Today, we delve into the intricate relationship between music and environmental consciousness, particularly in light of the upcoming Earth Day and Arbor Day celebrations. Let's explore a selection of songs that resonate with themes of nature and community, highlighting how music serves as a powerful medium for fostering a collective awareness of our ecological responsibilities. We shall examine pieces from renowned artists such as Coldplay, Little Dicky, and Counting Crows, each contributing to the dialogue surrounding our stewardship of the planet. Moreover, let's advocate for actionable steps we can take to support our national parks and promote sustainability, emphasizing that our engagement with music can catalyze meaningful discourse and commitment to environmental preservation. Let's embark on this auditory journey together, celebrating both the melodies and the message behind them, reinforcing our shared obligation to cherish and protect the Earth.

The discussion presented delves into the intersection of music and environmental consciousness, particularly in the context of Earth Day and Arbor Day. The speaker, Joshua Noel, articulates a profound appreciation for various songs that resonate with the themes of nature and conservation. The episode serves as an eclectic exploration of musical selections, including pieces from renowned artists such as Coldplay, Counting Crows, and Little Dicky, each chosen for their lyrical connections to the appreciation of the Earth. The speaker emphasizes music's power to forge communal bonds and evoke shared values, reflecting on how songs can inspire listeners to engage more deeply with environmental issues. Through a series of thoughtful reflections, Joshua invites the audience to not only listen to these tracks but also to participate in meaningful conversations about the impact of human actions on our planet, thus fostering a sense of collective responsibility and awareness. Moreover, the podcast serves as a platform for community engagement, where listeners are encouraged to submit their own musical contributions. This open invitation underscores the podcast's ethos of inclusivity and shared expression, reinforcing the notion that music can be a collective endeavor.

Joshua’s candid admission of his own limited musical knowledge does not detract from the richness of the discussion; rather, it adds authenticity to the dialogue as he navigates through the music selection process. He articulates the intrinsic value of music in shaping cultural narratives and communal identities, thereby positioning the podcast as a vital space for dialogue surrounding both music and environmental stewardship. As the episode progresses, the speaker's reflections take on a more serious tone, particularly when addressing the political dimensions of environmental conservation. He expresses concern over governmental policies that threaten national park funding and advocates for proactive measures that individuals can take to support environmental initiatives. The discussion culminates in a rallying call for listeners to engage with their local communities, emphasizing the importance of awareness and action in preserving the natural world. This multifaceted approach, encompassing musical enjoyment, community involvement, and political advocacy, establishes a holistic framework for understanding the significance of music in fostering environmental consciousness.

Takeaways:

• Joshua Noel discusses six songs that resonate with the themes of Earth Day and Arbor Day.
• The episode emphasizes the significance of music in fostering community and shared values among individuals.
• Songs featured in this episode include works by Coldplay, Little Dicky, and Counting Crows, each with environmental themes.
• Noel expresses the importance of actively caring for the Earth, advocating for national park support and environmental awareness.
• The discussion underscores the need for nuanced conversations surrounding environmental issues and societal advancements.
• Listeners are encouraged to engage with the podcast by sharing their thoughts and music-related contributions.

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Hey guys, welcome to Some Joyful Noises.

It's gonna be a fun one.

I'm Joshua Null be leading this discussion.

I was say host, but there is no host to this podcast.

Even though it seems like I'm the host.

Anyone in fact can submit an episode, talk about music, and we'll throw it up here for you.

If you want to do your own episode, just let us know.

This is kind of the music music dumping ground for the Amazon Podcast Network.

So if you follow the network, you'll see a lot of the other hosts, not just me.

Christian Ashley, Will Rose, Brandon Knight, we'll do stuff here.

Some of the other podcasts, if we have music related episodes, we'll just kind of cross share it over here.

This is a place for music.

So if you're out there, you want to talk about music on the Honesty Podcast Network, submit me something.

I'll upload it here to Some Joyful Noises.

Today though, I'm going to be talking about songs I listen to to I like to listen to around this time of the year with Earth Day and Arbor Day coming up in the same week this year.

So we're celebr Green Week.

