Australian Kids Write Song on Climate Change « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Australian Kids Write Song on Climate Change

Published by Anna Rose, June 19th, 2008 global warming

When a group of young people concerned about climate change came together at a hip hop recording workshop in Kyogle (regional NSW, Australia), the result was the song “Protect the World”. The kids (aged 11-17 years) wrote the words on the spot. They play all the instruments on the track- keyboard, flutes, harp, drums, beatbox, clapping and bass under the guidance of Karuna Bajracharya, a young DJ and hip-hop recording artist, who facilitated the workshop and produced the soundtrack. Some of the workshop participants are members of the Kyogle High School climate group.

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1 Jonathan Jun 19th, 2008 at 9:39 pm

Awesome! Maybe you can perform at climate camp (www.climatecamp.org.au)!

From a friend in Newcastle, NSW
2 admacisaac Jun 20th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

Great song and video, thanks for sharing it. I would like to invite the climate group to add the video to the United Nations Development Programme Youth Climate Change Project that I am currently working on. The if selected as the best submission it would allow one of the youth that worked on the song to attend the World Youth Congress 2008 in Quebec City, Quebec Canada. The Kyogle High School climate group can get more information on the project at http://www.peacechild.org/climate or email me at media@peacechild.org

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About Anna

Anna Rose, 25, founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition in November 2006. The coalition unites a diversity of youth organisations to build a generation-wide movement to solve climate change. Anna was a National Organiser for the National Union of Students in 2005 and is past National Convenor of the Australian Student Environment Network. She is a former editor of the Sydney University student paper, member of the United Nations Pacific Youth Environment Network, holds a 2008 Fellowship from the International Youth Foundation, and comes from the biggest coal export port in the world - Newcastle, Australia.

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