“Song of the Week” lists songs that celebrate nature and/or relate a message about the environment. A new song is added each week or two; this page will archive a history of the songs. Listen to the complete playlist on our channel. Sometimes videos get deleted, so older links on this page may not work, but we clean up the playlist often!

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2023

• January 25: Flint, Aisha Fukushima
• January 17: Nature Lives Here, Protectors of the Wood
• January 9: Scale Down, Appalachian Rising
• January 1: 20Twenties: Eve of Destruction, Daily Maverick with Anneli Kamfer

2022

• December 25: Nibi Water Song, Turtle Lodge
• December 16: Rein of Error, Dead Cross
• December 7: Rocky Mountain High, John Denver
• November 28: Catastrophe, Matador
• November 14: Washabalal’umhlaba, Black Umfolosi
• November 7: Titanic Risen, Weyes Blood
• October 30: Over Ice, Fake Fruit (part of The Eleventh Hour Songs for Climate Justice)
• October 22: Premung Jae, Alena Murang
• October 15: The Landscape is Changing, Depeche Mode
• October 7: All We Really Have Is Now, Antonique Smith
• September 30: Nada, Lida Pimienta
• September 23: World in Danger, Frankie Morland (for Finn on his 1st birthday)
• September 15: Sedna (trailer), Urban Ink
• September 7: Jalapeños, Kitten Pyramid
• August 29: Whose Garden was this?, Tom Paxton
• August 22: Heal this Land, Tina Malia
• August 15: Here Comes the Sun, Antonique Smith
• August 9: Hope, John Frusciante (as referenced in the novel Back to the Garden)
• August 2: Just Like the Seed, Aurora
• July 29: Take It All Back, Xiuhtezcatl
• July 12: The World to Come, Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane
• July 5: Wildflower, Aditi Veena
• June 27: Jangal, Soumik Datta
• June 20: Green as Ever, Aubrey Haddard
• June 12: Black Smoke, Emily Wurramara
• June 5: Sky Was Blue, Reverend Bones
• May 26: We Are the Youth, Jack River
• May 16: Divine Tides, Ricky Kej & Steward Copeland
• May 8: Creek, Hiroshi Yoshimura
• April 29: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, Big Thief
• April 22: Earth Day!: Oak, Spell Songs
• April 12: The Lark in the Morning, songs from Landworkers Alliance
• April 5: Dharti Ma – A Tribute to Earth, Jayashri and Kaushiki Chakraborty, Hansraj Hans, Shankar Mahadevan, Mahesh Kale, Abhishek Raghuram, Shweta Mohan, MD Pallavi, Abhay Jodhpurkar, and more.
• March 31: Life on Earth, Hurray for the Riff Raff
• March 22: Isolation, John Lennon (his son Sean says the song reminds him of climate change)
• March 15: Contradiction of Wants, P+E
• March 8: A Moonlight Night, Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra and Choir
• February 28: Like a Hurricane (Neil Young cover) by Nils Lofgren
• February 22: Find the Cost of Freedom by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• February 15: Cactus Tree by Joni Mitchell
• February 9: Be the Rain by Neil Young
• February 2: Nature by India.Arie
• January 25: 100 Years of Subterranean Blues, Rags Parkland & Beaux Weathers
• January 17: Pollution, Tom Lehrer
• January 9: We Live Again, Beck
• January 2: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, Bob Dylan

