50 EcoSongs
A secular spiritual mix to restore the Earth to our hearts
19 EcoSongs
1 The Dream is Ours (Auld Lang Syne)
2 Great is the Joy (Skye Boat Song)
3 The Dreams of my Childhood (Black Velvet Band)
4 Oh Planet Earth (Londonderry Air)
5 Earth’s Anthem ( God Save the Queen)
6 The Great Love (He’s got the whole world in his hands)
7 Green Leaves ( Greensleeves)
8 Global Anthem (Land of hope and glory)
9 Precious planet (Bread of Heaven)
10 Honour the Earth (Land of my fathers)
11 Earth’s Warriors (The Scottish soldier)
12 Love Earth too (Love Me Do – the Beatles)
13 Wild Mountain Times (Wild Mountain Thyme)
14 The Dance of Life (to the Irish folk song tune The Spinning Wheel)
15 Shangri-La (to the tune of Old Man River)
16 Sun on Water (Loch Lomond)
17 Singing the Songlines (Waltzing Matilda)
18 It’s a great way to love the planet (It’s a long way to Tipperary)
19 Sun Gold (When you were sweet sixteen)
15 EcoCarols
1 Seeds Of Peace (O Little Town of Bethlehem)
2 Northern Lights (Silent Night)
3 Give Us The Freedom (O Come All Ye Faithful)
4 When Looking At The Earth (While Shepherds Watched)
5 If There Is One Great Thing (In The Bleak Mid-Winter)
6 I Look Out My Window (Away In A Manger)
7 Gifted To Us For A Lifetime (Once In Royal David's City)
8 Children Of The World (Good King Wenceslas)
9 Me! I Champion Planet Earth (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
10 O Kin Of Ours, All Animals (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
11 People Of Pre-History's Lineage (Angels From The Realms Of Glory)
12 The Mountain And The Ocean (The Holly And The Ivy)
13 Birdsong (The First Nowell)
14 The Gardener's EcoCarol (It Came Upon A Midnight Clear)
15 Trees Of Earth (We Three Kings)
16 EcoHymns
1 Like Minds (There is a green hill far away)
2 Earthly Paradise (The Lord's my Shepherd)
3 The Great Vision (Be Thou my Vision)
4 Infinite Love (Morning has broken)
5 Dear Earth, sustainer of our lives (Dear Lord and Father of Mankind)
6 Nature is our greatest ally (Glorious things of thee are spoken)
7 The Beauty Way (Jerusalem)
8 To bless the Earth (Amazing Grace)
9 Our shared home (Immortal, invisible, God only wise)
10 Alive in me (Abide with me)
11 Come then, fellow travellers (Onward, Christian soldiers)
12 Growth to the spirit (Praise to the holiest in the height)
13 Returning (Just as I am)
14 In Peace and Love (How Great Thou Art)
15 Promises (O Jesus I have promised)
16 Spaceship Earth (All things bright and beautiful)
1 The Dream is Ours (Auld Lang Syne)
2 Great is the Joy (Skye Boat Song)
3 The Dreams of my Childhood (Black Velvet Band)
4 Oh Planet Earth (Londonderry Air)
5 Earth’s Anthem ( God Save the Queen)
6 The Great Love (He’s got the whole world in his hands)
7 Green Leaves ( Greensleeves)
8 Global Anthem (Land of hope and glory)
9 Precious planet (Bread of Heaven)
10 Honour the Earth (Land of my fathers)
11 Earth’s Warriors (The Scottish soldier)
12 Love Earth too (Love Me Do – the Beatles)
13 Wild Mountain Times (Wild Mountain Thyme)
14 The Dance of Life (to the Irish folk song tune The Spinning Wheel)
15 Shangri-La (to the tune of Old Man River)
16 Sun on Water (Loch Lomond)
17 Singing the Songlines (Waltzing Matilda)
18 It’s a great way to love the planet (It’s a long way to Tipperary)
19 Sun Gold (When you were sweet sixteen)
15 EcoCarols
1 Seeds Of Peace (O Little Town of Bethlehem)
2 Northern Lights (Silent Night)
3 Give Us The Freedom (O Come All Ye Faithful)
4 When Looking At The Earth (While Shepherds Watched)
5 If There Is One Great Thing (In The Bleak Mid-Winter)
6 I Look Out My Window (Away In A Manger)
7 Gifted To Us For A Lifetime (Once In Royal David's City)
8 Children Of The World (Good King Wenceslas)
9 Me! I Champion Planet Earth (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
10 O Kin Of Ours, All Animals (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
11 People Of Pre-History's Lineage (Angels From The Realms Of Glory)
12 The Mountain And The Ocean (The Holly And The Ivy)
13 Birdsong (The First Nowell)
14 The Gardener's EcoCarol (It Came Upon A Midnight Clear)
15 Trees Of Earth (We Three Kings)
16 EcoHymns
1 Like Minds (There is a green hill far away)
2 Earthly Paradise (The Lord's my Shepherd)
3 The Great Vision (Be Thou my Vision)
4 Infinite Love (Morning has broken)
5 Dear Earth, sustainer of our lives (Dear Lord and Father of Mankind)
6 Nature is our greatest ally (Glorious things of thee are spoken)
7 The Beauty Way (Jerusalem)
8 To bless the Earth (Amazing Grace)
9 Our shared home (Immortal, invisible, God only wise)
10 Alive in me (Abide with me)
11 Come then, fellow travellers (Onward, Christian soldiers)
12 Growth to the spirit (Praise to the holiest in the height)
13 Returning (Just as I am)
14 In Peace and Love (How Great Thou Art)
15 Promises (O Jesus I have promised)
16 Spaceship Earth (All things bright and beautiful)
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.
