Songs About Biochar, Sustainability, and the Environment
Calling All Environmental Music-Loving Nerds!
I recently got the wild idea that maybe we could use music to help spread the word about biochar and environmental sustainability. Experimenting with Anthropic’s Claude and ChatGPT to help with lyrics and a music generator to help produce each song based on the genre and feIt wanted for each, the following full length songs were created.
These are best heard in headphones or ear buds.
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First, the story of Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) and the beautiful Sonoma Valley (Blues Style)
Next, a few songs inspired by a recent visit to a high school sustainability event:
Tide is Rising
Last Call
Heat Check
It’s Our Turn
Don’t Put Us On Mute
Room To Breathe
Songs related to biochar and environmental sustainability:
Black Gold in the Ground (Country Style)
Biochar Fields (Afro Beats Style). NEW 5/23
Biochar’s Cookin’ Right (Reggae Style)
Biochar’s Amazing (Singer Songwriter Style)
Carbon Debt Biochar (Rock and Roll Style)
Carbon Debt Biochar (Singer Songwriter Style)
The Good Earth (Afro Beats Style) Not Biochar Specific
You Can’t Eat Money. (Blues Rock)
Biochar’s Cookin’ Right (Bluegrass Style)
Black Gold for the Forest Soil (Country Style)
And now, to slow things down here are some songs with a more meditative and spiritual feeling. (Zen, Japanese/Indian/Celtic Influences)
Nothing Stands Alone
Hold The Seed
Roots Down, Rise Slow
What We Leave Behind
The Earth Is Listening
Dharti Ma
Earth Keeps Turning
Bhumi Shanti
And lastly, I had the pleasure of tabling recently next to a woman named Jacqueline from the Marin Monarch Working Group, and she inspired the next two songs on Monarchs. This remarkable butterfly flies from California to Mexico in the Fall, then its offspring make the journey back to California in the Spring.
Carry Me Home
Where the Monarchs Used To Fly
Let me know if you think this educational approach has promise, and which you liked the best.