We're gonna have some.

You're not gonna believe some of this.

I mean, a little bit of Coldplay, Counting Crows, Little Dicky Passenger.

That one you're gonna believe because it's me.

Also Robin Williams, Zac Efron, because I'm gonna get a little animated here.

That's a pun.

Don't worry about it.

We're gonna do a couple.

We're gonna do one song from Ferngully, one song from Dr. Seuss, movie my Brains.

Lorax.

The Lorax, Yeah.

So this is what we're gonna be doing here today.

It's gonna be fun and we're just gonna be keeping it normal, noisy.

Because I don't know that much about music.

I'm not like a professional.

I don't listen to a lot of music.

Growing up, I wasn't allowed to listen to a lot of music and I still like all the time.

I'm discovering stuff that I should have known that I just don't.

But what I do know is that music is important for building community.

You know that from studying culture, you know, humans, the Bible even, you know, you go to the Psalms.

Music's always been important for forming community and forming our values together as shared values.

Shared community.

Music's always central to that.

So we want to have a place for that on the network.

That's why we're Doing this, even though, again, I'm not an expert on these things at all.

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I'm going to talk about, I think, like, five different songs.

Maybe six.

I think it's six, actually.

I don't know how to count.

We're gonna talk about six different songs.

I added one last minute because I went, wait a minute.

I can talk about Passenger because I love Passenger.

A lot of passengers.

Music has to do with, like, nature and stuff.

So just.

I probably could have done a whole episode about him for this week.

But we're not.

These are probably songs you guys already know about or have already heard, or you're like, josh, duh.

That's.

That's fine.

Again, I'm musically literate.

Everything's new to me.

And even if you have heard it, I think sometimes it's just good to be reminded that these things matter and to listen together.

I can't play full songs on a podcast, but we can play.

We're gonna sample a few and just discuss bits of it.

And hopefully you guys comment.

You guys message me, email me something so that we're able to talk about this stuff together.

Because, again, I'm not just doing this because I'm like, oh, I don't think they've ever heard.

Like, yeah, I know you guys have heard songs from the Lorax.

Like, I know, but we do this for community, so I'm hoping you guys reach out.

We can have some conversations about some of this.

First up, I'm gonna do a song that has nothing to do with Green Week, but Chipotle tried to make it about Green Week.

Full disclosure, I do work for Chipotle, but I have nothing to do with their decisions on marketing or any of that at all.

That's completely above my pay grade.

Can't tell you all anything about how the restaurants ran any of that.

Just want to throw out there.

I do work for Chipotle, which is why I know this.

It was in, like, a video I had to watch, like, early on when I first started working there.

They play Coldplay song the Scientist.

That's actually about relationships and not about green stuff at all.

But Chipotle uses it to be like, oh, we need to go back to the basics before we started doing all this processed food stuff.

I'm gonna do a few disclaimers here.

One, I'm very pro science, just very pro science.

Two, I actually think a lot of the times the additives and stuff we put in our food make it more healthier, safer for people.

That's why we started doing it in the first place.

So I'm actually not against a lot of that.

And that's probably gonna rub a lot of people the wrong way.

I'm sorry.

I just.

How I see it.

Three, when people are gonna be like, okay, but when there's less ingredients in these other countries, see, they're healthier foods.

A lot of the other countries don't actually have less ingredients.

The countries just don't mandate that people put what all is in the food as much.

America, for all its many, many, many flaws.

I have a lot of beef with America, especially right now.

I'm not trying to be like, america's the best, but I am saying, a. I will agree America should be more strict on what we allow in our foods.

We should be, but also, it's not as big a difference as people try to build it out to be.

What happens is same chocolate bar if it was made the exact same way in America and in a European country.

A lot of European countries don't mandate that.

They include every little detail.

They can just be like, chocolate.

America goes, no, what do you mean by chocolate?

You put down every little thing that went into making that chocolate.

So we actually mean that they include more ingredients.

So it makes that contrast worse than really is.

It is bad.

It's not as bad as people think it is.

It's just America wants Americans to know what's in their food, which I think is a good thing.

But again, I think to some degree, less chemicals and stuff in our food is good.

