In 1969, Earth Day-founder Senator Gaylord Nelson witnessed the massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the anti-war movement of the ’60s, he felt that the increased awareness of pollution could bring the subject to the national attention. Earth Day 1970 was created via a rare agreement between both political parties and the disparate views through American society. The movement quickly led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency later in the year. Earth Day went global in 1990 mobilizing 200 million people world-wide … though climate change deniers and fossil fuel industry bureaucrats continue to try and derail the movement’s efforts.We’ll listen to a selection of songs about the beauty of the environment and natural world to celebrate Earth Day 2018 … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Episode #18-16: Earth DayHost: Tom DruckenmillerArtist/”Song”/CD/LabelPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysCharm City Junction / “Frog on a Lily Pad” / Charm City Junction / PatuxentPete Seeger / “Sailing Down My Golden River” / Rainbow Race / ColumbiaWilliam Coulter & Barry Phillips / “Like Pretty Birds-Come Life, Shaker Life” / Music on the Mountain / GourdLeah Larson / “A Little Ways Down the Road” / Long Journey / Self ProducedAl Petteway / “Sifel's Creek” / Mountain Guitar / FairewoodJohn McCutcheon / “Water from Another Time” / Gonna Rise Again / RounderDavid Mallett / “Loons” / The Fable True / North RoadNakai-Eaton -Clipman / “Running Down the Sun” / Feather, Stone & Light / CanyonMetamora / “Mountain Field” / Metamora / Sugar HillCharm City Junction / “Bogs of Shanaheaver” / Charm City Junction / PatuxentThe Malvinas / “God Bless the Grass” / God Bless the Grass / Soona SongsDave Marshall-Andrea Cooper-Joel Bernstein / “Mad River” / Pleasant Hill / Lost ChickenKallet-Epstein-Ciccone / “Farthest Field” / Heart Walk / Self ProducedNana Vasconcelos / “Wind Calling Wind” / Storytelling / EMI HemisphereDan Berggren / “Birch Are Soprano” / Tongues in Trees / Sleeping GiantLee Murdock / “After the Storm” / What About the Water / DepotPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways