Clock Winds Down by Jim Page
• We Are Saving Noah's Cargo new words by Fred Small to tune of "Jacob's Ladder" *
• The Earth Is Our Mother an anonymous chant - possibly derived from Lakota source *
• Love Song to the Earth by Paul McCartney
• Truth to Power performed by OneRepublic (from the film "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power")
• This Changes Everything by Ben Grosscup

Here are some of our favorites in Rise Again:

• Gentle Arms of Eden by Dave Carter
• Living Planet by Jay Mankita
• My Dirty Stream by Pete Seeger
• My Roots Go Down by Sarah Pirtle
• This Pretty Planet by Tom Chapin
• Two Hands Hold the Earth by Sarah Pirtle
• We Belong to the Earth by Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino (of Magpie)

Here are some of our favorites in Rise Up Singing:

• Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
• Garbage by Bill Steele (with an additiona verse by Pete Seeger)
• God Bless the Grass by Malvina Reynolds
• Now Is the Cool of the Day by Jean Ritchie
• Roll to the River by Cindy Kallet
• Sailing Up / Sailing Down by Lorre Wyatt - one of many great songs written on the Sloop Clearwater