Marlee Matlin
Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein.
Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
The Earth does not belong to us. We belong to the Earth.
Marlee Matlin
Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein
This is my friends' Julia and Roger Pattision's recording of I Look Out My Window to the tune of Away in a Manger.
Music is sometimes regarded as a universal language. I have a personal mission to ecologise the world's song-base. It is but one of many ways to raise ecological awareness. To date I have ecologised 15 Christmas carols, 11 Christian hymns and Auld Lang Syne. All the tunes I use are out of copyright.
I began with ecologising Christmas carols because the spirit engendered by the Christmas season is one of goodwill, peace and harmony. Or the closest the Western world comes to that state of being. I wanted to tap into that spirit and feeling and make it the basis for a felt relationship to Planet Earth and all its lifeforms. So EcoCarols become carols you can sing all year round to keep that spirit and feeling going 24/7!
I'm particularly interested in forwarding the idea of people writing their own EcoSongs to their favourite tunes, as this will strengthen the very natural feelings of kinship young people often feel with nature.
The how-to of writing EcoSongs is contained in a 3,000 word article in Green Teacher, a Canadian educational, environmental magazine. http://greenteacher.com/green-teacher-105-winter-issue/ Password wsbxp.
Below are endorsements from a variety of people, and the progress of the EcoCarols project so far.
I began with ecologising Christmas carols because the spirit engendered by the Christmas season is one of goodwill, peace and harmony. Or the closest the Western world comes to that state of being. I wanted to tap into that spirit and feeling and make it the basis for a felt relationship to Planet Earth and all its lifeforms. So EcoCarols become carols you can sing all year round to keep that spirit and feeling going 24/7!
I'm particularly interested in forwarding the idea of people writing their own EcoSongs to their favourite tunes, as this will strengthen the very natural feelings of kinship young people often feel with nature.
The how-to of writing EcoSongs is contained in a 3,000 word article in Green Teacher, a Canadian educational, environmental magazine. http://greenteacher.com/green-teacher-105-winter-issue/ Password wsbxp.
Below are endorsements from a variety of people, and the progress of the EcoCarols project so far.
EcoCarol Endorsements
‘Love the ambition level. Trees of Wonder works particularly well…’ Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future. And former Director of Friends of the Earth.
‘The carols are fab…‘I love the 'We Three Kings'…it scans so well. It certainly is a very unique way of getting the eco message across’. Michaela Strachan, Presenter Springwatch and AutumnWatch.
‘They are really interesting, and important, and fun! I particularly like “The Mountain and the Ocean”!’ Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, former Chairman of the Environment Agency.
‘They are a great way to join ecology and spirituality..’ Jenny Jones, Green Party member of London Assembly (now Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb).
‘I so enjoyed singing them to myself! Full of important resonance and also often fun.’ Benedict Allen, TV Presenter and Wilderness Explorer.
'These carols are clearly a brilliant way of educating people about the importance of respecting and enjoying our environment, through an interesting and unique tool!’ Keith Taylor, Green Member of European Parliament for South East England.
‘At a time of year with so much waste and consumerism these EcoCarols are a great way of reminding people about the environment and raising ecological consciousness.’ Darren Johnson, Green Party member of London Assembly.
‘EcoCarols is a most creative, engaging, inspiring, and hopeful exploration of a neglected dimension of spiritual ecology. Awesome!’ Dr. Leslie E. Sponsel, author ‘Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution’.
