Environmental songs played on Window of Opportunity

Following my encounter with Earthgauge, on the CKCU Thursday Special Blend, I was motivated to see if there was anything I should be doing to offset global warming, in addition to personal habits (turning off lights, etc).

I addressed my listeners on Window of Opportunity, our Friday afternoon folkish show on CKCU 93.1 (Ottawa) and challenged those songwriters among them to get to work writing protest songs against the excesses of today's society in its headlong rush to damage the planet. Research showed that though some of the most influential songwriters of the past had taken this very seriously, today's writers were tending to ignore it, with notable exceptions.

I also decided to play an environmental song each week that I host the program.

Here are the songs I have played so far:

2011 Dec 16:    Everything is broken, by Bob Dylan, sung by Glen Soderholm (This Bright Sadness)
2011 Dec 09:    Mark Erelli, Passing through (Hope and other casulaties)
2011 Dec 02:    Don't go near the Water, by The Beach Boys (Surf's Up)