Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet-Episode 3

28/02/2025 31 min

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This special edition of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet celebrates Indigenous Peoples and their contributions to the environmental movement. muhu'wit, begins by chanting "Toki Toki," a song first recorded over 100 years ago by Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island.Next up is "No More Pipeline Blues (On This Land Where We Belong)," composed & produced by Larry Long.This song celebrates the courage of “water protectors” and the inspirational leadership of indigenous women against Big Oil. Featuring Waubanewquay, Mumu Fresh, Pura Fe, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt, Joy Harjo, and many other allies. "Book of Life," by David Huckfelt and Keith Secola, ponders how the beauty of the natural world asks the deeper spiritual questions we must all ask ourselves. Why do we suffer? What is the meaning? Their answer to finding what we seek in order to embrace this beauty... is love.And finally, "Denali Rising," by Mark Lagerwey, believes the majestic mountain, Denali, the pinnacle of wilderness and spiritual guidepost of the Alaskan Native peoples, has seen enough of the incursions of modern industrialized civilization -- and is on the verge of rising up in outrage.