But also some of that stuff is added for good reason.

So doing away with all of it probably isn't the wisest thing.

And there's probably some version of this where we get rid of the chemicals that's there to make it cheaper for companies, but leave the stuff that's in it to help it be safer for people to eat.

Just a thought.

I don't know.

I think there's various ways of going about this.

I think it's a lot more nuanced than people making out to be like, we don't want any pesticides.

Do you want bugs in your food?

Probably not.

Again, there's got to be a middle ground where we don't have bugs in our food and we're also not eating chemicals.

There's gotta be a middle ground where we're adding some stuff to make it safer for humans to eat, but not adding that stuff so that it just tastes better and makes people addicted to foods that they shouldn't be eating.

There's just got to be a lot of nuance in this conversation.

I don't.

I'm not on board with the other tree huggers.

I am a tree hugger.

I think they're like, oh, well, no other added stuff.

Like, some of that stuff's there for a reason.

Also not on board with a do whatever you want.

Who cares?

Yeah, I'm not of that mentality either.

I just think there should be some nuance in this conversation.

But Chipotle incorrectly uses this con, this song, out of context.

It's a song about relationships, but I still like the song, and I still like to listen to it around this time because Chipotle fooled me once, and I just can't get it out of my head that this is the time of year I should listen to the Scientist by Coldplay.

So I'm gonna start with this since it has nothing to do with the rest of what we're gonna be talking about.

So just a little bit from the Scientist by Coldplay.

I was just guessing.

Numbers and fingers pulling the puzz.

Questions of science, science of progress do not speak as loud as my heart Tell me you love me Come back and hold me oh, I rush to the star running in circles Sing a fun song.

I do enjoy it.

I should have played more of the chorus, but it's a good song.

It is about relationships, though.

It's about, you know, not trying to make everything as calculated and about the numbers or whatever and just kind of realizing you've got to follow your heart sometimes.

When Chipotle used it for their commercial, it was going back to the start again about not having as much stuff in our food.

And I do think we overthink, well, how can we make this safer for people?

And we start adding so much and doing so much that it's just not the food that it was like, we had so much this, like, is this really chicken at this point?

We added so much to make the chickens larger and taste better and all these different things because we think it was bad for people or something.

And it's like, at some point you're like, is this chicken?

Maybe not.

And again, you know, I think there's a lot of nuance in these conversations that gets left out, but I do think they're conversations we need to be having about what's in our food.

Especially around this time of year.

It's a good time to have those conversations.

All right, next up, I'm going to talk about a song from Little Dicky.

And I think everybody knows the song.

It might be the greatest Earth Day song.

This might be the Earth Day anthem of our generation.

Mostly because it's hilarious, but also because it's really good and it has so many things.

Like it's from Little Dicky, but you have like Justin Bieber, you have Ed Sheeran, I forget.

Ariana Grande, I think, is in it for.

For some significant parts, like all kinds of people in here.

Kanye west is not in it, but Chris Rock makes fun of Kanye west in it.

So there you go.

A lot of people, and it's just fun.

It's just a good little jam.

I'm just gonna play part of the beginning here because it is an explicit song, but there is a non explicit part out there for people who want to listen to with their kids.

Because we love the Earth, Right?

What up, world?

It's your boy.

Just one of the guys down here.

Well, I could be more specific.

I'm a human and I just wanted to, you know, for the sake of all of us earthlings out there, just.

Wanted to say, we love the Earth, it is our planet.

We love the Earth, it is our home.

We love the Earth, it is our planet.

We love the Earth, it is our home.

Hi.

And then, you know, you go through and Justin Bieber's a baboon.

Ariana Grande might be the zebra.

I can't quite remember who everybody is, but, you know, all the different things, like, I'm this someone's hiv.

You got crabs.

And they're just talking about, like, anything in there.

If they talk about, like, hey, we forgive you, Germany.

We love Russia, we love Africa.

We love the Earth.

The People in it, the animals in it.

Earth is a beautiful, wonderful place that we should be really excited about.

Like, how freaking cool is it that we live in a place where there's giraffes?