2021

• December 25: Second movement of La Mer (The Sea) and Jeux de vagues (“Play of the Waves”), Claude Debussy
• December 15: Art Melody, Bayir Nooma
• December 8: Trouble in the Water, Common, Malik Yusef, Kumasi ft. Aaron Fresh, Choklate, Laci Kay
• November 30: We Are Not Alone, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• November 22: Oceans Rising, Soumik Datta
• November 15: Amazonia, Gojira
• November 9: Moon Over Marin, Dead Kennedys
• November 2: River Don’t Care, Gord Downie (still miss him!, rip Oct 17, 2017))
• October 25: River, Leon Bridges
• October 16: What World Will Be Left Us, The Women in the Kitchen (Naised Köögis), the Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir, the Estonian TV Girls’ Choir, and the Pärnu City Orchestra
• October 8: Vanishing, Circuit des Yeux
• October 1: Better Now, The Weather Station
• September 23: Alert Level, Ministry
• September 15: Soul Clap, WTF
• September 8: Wildfire, Soumik Datta
• August 31: The Next Curse, Slothrust/Lzzy Hale
• August 25: This Cannot Wait (Until Tomorrow), Jon Stancer
• August 17: Solar Power, Lorde
• August 9: Small Tree, The Strange Valentines
• August 1: Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane, Ten Degrees of Strange
• July 22: Maple Sap, River Whyless (another song in Sweet Tooth)
• July 15: Dirty Paws, Of Monsters and Men (in Sweet Tooth)
• July 9: Big Yellow Taxi, Pomplamoose (third beautiful version of the song in this list!)
• July 1: Eyes Wide Open, Gotye
• June 22: Mama Tierra, Macaco
• June 17: Mother Earth, Karliene
• June 10: Ready to Fall, Rise Against
• June 2: Mother Earth, various artists
• May 25: Plant the Trees, Save the Earth
• May 18: 7Teen, Aza Nabuko
• May 10: The Air I Breathe, The O’Jays
• May 1: Boombox Warfare, Xiuhtezcatl
• April 23: Send it On, Disney’s Friends for Change
• April 16: Rowan Tree (in honor of planting one this spring), Jim Reid
• April 8: Colors, Black Pumas
• March 31: Spirit of the Wind, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq
  March 17: Bury Me Not (The Dying Cowboy), David Huckfelt
• March 9: The Ocean, Led Zeppelin
• February 27: Nyengo Isasinthe (Malawi Scotland Partnership), Joe Kellz
• February 18: Free from Gravity, Django Django
• February 2: Hope, Arlo Parks
• January 25: The Greatest, Lana del Rey
• January 17: Down to the Hollow, Chopped Liver (A Canadian band doing some bluegrass picking…I am in heaven. But they’re Canadian, so they didn’t call it a holler!)
• January 8: Intruder, Gary Numan
• January 1: 4 Degrees, Anohni

2020

• December 25: Snow is Falling on the Mountain, Chilly Gonzales
• December 14: And Then There Was Fire, The Suitcase Junket
• December 5: As Old As I, Dispatch
• November 27: Essa Rua É Minha, Kaê Guajajara
• November 18: Wardens of the Sea, Æolian
• November 7: Climate Change, GAWVI
• October 27: Maa Rewa, Indian Ocean
• October 16: Shine, Joni Mitchell (it’s my birthday, and I’m feeling unfettered and alive and want to recognize one of my favorite singers)
• October 10: Orca’s Reprise, Jayda
• October 3: Running with the Wolves, Aurora
• September25: Jaago, Ricky Kej
• September 17: Parade, Sylvan Esso
• September 10: A New Dawn, Ricky Kej
• September 3: Dear Future Generations, Sorry: Prince Ea
• August 25: Cold Water, Cold Cut
• August 18: House Is on Fire, Carmen Modjito
• August 10: She Showed Me Love, Neil Young
• August 1: When You Gonna Learn?, Jamiroquai
• July 22: Thrill on the Wind, Songs 4 Nature
• July 14: March March, The Chicks
• July 7:  Global Warming, Pitbull ft. Sensato
• June 30: Ek soch hai jaagi, Kailash Kehr
• June 23: Stand Up: Cynthia Erivo
• June 8: Glory (from Selma), Common, John Legend (because there is no climate justice without racial justice and this is beautiful)
• May 26: All the Good Girls Go to Hell, Billie Eilish
• May 16: Don’t Go Near the Water, Beach Boys
• May 8: Up from the Skies, Jimi Hendrix cover by Vibratory
• April 27: Blackbird (Beatles), Emma Stevens singing in Mi’kmaq
• April 20: #Notes of Forestry, Motohiko Hamas (39 minutes, not on actual playlist)
• April 13: The Fire, Arielle Martinez Cohen
• April 6: Our Home is Burning, Aimee Wilford
• March 29: African Skies, Stephen J. Anderson
• March 22: Hindi Song on Nature, Hum Yahin Jiyenge by Susmita Das | BJEM School
• March 15: Sing the Water Song, see the site for credits and click here for the music
• March 8: Fire & Fury, Overcoats
• February 27: Broken – Xiuhtezcat
• February 16: Sam Lee – The Moon Shines Bright, Elizabeth Fraser and Bernard Butler
• February 7: If the World Was Ending, Julia Michaels and JP Saxe
• January 29: The Moons Lament, Cindy D’lequez Sage
• January 22: Turning the Tide, Luke Wallace
• January 16, Westerman, Blue Comanche
• January 7, Maybe, Autons