‘Ann Palmer's EcoCarols are wonderful reminders for everyone about the fascinating animals who, and diverse and majestic landscapes which, bless our magnificent planet. In our increasingly human-dominated world. they surely will help people rewild their hearts and spirits, to reconnect and become re-enchanted with our animal kin and their homes, and this personal and heartfelt transformation surely will foster peaceful coexistence, freedom, and justice for all.’ -- Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., University of Colorado, author of ‘Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence’ and ‘Born Free? Compassion for Animals in the Anthropocene’ (with Jessica Pierce, Forthcoming, 2017).
‘The EcoCarols are inspiring and deeply aware. Singing them opens the heart and tunes everyone into the beauty of nature and universe. Thank you for your beautiful and sensitive approach.’ William Bloom, one of Britain’s leading authors and educators in modern spirituality and a holistic approach to individual and community wellbeing, initiator of the course ‘Practical Spirituality and Wellness’.
‘As nature opens and moves our hearts, so does music. Combining celebration and care for the earth with traditional, beloved melodies is a splendid idea.’ Roger S. Gottlieb, author of ‘A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism.’ and ‘Engaging Voices: Tales of Morality and Meaning in an Age of Global Warming.’
‘’Seeds of Peace’ strikes a chord so to speak, as I have often thought of the irony of that particular carol being so beautiful in its musical portrayal of a town that seem to be in the center of one of the world's greatest conflict flashpoints.’ Greg Artzner and Terry Leonimo (Magpie).
‘‘Look Out My Window’ really touches the soul…’ Julia Pattison, teacher and writer.
‘‘I Look Out My Window’ touched me beyond words, so beautifully sung and so heartfelt in its message’. Diana Wimbs, former Chair of The Writers Summer School.
‘The words are lovely and so sensitive.’ Christine Walkden, BBC Gardening presenter, about the Gardeners EcoCarol.
‘I’m very impressed with the lyrics.’ Kenny Lindsay, Gaelic translator.
‘I have enjoyed reading and singing these. They sang very well at Holy Rood House at the summer school....’I think your work is very beautiful. I congratulate you on your creativity.’ Rev Dr June Boyce-Tillman, M.B.E. Professor of Applied Music, Convenor of the Centre for the Arts as Well-being, Winchester University.
EcoCarol Endorsements
‘Love the ambition level. Trees of Wonder works particularly well…’ Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future. And former Director of Friends of the Earth.
‘The carols are fab…‘I love the 'We Three Kings'…it scans so well. It certainly is a very unique way of getting the eco message across’. Michaela Strachan, Presenter Springwatch and AutumnWatch.
‘They are really interesting, and important, and fun! I particularly like “The Mountain and the Ocean”!’ Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, former Chairman of the Environment Agency.
‘They are a great way to join ecology and spirituality..’ Jenny Jones, Green Party member of London Assembly (now Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb).
‘I so enjoyed singing them to myself! Full of important resonance and also often fun.’ Benedict Allen, TV Presenter and Wilderness Explorer.
'These carols are clearly a brilliant way of educating people about the importance of respecting and enjoying our environment, through an interesting and unique tool!’ Keith Taylor, Green Member of European Parliament for South East England.
‘At a time of year with so much waste and consumerism these EcoCarols are a great way of reminding people about the environment and raising ecological consciousness.’ Darren Johnson, Green Party member of London Assembly.
‘EcoCarols is a most creative, engaging, inspiring, and hopeful exploration of a neglected dimension of spiritual ecology. Awesome!’ Dr. Leslie E. Sponsel, author ‘Spiritual Ecology: A Quiet Revolution’.
‘Ann Palmer's EcoCarols are wonderful reminders for everyone about the fascinating animals who, and diverse and majestic landscapes which, bless our magnificent planet. In our increasingly human-dominated world. they surely will help people rewild their hearts and spirits, to reconnect and become re-enchanted with our animal kin and their homes, and this personal and heartfelt transformation surely will foster peaceful coexistence, freedom, and justice for all.’ -- Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., University of Colorado, author of ‘Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence’ and ‘Born Free? Compassion for Animals in the Anthropocene’ (with Jessica Pierce, Forthcoming, 2017).
‘The EcoCarols are inspiring and deeply aware. Singing them opens the heart and tunes everyone into the beauty of nature and universe. Thank you for your beautiful and sensitive approach.’ William Bloom, one of Britain’s leading authors and educators in modern spirituality and a holistic approach to individual and community wellbeing, initiator of the course ‘Practical Spirituality and Wellness’.
‘As nature opens and moves our hearts, so does music. Combining celebration and care for the earth with traditional, beloved melodies is a splendid idea.’ Roger S. Gottlieb, author of ‘A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism.’ and ‘Engaging Voices: Tales of Morality and Meaning in an Age of Global Warming.’