We just thought about what a giraffe is insane with these tiny little bacterias that make up everything.

Like, what?

That's so cool.

The space, the sea, the sky.

Africa is actually really cool.

Russia, really cool.

Australia, you know, Ichi urine's like, I'm a koala.

I just sit around and rest.

But so what?

I'm cute.

And I'm like, mm, yeah, yeah.

You know what?

Koalas sometimes make life worth it.

And we love the Earth.

It's an amazing place, filled with amazing creatures, amazing environment.

When you see all these sci fi films and you're like, oh, man, that desert planet in Star wars is so cool.

Guess what?

That's part of the Earth.

When you see, like, you know, Star Trek shows a cool tropical planet that was filmed on Earth, just a different part.

Like, our world is so diverse that when we make sci fi films, we make them whole other planets just by filming somewhere else.

But, like, really, that's our planet and it's just so cool.

And that's why we need to take care of it, because it is so cool.

That's why I think it's important that we do recycle.

We do these little things.

Like, I don't think we need to go AWOL and be completely.

What kind of water am I using?

How am I recycling it?

You don't need to constantly be freaked out about it, but I think we should care for it.

Not only because the Bible does say it, like God does say, hey, go care for the Earth.

It's like the first commandment, fruitful, multiple care for the Earth.

But, like, outside of that, like, it's just a cool place.

Like, there's no reason we should ever be bored.

We should ever feel that.

Like.

Like, yes, there's reasons to be sad.

Bad things happen in life, but I think it's just important to take time.

Like, wow, I live on the Earth and that is just a really cool freaking place.

And then do something about caring for it because we are tearing apart with, you know, greenhouse gases, all that other stuff.

Like, we are doing a pretty bad job.

We've actually been doing a lot better the last few years.

And people don't want to get that out there because they're like, oh, well, people know that we've started turning it around.

They won't work as hard to make a Change.

And I'm like, no, actually I think it's good.

Encourage people.

Look at the numbers.

We're starting to do slightly better.

We could do a whole lot better, but slightly better something and just caring for the planet, what kind of energy we're using when we vote for people or we seeing what their stance is on electric versus gas, about wind power, actually, wave power is a big thing right now.

I think we get more research into that.

That's actually going to be really helpful.

And it's important that we actually diversify.

We don't rely only on wind power or gas for that matter.

That we actually diversify.

The kinds of energy that we're pulling in actually makes it more sustainable.

So if we have wind, we're getting wave power or, you know, water mills.

There's a lot of ways that we can harness energy, solar power.

If we diversify that green energy becomes more sustainable, even more sustainable than gas is right now.

And so I think it's just so important that we invest in these things, know who we're voting for and care about this, because the Earth is freaking cool, right?

Okay, next up, since little Dicky got us a little silly, I'm going to go ahead and do my little bit of animated bits.

Ferngolli.

Great film.

I've criticized it for being too over the head.

I do think that's true.

If you want to hear me talk a little bit more about Ferngulli, I'll link an episode we did on a different podcast, Somatic Ecology, last year, talking about our favorite animated green Go Green films, Earth Day Films.

And Fergulli, of course, made the cut.

I won't tell you what number you got to go listen to the episode.

But of course, Robin Williams is the bat and he does the baddy rap.

So we got to listen to a little bit of Robin Williams because, hey, I love him.

May you rest in peace.

And B, it's just a classic.

It's just so good.

It's just so good.

So hear my baddy word and exercise.

A little prudence we're dealing with.

I only played a small part of that because I just wanted to hear the end where he's like, prudence, we're dealing with humans.

And then she goes, humans.

And he's like, oh, just, just the whole setup is so funny to me.

But, yeah, it's a good song.

He's talking about what happened to him, what humans experimented on this bat and how it changed him.

And, like, they're afraid of humans now and what they're Doing to the forest.

Kind of the whole point of the movie.

For Ungolie, it's just a fun song, really.

That's it.

I don't have a ton to say about it other than it's fun.

And I understand we have to do some experiments on different kinds of animals, on different kinds of different humans.

Like, there's a scientific process, but we need to be weary of that.

