{"id":20450,"date":"2024-03-15T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/?p=20450"},"modified":"2025-10-09T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:16:08","slug":"songs-about-climate-change-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/songs-about-climate-change-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs about Climate Change and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-artists-from-marvin-gaye-to-billie-eilish-are-soundtracking-the-climate-crisis\"><strong>How Artists from Marvin Gaye to Billie Eilish Are Soundtracking the Climate Crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The year 2023 was the hottest on record, and with deadly and destructive natural disasters around the world like forest fires, floods, and extreme storms, the effects of climate change are impossible to ignore. Artists have been working to increase awareness of conservation since the environmental movement in the 1960s, but as this playlist will demonstrate, there are many contemporary artists who are also adding their voices to the cause. With Earth Day on April 22, now is a great time to give these songs about climate change and the environment a spin, and to reflect on ways we can lean into our collective responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5KdKnYh3h1PBC2acayUEVY?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-watch-it-fall-by-billy-strings-nbsp\">\u2018Watch it Fall\u2019 by Billy Strings&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the 2019 album <em>Home<\/em>, bluegrass artist Billy Strings directly references climate change in his song \u201cWatch it Fall.\u201d He calls out the melting glaciers in the Arctic, as well as the apathy from people and politicians with the lyrics, \u201cChunks the size of Delaware are falling off the poles, our heads are buried in the sand, our leaders dug the hole.\u201d Here Strings is referring to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2022\/01\/23\/iceberg-antarctica-a-68-a\/6629284001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">actual iceberg<\/a> bigger than the state of Delaware that broke off in Antarctica in 2017, and has since completely melted. The music video shows Strings on a train moving through the US, depicting some of the very landscapes that are in danger. His chorus asks the bleak question, \u201cHow long until there\u2019s nothing left at all?\u201d Expressed so matter-of-fact that the outcome seems inevitable, Strings invites the listener to ponder whether to sit back and watch it happen, or take action while there is still time left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billy Strings - Watch It Fall (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y97gX9QSwZk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-big-yellow-taxi-by-joni-mitchell\"><strong>\u2018Big Yellow Taxi\u2019 by Joni Mitchell<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joni Mitchell\u2019s \u201cBig Yellow Taxi\u201d from her 1970 <em>Ladies of the Canyon <\/em>album, is one of the most iconic songs addressing environmental conservation. The line \u201cHey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now,\u201d is an interesting time stamp from the song\u2019s release, and a hopeful reminder that some environmental disasters can be fixed. The lyric points to Rachel Carson\u2019s 1962 book <em>Silent Spring<\/em> that brought awareness to the impact of the insecticide DDT on the bald eagle population as well as human health. In 1972, the EPA banned the chemical and the bald eagle population has been making a remarkable comeback ever since. The chorus, however, remains timeless: \u201cDon\u2019t it always seem to go, that you don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve got \u2018til it\u2019s gone? They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.\u201d The bright chord progression, Joni\u2019s pure high-pitched voice, and the laugh at the end reels the listener in for a good time, while leaving them with the warning that if we\u2019re not careful, we\u2019ll be longing for the paradise we destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2595abcvh2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-degrees-by-anohni\"><strong>\u20184 DEGREES\u2019 by ANOHNI<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A change of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/may\/18\/climate-crisis-heat-is-on-global-heating-four-degrees-2100-change-way-we-live\" target=\"_blank\">four degrees<\/a> in the Earth\u2019s global temperature is predicted to be catastrophic to how we live our everyday lives. ANOHNI highlights this with rhythmic repetition in her song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Fi0q0O4V5Qs?si=uN0pJdFqTv5clwdN\">4 DEGREES<\/a>\u201d from her 2016 album <em>HOPELESSNESS. <\/em>On her <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/anohni.bandcamp.com\/album\/hopelessness\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>, she refers to the song as \u201ca bombastic dance track celebrating global boiling and collapsing biodiversity.\u201d While that sounds counterintuitive, ANOHNI uses the song as a method of inward reckoning. She says, \u201cI have grown tired of grieving for humanity, and I also thought I was not being entirely honest by pretending that I am not a part of the problem. \u20184 DEGREES\u2019 is kind of a brutal attempt to hold myself accountable, not just valorize my intentions, but also reflect on the true impact of my behaviors.\u201d The point of view of \u201c4 DEGREES\u201d makes it unique from other songs about climate change, and serves as a reminder that doing nothing could very well be like chanting for the world to burn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/6DkohHShwLU1NCtGRqY42v?