Jason Green is a music critic, editor and author of The Memoir. He says he had to face his anger and despair in order to process his grief at having lost Greta. "I think that the way music will respond to the climate crisis is the way it responds to all crisis" Climate One's empowering conversations connect me with people who share my concern for our future.
Music and social movements have historically gone hand in hand. Folk music played a unifying role for the labor movements in the United States. Music was central to the protests against the Vietnam War and in favor of Civil Rights. As more people become aware of the climate crisis, music is starting to reflect that.
But there is still no one song or artist inspiring climate action the way music catalyzed other movements. Why aren’t more musical artists raising the alarm over the growing climate catastrophe? And for the artists who are, how do they express the anxiety and grief that they and their listeners are experiencing?
Guests:
Tamara Lindeman, Musician, The Weather Station
Jayson Greene, Contributing Editor, Pitchfork
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