And again, I think there's a lot of nuance in these conversations.

That stuff actually sometimes is necessary, depending on what the research is.

But we need to make sure we're doing it humanely.

We're not mistreating animals.

We're not destroying the environment or the ecosystems because we can lose this really cool Earth, that little dicky saying about if we're not careful.

All right.

Of course, the Lorax got to bring it up.

Let it grow.

I know everyone's tired of the song, but I'm not.

So we're gonna play a little bit of it.

I won't make it too long so you guys don't have to suffer.

But come on, come on.

Let it grow.

I say let it grow Talking about the little tree Grammy Norma, I'm old.

And I've got gray hair But I remember when trees were everywhere and no one had to aim for air so I say let it grow, let it grow, let it grow like it did so long ago it's just one tiny see, but it's all we really need it's time to change the life we.

Time to let go.

Just what.

What else can you say?

Let it grow right.

For those who don't know, the Lorax, they kind of done away with trees.

Mr. O'.

Hare air.

They're, like, trying to sell people air because now there's not air because we don't have trees.

And it's just, you know, we tore them down to have more cities for advancing society, whatever.

And now it's harder to breathe.

It cost us money.

People are selling stuff that comes naturally, like, who owns land, who owns air?

Like what?

It's silly, but I think it's an important reminder.

And also just a fun song.

Like, it's fun, but, yeah, also great segue into our next song.

We're gonna get a little bit more serious for the last two here.

County crows again.

Everyone knows it.

Big Yellow Taxi.

It's not green week if you're not listening to the song.

For me, this is it.

This is the heart of it, right?

So, yeah.

Counting Crows, Big Yellow Taxi featuring Vanessa Carlton.

I'm Just gonna play.

I don't know.

I don't know how much, but some of it.

Now don't it always seem to go but you don't know what you got till it's gone it be a paradise put up a fucking don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone to be paradise Put up a parking lot why not leave paradise to put up a parking lot?

Hey, hey, hey.

Pay paradise and put up a parking.

I want to give why you want to give I want to give it all away.

It does have, like, multiple meanings.

Like, you have that, like, girl, the yellow taxi took her away.

And you kind of get like that, guys, I love passenger too much.

But you get like that song, let Her Go.

That passenger does, like, never know you love her till you let her go.

You kind of have that like, oh, now I realize what I've lost.

But he's also talking about nature.

He's like, yeah, we didn't realize we were going to miss the trees.

We're going to miss nature.

We're going to miss those parks when we tore them down, put up a parking lot, put up the mall, we put up all this stuff.

And I'm not against society.

I'm not against building.

Again, nuance is important for these conversations.

I am of that mindset of like, hey, if we tear a tree down, we should plant two more somewhere.

We should have these park, national parks, these state parks, these places that we're protecting and saying, we're going to advance society, but we're not going to touch this because it's sacred.

Right?

Like, God gave us this world to care for.

So much of the divine can be seen and experienced through n. I love going to.

It's a state park in Georgia, kind of on Florida a little bit, but it's called Cumberland Islands National Park.

It's not a state park.

I'm dumb.

Leave me alone.

Actually, I knew that because Donald Trump tried to get rid of it the last time he was in office.

Good job, Georgia not letting him.

But Cumberland island is this island I like to go to, and it's just beautiful.

There are some homes.

It's mostly untouched from man other than there's some ancient ruins and stuff.

But there's these wild horses, there's these.

Well, not really boring anymore.

There's turkey, there's armadillo.

You have these deer.

I've seen a white deer a couple times.

It's not albino.

There's a white deer.

It's Just so pretty.

Sea turtles.

The manatees show up here.

There's like, I think there's eagle or there's.

I know there's some kind of hawks.

There's a jaguar on the island.

It's just so freaking cool.

I love going as.

Like, I try to go once a year as much as I can, because being isolated sometimes, seeing nature, just letting myself be one with it, reminds me that the divine, like, God, is so much more than these concrete buildings we slap up.

And, yeah, like, they're impressive.

Don't get me wrong.

If you go to New York and you see the impressive feats of Maine and you're not like, wow, you're not taken back, something's wrong.