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mercy-mercy-me-the-ecology-by-marvin-gaye\">\u2018Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)\u2019 by Marvin Gaye<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In what is arguably one of the most poignant songs about the environment of all time, Marvin Gaye\u2019s \u201cMercy Mercy Me (The Ecology),\u201d longs for the way things used to be, before the Earth\u2019s skies, ocean, and land were polluted, and before people and animals were suffering because of it. Released in 1971 on his landmark <em>What\u2019s Going On <\/em>album, the song captures the sentiments of the height of the environmental movement with lyrics like, \u201cMercy, mercy me, things ain\u2019t what they used to be, oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury.\u201d The conversation of the time preceded a public understanding of the changing climate due to harmful human practices, but now we know how it is all intertwined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocYRCOUtz00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-rape-of-the-world-by-tracy-chapman\"><strong>\u2018The Rape of the World\u2019 by Tracy Chapman<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman has opted out of the spotlight for the most part, but the resurgence of her 1988 song, \u201cFast Car,\u201d covered by Luke Combs, has reminded people how much of a treasure she is. After the two performed the song together as a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zEqb6xbeuCo?si=XTm4gvEbf--5ONV1\" target=\"_blank\">duet at the 2024 Grammys<\/a>, Chapman\u2019s original version shot to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/grammys-2024-tracy-chapman-fast-car-no-1-following-luke-combs-duet-8559354\" target=\"_blank\">No. 1 on iTunes<\/a>. Also worthy of a resurgence for it\u2019s powerful message on climate change is Chapman\u2019s song \u201cThe Rape of the World\u201d from her 1995 album <em>New Beginning. <\/em>The song is a cry for the planet and its degradation, anthropomorphizing Mother Earth being pillaged and violated for her natural resources with lyrics like, \u201cShe has been clear-cut, she has been dumped on, she has been poisoned and beaten up, and we have been witness to the rape of the world.\u201d With such evocative language, Chapman gives a call to action to protect and preserve the very place that gives us life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rape of the World\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BUkKl3FDlyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-all-the-good-girls-go-to-hell-by-billie-eilish-nbsp\"><strong>\u2018all the good girls go to hell\u2019 by Billie Eilish&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From Billie Eilish\u2019s 2019 debut album,<em> WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?,<\/em> the song \u201call the good girls go to hell\u201d may seem cryptic in its lyrics, but in an interview with <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2019\/04\/the-making-of-billie-eilish-when-we-all-fall-asleep.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vulture<\/a><\/em>, FINNEAS, Billie\u2019s brother and producer, confirms it is in fact about climate change. He says, \u201cIf there were a God and a Devil, if you believe that there are, the idea that humans have made such a mess of the planet at this point that they\u2019re both talking to each other like, \u2018What\u2019s going on? Why did they do all of this?\u2019 That was an appealing concept.\u201d Most notably, the lyrics say, \u201cHills burn in California, my turn to ignore ya, don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn ya.\u201d FINNEAS explains how he and Billie grew up in California and have only experienced natural disasters like wildfires and floods in recent years. Billie\u2019s haunting vocals and the dark imagery of the lyrics artfully convey a sense of despair and foreboding about the future of the Earth if significant changes are not made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billie Eilish - all the good girls go to hell (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PZsSWwc9xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-feels-like-summer-by-childish-gambino-nbsp\"><strong>\u2018Feels Like Summer\u2019 by Childish Gambino&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) first released the song \u201cFeels like Summer,\u201d as a single in 2018, and then as a track titled \u201c42.26,\u201d on his 2020 album <em>3.15.20<\/em>. The animated music video depicts Glover walking in a blas\u00e9 manner while sun beats down on him as he encounters various <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/nme-blogs\/childish-gambino-feels-like-summer-video-celebrity-cameos-explained-2373918\" target=\"_blank\">hip-hop artists and public figures<\/a>. Though \u201cFeels Like Summer\u201d is about more than just climate change, the song is a commentary on the state of the world and our place in it. He sings, \u201cEvery day gets hotter than the one before, running out of water, it\u2019s about to go down, Air that kill the bees that we depend upon, birds were made for singing, waking up to no sound.\u201d The song urges for change of our current ways, including what causes the temperatures to rise, use up our finite resources, and harm the creatures that have no say in their destruction.