2019

• December 28: Shiny Trees, EmbersFlurry, KarmaV, Jayce Allan
• December 19: The Fading, Joan Shelley
• December 8: Love in the Time of Coral Reefs, Ruth Mundy
• December 1: Ashes of the Modern World, Apocalyptica
• November 25: Winners & Losers, Luke Lalonde
• November 17: Save Our Land, Seventh African Development Forum
• November 10: What Nature Gives…Nature Takes Away, Membranes
• November 3: Drain you Dry, Broken Ocean
• October 26: Walkabout theme, John Barry
• October 17: an untitled song about climate change, Eliza Howells
• October 10: Speak Out, Rising Appalachia & Ani DiFranco
• October 3: Dragonfly, Ziggy Marley (thanks to author John Popielaski for suggesting this should be our theme song!)
• September 26: Young People Marching (dedicated to Greta Thunberg), Raffi
• September 17: Laps Around the Sun, Ziggy Alberts
• September 5: SOS from the Kids, Sing Out Saints
• August 26: Runner, Foals
• August 19: Climate Change Rap, Mike Likes Science
• August 11: The Lie, Trapdoor Social
• August 2: Where We Going To Go, Ellis Music
• July 25: The 1975, Greta Thunberg and The 1975
• July 13: Black Snow, Pussy Riot
• July 4: Burden in My Hand, Soundgarden
• June 27: The Lost Words–Selkie Boy, Karine Polwart
• June 17: We Are Walking On, Puja Maewal
• June 10: Bloodletting, Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else
• May 30: Don’t Drink the Water, Justin Townes
• May 22: Nefertiti  XXI, Inanna
• May 12: Lodestar, Sarah Harmer
• May 1: Jaybird, Johnsmith
• April 22: Earth, Lil Dicky
• April 15: The Winds of Winter, Ramin Djawadi
• April 2: Wasteland, Baby!, Hozier
• March 24: Pass it On Down, Alabama
• March 19: Peia “Machi”, Four Great Winds
• March 7: You Can Count on Trees, Scoil na gCailini
• February 26: Resilient, Rising Appalachia
• February 21: The Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks
• February 6: Cascadia, Said the Whale
• January 28: Samalilani, Zambian Music for Earth
• January 21: The Militant Ecologist, Marc Ribot
• January 14, The Lark Ascending, Vaughan Williams
• January 1: Paradise, John Prine

2018

• December 20: River, Sarah McLachlan
• December 14: Mayfly, Dolly Varden
• December 6: Hajimemashite, Umphrey’s McGee
• November 30: Nightmare, Carmanah
• November 12: Tree of Life, Audiomachine
• November 4: Rise: From One Island to Another, 350 Indonesia
• October 25: The Keeper’s Lament, Songhive
• October 10: Ithu Namma Bhoomi, Raindropss
• September 28: One World, Portsmouth Music Hub
• September 19: Antarctica Suite for Guitar and Orchestra- Mvt III, Penguin Ballet, Nigel Westlake
• September 11: Make a Little Wave, Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas
• September 2: Morning Dew, Grateful Dead
• August 22: Land of the Silver Birch, Michael Mitchell
• August 9: The Cave, Mumford & Sons
• July 31: One Song, Ricky Kej
• July 23: The Maze, Manchester Orchestra
• July 17: Feels like Summer, Childish Gambino
• July 9: Canvas Bags, Tim Minchin
• June 26: Blue Spotted Tail, Fleet Foxes
• June 18: Raye Zaragoza: Fight for Your Life
• June 11: Radioactive, Imagine Dragons
• June 3: Walk Away, Xavier Rudd
• May 21: Last Few Days, The Motels
• May 11: The Dreams we Dream, Protectors of the Wood
• May 7: The Shadows, Sandel
• April 27: Mother’s Cry: Poetry Video on Climate Change, Lisa Russell — featuring Savon Bartley
• April 13: Vaanam, Revaa
• April 4: Oxygène, Jean Michel Jarre
• March 26: No More Walks in the Wood, Eagles
• March 20: How Far I’ll Go, Auli’i Cravalho
• March 12: Global Warming, Tamil
• February 23: Helplessly Hoping, Crosby, Stills & Nash (part of the Annihilation soundtrack, it has taken on new meaning to me!)
• February 15: The End of All Rivers, Bruce Cockburn
• February 5: I Say Save Orang-ans, James Broughton (shout-out to Monkey World!)
• January 26: The Earth Song, Nick Kello
• January 19: Nature Boy, Aurora
• January 9: Crocus, Julie Beman (thanks, Julie!)
• January 2: Idioteque: Radiohead