But I won't forget there was a time I brought a group of youth from when I was back doing more church work to Cumberland island with me.

And so one guy, we're pulling up on the island, we're on this boat, and he looks out, and usually, almost always, you hear someone be like, oh, it's like Jurassic Park.

And this one guy, when everybody was like, whoa.

It's like Jurassic park, whatever.

One guy goes, how can people say there's not a God?

And I think that really encapsulates the feeling you get sometimes when you just see how beautiful nature can be.

So, yeah, like, yeah, let's make these advancements.

Let's build the malls and the cities, and let's have a good society.

Let's also let the trees grow.

Let's also have these parks that we're going to say, we're just not going to go there.

We won't cross that line.

Let's have it.

Because God did command for us to be fruitful and multiply.

And part of that is having society that allows us to do that comfortably and to continue to progress.

But he also said to take care of the earth.

That's part of the same first commandment.

And I think it's just so important.

It's so important to me and my heart because I love nature.

And I think that's really sometimes what gets us closest to God, is just seeing the beautiful earth that he created.

Speaking of national parks, Passenger has so many songs, like, so many that are really good for this, but one he does for Yellowstone park called Eagle Bear Buffalo.

It's not like my favorite Passenger song.

I love it a lot.

And it's about a national park, so it fits really well here.

Plus, one of my best friends says that's Passenger's only good song.

I don't agree with Him.

But since I know not everyone loves Passenger as much as me, that this is his best song to somebody.

So maybe more people will appreciate this one then I was gonna do Young as the Morning, Old as Matt C. But apparently this is more liked.

At least it's about a park, so it fits.

Buffalo.

I want to watch the star shine on my own Lay me down in the morning rain Rivers roll by like runaway trains.

You can.

You can leave me here in yellow stone.

Music's beautiful.

The music in that song is just so beautiful.

His voice always gets me, but he's like, yeah, you can leave me here in Yellowstone.

Eagle, bear, buffalo, the animals that you could see in this park.

It's incredible.

And if you're watching the music video, you see that backdrop of the trees, the waterfall, the rivers, and you're like, holy crap, man.

What a cool, cool planet we have.

We are so blessed, and we need to take it seriously.

We don't need to be like, wow, that was cool.

Time to move on to the next thing.

No, we need to see that, appreciate the beauty, how incredible it is.

See the eagle bear in buffalo at Yellowstone park and say, man, how can people say there's not a God?

I can say, whoa, God is great.

And I can say, I still want society to progress, but we're not going to touch that.

I think it's important that we support our national parks, we support our state parks, we support recycling, all of these things.

It's just so important to me.

Again, it's because I love this planet.

I think it's important that we listen to these songs and we share in this together.

Even though, hey, maybe we've all heard these songs a million times, let's still talk about it.

Don't let it leave your mind.

Keep it at the front of your mind that this stuff is important so we can talk about it together.

We could sing these songs together.

Almost like worship in an affirmation that we still give a crap about this planet.

Yes.

There's so many other problems out there.

I don't fault anyone who's not talking about parks because they're more concerned about Ukraine or they're more concerned about what's happening in Iran.

Whatever.

I'm with you.

I get it.

If you're not talking about the carts because you're working with other problems, that's fine.

Like, I'm not trying to say this is the only problem, but I am trying to say it's important that we sing these songs together.

We remember, at least for a moment, even if it's just for Green Week.

We still care.

We still care.

As a huge.

As the human race, the American society, as Christians, we still care.

I think that's important.

And you guys know I'm not afraid to call out stuff by name.

I don't think Christians have to be Democrat.

I'm not trying to say that I'm registered independent.

Don't think you have to be an independent.

You know, this is more American stuff.

But, like, yeah, you know, wherever you are, like, I'm not.

I don't think there's a specific political agenda you have to subscribe to.

To be a Christian or to be a good person or whatever.

To care about the environment, you have to vote this way.

No, I'm not trying to say that, but I'll be remiss if I don't call out directly.

And it would be a grave sin for us to sit back and not say anything about that.

God gave us a planet to care for.

It was part of the first commandment.

