3E Songs: Songs About The Earth Ecology & The Environment

This is a challenging subject to tackle as far as music goes. You’ll find songs here with various messages but with similar themes that make a statement. Most evoke environmental awareness or aim to inspire action. You’ll also find those that chronicle environmental ravages and ruins. On the other hand a few in this list will simply celebrate the beauty, wonder and regenerative capacity of nature. This is definitely music that has a message or packs a punch to wake people up before it’s too late or claim it may already be too late.

So I present to you 50+ songs that may be considered environmental songs from the last few decades and a handful of more recent releases that make a statement about the plight of our precious planet (of which we only have one).

Now you can go ahead and create a CD mix or mp3 playlist to inspire, reflect and enjoy  during your next Earth Day celebration event or, for that matter, year round action. You just might wanna make sure your CD player is running on solar power or perhaps connected to a windmill for turbine power. :P

Songs About The Earth, Ecology & The Environment

1. American Child – John Denver
2. Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
3. Black Moon – Emerson Lake & Palmer
4. Calypso – John Denver
5. Carbon Monoxide – Cake
6. Countdown To Extinction – Megadeth
7. Conviction of The Heart – Kenny Loggins
8. Death of Mother Nature Suite – Kansas
9. Don’t Go Near The Water – The Beach Boys
10. Don’t Go Near The Water – Johnny Cash (entirely different song than above)
11. Earth Anthem – The Turtles, Dan Fogelberg
12. Earth Day Every Day (Celebrate) – John Denver
13. Earth Song – Michael Jackson
14. Ecology Song – Stephen Stills
15. Garden of Eden – New Riders of The Purple Sage
16. Godzilla – Blue Oyster Cult
17. Gone – Jack Johnson
18. Good Planets Are Hard To Find – Steve Forbert
19. Goodbye To A River – Don Henley
20. Hands All Over – Soundgarden
21. Heal The World – Michael Jackson
22. I Remember California – REM
23. I’d Love To Change The World – Ten Years After
24. If A Tree Falls – Bruce Cockburn
25. In The Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
26. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology Song) – Marvin Gaye
27. Monkey Gone To Heaven – The Pixies
28. Mother Earth (Natural Anthem) – Neil Young
29. My City Was Gone – The Pretenders
30. Nature’s Way – Spirit
31. (Nothing But) Flowers – Talking Heads
32. One Sweet World – Dave Matthews Band
33. Only A Dream – Adrian Belew
34. Paradise – John Prine
35. Pass It On Down – Alabama
36. Plan It Earth – Richard Sinclair
37. Pollution – Tom Lehrer
38. Rain On The Scarecrow – John Cougar Mellencamp
39. Shapes of Things – The Yardbirds
40. Song For A Dying Planet – Joe Walsh
41. Subdivisions – Rush
42. Supernova – Liquid Blue
43. The 3 R’s (Reduce, Reuses & Recycle) – Jack Johnson
44. The Last Resort – The Eagles
45. The Sun Is Burning – Simon & Garfunkel
46. The Trees – Rush
47. To The Last Whale: A Critical Mass/Wind On The Water – David Crosby & Graham Nash
48. Traffic Jam – James Taylor
49. We Bought It – Brother Tree
50. Winds of Change – Jefferson Starship
51. Windsong – John Denver
52. Wond’ring Again – Jethro Tull
53. Zone 804 – Peter Schilling