Link to episode: https://soundcloud.com/zach-pine-maher/4-mark-pedelty-using-music-to-make-a-difference
Mark Pedelty is a professor of anthropology and communication studies at the University of Minnesota. He is also the host of the Public Lands podcast, a podcast which covers a wide range of subjects about US public parks and spaces, is a lead vocalist and songwriter for the Hypoxic Punks, an environmental rock band which performs educational songs about sustainability and stewardship, and Mark is one of the creative directors for ecosong.net, a website which acts as a platform for sustainable music.
Mark Pedelty has won numerous awards for his research on ecomusiclogy and has written two books on the subject. The book Ecomusicology focuses on the difficulty of making live music sustainably and discusses the effectiveness of charity concerts like Live Earth and Live Aid. A Song to Save the Salish Sea is a series of case studies about environmental musicians (musicians who compose music in support of an environmental cause) and looks at their forms of activism.
If climate change is such an important issue why do we not see it reflected in our music and culture?
I had so much fun working with Mark on this project. Thank you to Union’s environmental club for hosting the event and to Mark Pedelty who so generously shared time with us to discuss ecomusicology!
Intro to ecomusicology:
1:25
On leadership:
26:00
People mentioned in this episode:
Dana Lyons
Erin Allen: instrument manufacturing
Yip Harburg
Peter Gabriel, Bono, Sting, David Byrne
Humanities without Walls and Music in a changing climate
Billy Bragg
Anie DiFranco
Lil Dicky: We love the Earth
Rebecca Dirksen
ecosong.net
Mark Pedelty's academic work