2017

• December 31: Cliffs of Dover: Eric Johnson
• December 15: Snow, Kokin Gumi
• December 7: The Gate, Björk
• November 22: La flor de los Apus, Shin Sasakubo
• November 17: Climate Change Song, Thanh Bui
• November 9: Late for the Sky, Jackson Brown
• November 3: Monkey Gone to Heaven, Pixies
• October 27: Rivermouth, Rising Appalachia
• October 18: Looking for a Place to Happen: Tragically Hip (in memory of Gord Downie, may he rest in peace)
• October 10: The Memory of Trees: Enya
• September 29: 40 Years in the Wilderness: Bruce Cockburn
• September 21: You Can’t Control It: Jack Johnson
• September 14: Amazi ni meza: Gerard Shyaka and Jean de Dieu Iryamukuru
• September 7: Water Song: Amata
• August 30: Big Yellow Taxi: Counting Crows
• August 22: When the Day is Done: Nick Drake
• August 10: The Children (of the Forest): Ramin Djawadi (season 4, episode 10–Game of Thrones)
• August 1: Don’t Tell the Taxman at the Peace River: Luke Wallace
• July 24: Send Me on My Way: Rusted Root
• July 18: Tell Me How Long, Kristen Bell/Chasing Coral
• July 6: The Wren and the Salt Air, Jenny Sturgeon
• June 28: Motherland, Natalie Merchant
• June 23: The Eagle and the Hawk, John Denver
• June 14: There Is only Us, Semisonic
• May 30: Changing the World, Alysha Brilla
• May 18: Hands All Over, Soundgarden (Rest in Peace, Chris Cornell; this was also our song of the week February 10, 2015)
• May 10: The Lonely Cry of Space and Time: Anna Coogan
• April 27: Earth Intruders: Bjork
• April 21: Wake Up to Reality, Alicia Grant
• April 10: Born Free, John Barry
• March 28: Ancient Sea, Elephant Revival
• March 17: Change is Coming, Skyclad
• March 8: Voices from the Top of the Mountain, Adam Torres
• February 27: Change the Earth, Gaia’s Eye
• February 17: One Fine Day, Sting
• February 6: While Glaciers Weep, Inspired by George Harrison (from climatechangesongs.com)
• February 1: My Pledge, Neil Young
• January 25: The Woman’s March Song, Ann Hampton Callaway (in honor of the Woman’s Marches around the world January 21, 2017)
• January 17: Songbird, Lonely Heartstring Band
• January14: Ahead by a Century, The Tragically Hip
• January 9: One Tree Hill, U2