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Childish Gambino - Feels Like Summer (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1B9Fk_SgI0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-xs-by-rina-sawayama\"><strong>\u2018XS\u2019 by Rina Sawayama<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rina Sawayama\u2019s song \u201cXS\u201d (pronounced \u201cexcess\u201d) from her album <em>Sawayama, <\/em>takes a critical look at consumer culture and overconsumption. Released in 2020, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/listen-to-rina-sawayama-new-song-xs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sawayama said<\/a> at the time of the release, \u201c\u2018XS\u2019 is a song that mocks capitalism in a sinking world. Given that we all know global climate change is accelerating and human extinction is a very real possibility within our lifetime it seemed hilarious to me that brands were still coming out with new makeup palettes every month and public figures were doing a gigantic house tour of their gated property in Calabasas in the same week as doing a \u2018sad about Australian wildfires\u2019 Instagram post.\u201d In a time of TikTok hauls and trends that come and go, \u201cXS\u201d is a reminder that these luxuries come at a cost to the people whose labor is exploited to create the goods we consume, as well as the environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rina Sawayama - XS (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TO2c06p6m5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-sun-by-miley-cyrus\"><strong>\u20181 Sun\u2019 by Miley Cyrus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Miley Cyrus has been singing songs about climate change throughout her career, starting with the song \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6M-IRux3M_A?si=8PUIXjGgmzzcrTHD\" target=\"_blank\">Wake Up America<\/a>\u201d from her <em>Breakout<\/em> album in 2008. As she got more experimental with her 2015 album <em>Miley Cyrus &amp; Her Dead Petz, <\/em>she returned to the topic in a more psychedelic fashion than her Hannah Montana days with the song \u201c1 Sun.\u201d She sings, \u201cWe need to take time to replace what\u2019s stolen from mother nature, we only had one sun, one moon, one me, one you.\u201d Cyrus drives this message home in a performance from her Milky Milky Milk tour, where she <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_VU37x4t4nQ?si=7UgdvuJV3Bm_-3VI\" target=\"_blank\">dresses up as the sun<\/a>. Just 22 years old at the time and coming off of her huge commercial success of her <em>Bangerz<\/em> album, Cyrus <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/revisiting-miley-cyrus-dead-petz-underrated-challenged-everything-8528133\/\" target=\"_blank\">released <\/a><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/revisiting-miley-cyrus-dead-petz-underrated-challenged-everything-8528133\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dead Petz <\/a><\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/revisiting-miley-cyrus-dead-petz-underrated-challenged-everything-8528133\/\" target=\"_blank\">independently<\/a> and for free on SoundCloud. Her ambition to collaborate with the Flaming Lips and create something non-commercial with a greater social message like \u201c1 Sun\u201d was gutsy in hindsight, and hopefully her recent Record of the Year Grammy for \u201cFlowers\u201d will bring more attention to this track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 Sun\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uAn4FeOfqKo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-seed-by-aurora\"><strong>\u2018The Seed\u2019 by AURORA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2011\/10\/20\/last-tree-cut\/\" target=\"_blank\">Native American proverb<\/a> reads, \u201cWhen the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money.\u201d Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA uses this as inspiration for one of her songs about climate change \u201cThe Seed\u201d from her 2019 album <em>A Different Kind of Human (Step II)<\/em>. In an interview with <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aurora-inspiring-billie-eilish-chemical-brothers-explosive-new-album-different-kind-human-2472751\" target=\"_blank\">NME<\/a><\/em>, AURORA shares how \u201cThe Seed\u201d is \u201cangry and native in the old, ancient human emotional kind of way. It\u2019s about the environment. It feels refreshing to get that out.\u201d The chorus repeats, \u201cYou cannot eat money, oh no,\u201d hammering home that ultimately it is the Earth\u2019s natural resources that sustain us, and if we run those resources dry in the pursuit of profit, we will cease to exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AURORA - The Seed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Mc_OM5oNA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though it can be difficult and overwhelming to confront the realities of the climate crisis, engaging with songs about climate change and the environment can be a catalyst for meaningful dialogue, advocacy, and change. It\u2019s hard not to be moved by the songs about climate change on this playlist, and perhaps they\u2019ll inspire you to contribute your voice to the cause and write the next environmental anthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/songwriting?campaign_id=7010Z000001ZkQgQAK&amp;pid=&amp;utm_source=takenote&amp;tum_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=bol-gen-takenote-article-link\" target=\"_blank\">STUDY SONGWRITING AT BERKLEE ONLINE<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Day is April 22, and now is a great time to listen to songs about climate change and the environment, to reflect on ways we can lean into our collective responsibility. 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