We're already doing a pretty cruddy job.

And then we're going to say we're not doing enough, but let's cut back and do less.

25% Less, 30% less.

What be a grave sin for the Christians in this country not to speak up and say something about that.

So, again, I don't think you have to vote one way or the other to be Christian.

But I also think if you're a Christian, you got to take this command to care about the planet we've been entrusted with seriously.

And part of that means speaking up when the administration, the political administration in the country you live in is trying to cut 25% of the funding you're sending to the parks when you're already not doing enough.

How can you see what Yellowstone looks like here?

Eagle, bear, buffalo here, let it grow.

Think about the big yellow taxi.

And we're, you know, we tear down paradise and put up a parking lot.

We hear these songs, we're singing them together.

We were like, on the same page.

And then we can't do that and then turn a blind eye when this kind of thing's happening.

I don't think it's right.

Again, I'm not saying you have to be like, oh, I'm completely anti Trump now because of this one thing.

I think there's plenty of things to be anti Trump about.

I am very much anti Trump.

I think he is an evil man.

Whether or not you agree with me, you should still agree that it is wrong to make this kind of cut in our budget right now and to not care about our planet that deeply, to show that much disregard.

It's wrong.

So to combat it, I want to urge people, support your National Parks Conservative association, the NPCA here in America.

Give them some money.

Make a donation this week if you can.

Write them letters of encouragement, whatever, just sign your name to something to say, I give a crap, I care at least a little bit.

If you can donate to your local state parks.

Do that.

Make a visit if you can.

Get an REI membership, right?

They do so much to help our park.

So get an REI membership.

Get discounts on some camping gear, Get a National Parks Pass so that you can go see all the parks and show that, hey, this is something that we as Americans want our parks to stay where they are.

Get that park pass to show our political leaders this is something we care about.

You don't have the money.

Okay, write your congressman.

Let them know, even if just, oh, dear Congressman, I care about our parts.

I care about the environment, and I think you should, too.

It doesn't have to be a long letter, but write your congressman.

Call in to the congressman.

Vote when you vote, don't just vote like Republican versus Democrat, whatever.

If you're in America or whatever other country, go to those primaries.

There are Republicans who care more and less about this.

There are levels.

And again, I'm not.

It's either all in or all out.

I will never say that.

But I think we're doing a bad job.

And it hurts my heart to see that when we see that we're already neglecting this, we want to neglect it further.

It really hurts my heart deeply.

So I mourned this.

I am a little bit sad about it.

But for Green Week, I'm still going to be celebrating.

I'm going to be singing with you guys, Let it Grow.

I'm going to be singing, you know, eagle, bear and buffalo and little dickies, like, we love the Earth.

I'm going to be shouting that in my car on Earth Day.

I think it's a time to celebrate the Earth.

It's important that we do that.

And when we celebrate, I hope that reminds us we also need to do something about it.

We need to care.

We can't sit back and do nothing when America, and I'm sure other countries are doing similar things.

But at least in the United states, we're seeing this kind of budget cut.

We can't sit back and do nothing.

After we celebrate how cool the Earth is, I think we should do something about it too.

We should put our action, our money, our time, where our mouth is, where our songs are.

So that's my bit for the day.

I hope you guys have a great Green Week.

I do hope you listen to these songs, celebrate with me, but I just also urge you to act with me.

Write your congressman to do become a member of rei, support your National Park Conservative association.

Like to do these things also, like I think it's important.

But either way, I'm just happy to be celebrating with you guys.

What a cool planet we live on that God has entrusted us to keep care for.

It's a good time, but soon we'll be doing other episodes of Some Joyful Noises.

In the future, I think near future Pastor Will Rose wants to talk about a wake up Mr. Crow with me and he goes on sabbatical in May.

So if we do it, it'll be soon.

So make sure you're subscribed so you know when that episode comes out and just be looking for that one.

I think it's going to be just a ton of fun.

I really do.

It's going to be a good episode.

Also, great song, has some political themes, but other things as well.

So wake up Mr. Crow from Switch Foot.

That's going to be what me and Pastor will talk about here in a couple weeks.

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