2016

• December 30: The Chemical Worker’s Song, Great Big Sea
• December 14: Sing to the Mountain, Elephant Revival
• December 7: B4 It’s too Late, Christopher Martin
• November 28: Manta Ray, J. Ralph & Anohni
• November 11: Gangaji, Malhaar
• November 6: Veni Vidi Vici, Baba Brinkman
• October 27: Wilderness, Cody Simpson
• October 17: Masters of War, Bob Dylan
• October 7: When You Look at the World, JP Taylor
• September 29: Pure Spirits of the Forest, Avatar Soundtrack 03 (James Horner)
• September 22: Stolen Child, Loreena McKennitt
• September 13: Carry it On, Buffy Sainte-Marie
• September 6: Still Want You, Brandon Flowers
• August 24: The Shadows, Sandel
• August 16: Box of Rain, Grateful Dead
• August 8: King of Birds, Karine Polwart
• August 2: Into the Wild, Eddie Vedder
• July 28: The Numbers, Radiohead
• July 20: The Escape, Wilderness of Manitoba
• July 13: 4 Degrees, Anohni
• July 7: Tuolumne, Eddie Vedder
• June 30: Cobalt Blues, Timer and the Dime Museum
• June 6: La Rympei, Lamphang Syiemlieh
• May 31: Dirty Water, The Standells
• May 24: Save the Planet, The Tragically Hip (upon learning about Gord Downie’s terminal brain cancer)
• May 19: Love and Only Love, Neil Young
• May 11: Un-American Gothic, Chris Velan
• May 2: New World Water, Mos Def
• April 27: Farewell to Tarwathie, Judy Collins
• April 20: Global Warming, Gojira
• April 7: Road Trippin’, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• April 2: Uwa Yemba Africa, Jordan Sinkala & Kendrix Kafula from ‘Impi Band’ Maureen Lilanda . Cactus Agony . Lulu Haangala & Mikki
• March 27: Somewhere Only We Go, Keane
• March 22: We Are the People: Empire of the Sun
• March 14: Lakota, Joni Mitchell
• March 4: This Land is Your Land, Bernie Sanders @ Super Tuesday
• February 26: Water, Hélène Grimaud (trailer for new Water album)
• February 17: Society, Eddie Vedder (set to “Defend Our Climate” rally photos)
• February 9: Calypso, John Denver
• February 4: Save the Bays, K.B.
• January 29: Rhythms Del Mundo, Pharrel Williams
• January 18: A Song for Jane Goodall, Lori Henriques
• January 11: Time Will Fall, David Bowie
• January 3: Official Love Song To The Earth (again, but this song rocks): Various

 2015

• December 18: Nine Treasures: Sonsii
• December10: Teresa Doyle: Let’s Ban the Frackin’ Fool
• December 2: J. Ralph and Sia: One Candle (see the documentary “Racing Extinction”)
• November 25: Jenn Wanderer: Go Outside (more than a song!)
• November 17: Hobbit Soundtrack EVM: The Misty Mountains Cold
• November 9: J. Ralph and Sia, One Candle
• November 3: Neil Young, Who’s Gonna Stand Up?
• October 28: Te Vaka, Sei Ma Le Losa
• October 15: Kids Learning Tube, Animal Songs for Kids
• October 8: Ta’Kaiya Blaney, Shallow Waters (I saw her sing this at a Kinder Morgan protest a few years ago, beautiful and talented!)
• September 21: Featuring vocal performances by Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Fergie, Colbie Caillat, Natasha Bedingfield, Sean Paul, Leona Lewis, Johnny Rzeznik, Krewella, Angelique Kidjo, Nicole Scherzinger, Kelsea Ballerini, Christina Grimmmie, Victoria Justice, Q’orianka Kilcher (this song is so lovely, I will keep it up for two weeks), Love Song to the Earth
• September 15: Tony Turner (writer), Harperman
• September 8: Celestial Elf, The World Has Got a Problem
• September 2: Billy Bragg, The Price of Oil
• August 26: TSO Photography, The Mountain
• August 10: The Dubliners: The Last of the Great Whales
• August 3: Eddie Vedder, Society
• July 28: Dan Berggren, Song of the Wilderness
• July 18: Pretenders, My City Was Gone (thanks for skipping last week with us; we were entertaining guests and vacationing!)
• July 6: Alice De Micel, Listen to the Rhythm of the Ocean
• June 29: Stephen Sills, Ecology Song
• June 22: James Taylor, Wild Mountain Thyme
• June 16: Pete Seeger, Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
• June 12: Neil Young: Wolf Moon
• June 3: John Luther Adams: Become Ocean
• May 29: Bad Religion: Crisis Time
• May 19: Magnolia Mountain, The Hand of Man
• May 16: Indigo Girls, Watershed
• May 10: Vaagai Sooda Vaa, Sengasulakara
• April 27: Marvin Gaye, Mercy Mercy Me
• April 21: Courtney Barnett, Kim’s Caravan
• April 15: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Moon
• April 7: Neil Young, Mother Earth (live)
• March 30: Talking Heads, (Nothing but) Flowers
• March 23: Julian Lennon, Saltwater
• March 16: Crosby, Stills and Nash, To the Last Whale
• March 9: Jack Johnson, Recycling Song
• March 1: REM, Cuyahoga
• February 22: Joshua Hyslop, Living and Dying (new favorite running song)
• February 16: Lou Reed, Last Great American Whale
• February 10: Soundgarden, Hands All Over
• February 2: Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi