Songs for Eco-Literacy
A list of songs that can be used to approach environmental issues in the classroom. One or two of these have explicit lyrics or content (find less explicit versions or modify lyrics). These are basically ordered as I thought of them... if you have any songs you use in your classroom (or that you think would be good), please email me at [email protected]. Thanks, Dan.
1. The Garden Song (David Mallett), John Denver
2. Good Garbage, Tom Chapin
3. Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell
4. Monkey Gone to Heaven, The Pixies
5. Paradise, John Prine
6. They Call it Progress, Mike Townsend
7. S.O.S., Will.i.am
8. Don't Frack My Mother, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Artists Against Fracking
9. God Bless the Grass, Pete Seeger
10. Be the Rain, Neil Young
11. Energy from the Sun
12. Every Living Thing: A Song About Interdependence (link to PDF)
13. Hey World, Michael Franti & Spearhead
14. Song for a Dying Planet, Joe Walsh
15. Earth Song, Michael Jackson
16. License to Kill, Bob Dylan
17. The Trees, Rush
18. Mother Nature's Son (the Beatles), Jack White
19. The Prophet's Song, Queen
20. Last Great American Whale, Lou Reed
21. Hungry Planet, The Byrds
22. My City Was Gone, The Pretenders
23. Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth, Sparks
24. Don't Go Near The Water, The Beach Boys
25. Down to Earth, Peter Gabriel
26. Where Do The Children Play, Yusuf Islam
27. (Nothing But) Flowers, Talking Heads
28. The Dream Reborn (My President Is Green), Markese
29. Globe All Warming, NiyoRah
30. Dragonfly, Ziggy Marley
31. Rape the World, Tracy Chapman
32. Emergency on Planet Earth, Jamiroquai
33. New World Water, Mos Def
34. Hands All Over, Soundgarden
35. Pollution, Tom Lehrer
36. Mercy, Mercy Me, Marvin Gaye
37. Earth is Our Home, Mother Goose Club
38. Blair Mountain Battle March, Captain Catfeesh
39. Do the Evolution, Pearl Jam
40. Limits, Formidable Vegetable Sound System
41. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow, Johnny Cash
42. Red Winter, Drezus
43. Sulfer, Tanya Tagaq
44. The Earth is Our Mother, Libana
45. Pretty Planet, Tom Chapin
46. Black Waters, Jean Ritchie
47. Blue Highway, Larry Long
48. Back to the Earth, Jason Mraz
1. The Garden Song (David Mallett), John Denver
2. Good Garbage, Tom Chapin
3. Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell
4. Monkey Gone to Heaven, The Pixies
5. Paradise, John Prine
6. They Call it Progress, Mike Townsend
7. S.O.S., Will.i.am
8. Don't Frack My Mother, Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Artists Against Fracking
9. God Bless the Grass, Pete Seeger
10. Be the Rain, Neil Young
11. Energy from the Sun
12. Every Living Thing: A Song About Interdependence (link to PDF)
13. Hey World, Michael Franti & Spearhead
14. Song for a Dying Planet, Joe Walsh
15. Earth Song, Michael Jackson
16. License to Kill, Bob Dylan
17. The Trees, Rush
18. Mother Nature's Son (the Beatles), Jack White
19. The Prophet's Song, Queen
20. Last Great American Whale, Lou Reed
21. Hungry Planet, The Byrds
22. My City Was Gone, The Pretenders
23. Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth, Sparks
24. Don't Go Near The Water, The Beach Boys
25. Down to Earth, Peter Gabriel
26. Where Do The Children Play, Yusuf Islam
27. (Nothing But) Flowers, Talking Heads
28. The Dream Reborn (My President Is Green), Markese
29. Globe All Warming, NiyoRah
30. Dragonfly, Ziggy Marley
31. Rape the World, Tracy Chapman
32. Emergency on Planet Earth, Jamiroquai
33. New World Water, Mos Def
34. Hands All Over, Soundgarden
35. Pollution, Tom Lehrer
36. Mercy, Mercy Me, Marvin Gaye
37. Earth is Our Home, Mother Goose Club
38. Blair Mountain Battle March, Captain Catfeesh
39. Do the Evolution, Pearl Jam
40. Limits, Formidable Vegetable Sound System
41. As Long as the Grass Shall Grow, Johnny Cash
42. Red Winter, Drezus
43. Sulfer, Tanya Tagaq
44. The Earth is Our Mother, Libana
45. Pretty Planet, Tom Chapin
46. Black Waters, Jean Ritchie
47. Blue Highway, Larry Long
48. Back to the Earth, Jason Mraz
Link to the sheet music: https://ecojusticecamp.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/energyflowfromthesun.pdf