‘’Seeds of Peace’ strikes a chord so to speak, as I have often thought of the irony of that particular carol being so beautiful in its musical portrayal of a town that seem to be in the center of one of the world's greatest conflict flashpoints.’ Greg Artzner and Terry Leonimo (Magpie).
‘‘Look Out My Window’ really touches the soul…’ Julia Pattison, teacher and writer.
‘‘I Look Out My Window’ touched me beyond words, so beautifully sung and so heartfelt in its message’. Diana Wimbs, former Chair of The Writers Summer School.
‘The words are lovely and so sensitive.’ Christine Walkden, BBC Gardening presenter, about the Gardeners EcoCarol.
‘I’m very impressed with the lyrics.’ Kenny Lindsay, Gaelic translator.
‘I have enjoyed reading and singing these. They sang very well at Holy Rood House at the summer school....’I think your work is very beautiful. I congratulate you on your creativity.’ Rev Dr June Boyce-Tillman, M.B.E. Professor of Applied Music, Convenor of the Centre for the Arts as Well-being, Winchester University.
Educational:
Green Teacher, a Canadian magazine aimed at environmental educators, with a circulation of over 15,000 throughout the English speaking world, published a 3,000 word article showing children how to write their own EcoCarols. http://greenteacher.com/green-teacher-105-winter-issue/ Password wsbxp.
EcoCarols have been translated into Scottish Gaelic and will be considered for incorporation into the Gaelic educational publishing programme for 2018.
EcoCarols were introduced into New Zealand's Enviroschools in May, 2016.
International Teacher Magazine published a 700 word article EcoCarols: The Story of a project for its Christmas 2015 edition.
Education Review (an Australian publication) published The EcoCarols Story (1,500 words) for its Christmas 2015 edition.
Global Education Magazine, published a paper EcoCarols: Addressing the curse of limited brain-use (4,500 words) for its December 2015 edition. Global Education Magazine (which publishes in 9 different languages) is closely associated with UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and many of its articles are held in the UNESCO online database. Its international value has been recognized by different UNESCO directors and Nobel Peace Award winners.
An interfaith summer school attached to Winchester University performed the EcoCarols in July 2015.
EcoCarols included on websites:
Permaculture Magazine Christmas 2014 edition.
www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/eco-christmas-carols.
VIVA – Vegetarians Voice for Animals www.viva-org.uk/christmas/eco-carols.php
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) http://www.ccanw.com
attached to Exeter University featured EcoCarols in its exhibition Christmas/New Year 2014-15.
3 ebooks published on Amazon for Kindle
‘Complementary Spirituality and EcoCarols: Ways of Harmony' by Gaia Dance.
'Mindful Songs at Christmas' by Gaia Dance.
‘All Year EcoCarols’ by Gaia Dance
Green Teacher, a Canadian magazine aimed at environmental educators, with a circulation of over 15,000 throughout the English speaking world, published a 3,000 word article showing children how to write their own EcoCarols. http://greenteacher.com/green-teacher-105-winter-issue/ Password wsbxp.
EcoCarols have been translated into Scottish Gaelic and will be considered for incorporation into the Gaelic educational publishing programme for 2018.
EcoCarols were introduced into New Zealand's Enviroschools in May, 2016.
International Teacher Magazine published a 700 word article EcoCarols: The Story of a project for its Christmas 2015 edition.
Education Review (an Australian publication) published The EcoCarols Story (1,500 words) for its Christmas 2015 edition.
Global Education Magazine, published a paper EcoCarols: Addressing the curse of limited brain-use (4,500 words) for its December 2015 edition. Global Education Magazine (which publishes in 9 different languages) is closely associated with UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and many of its articles are held in the UNESCO online database. Its international value has been recognized by different UNESCO directors and Nobel Peace Award winners.
An interfaith summer school attached to Winchester University performed the EcoCarols in July 2015.
EcoCarols included on websites:
Permaculture Magazine Christmas 2014 edition.
www.permaculture.co.uk/readers-solutions/eco-christmas-carols.
VIVA – Vegetarians Voice for Animals www.viva-org.uk/christmas/eco-carols.php
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW) http://www.ccanw.com
attached to Exeter University featured EcoCarols in its exhibition Christmas/New Year 2014-15.
3 ebooks published on Amazon for Kindle
‘Complementary Spirituality and EcoCarols: Ways of Harmony' by Gaia Dance.
'Mindful Songs at Christmas' by Gaia Dance.
‘All Year EcoCarols’ by Gaia Dance
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