Earth Day 2024 Anti-war Music Video

…for Earth Day 2024

This is an anti-war video as an Earth Day 2024 statement. If we keep killing members of our own species, how can we expect to save the planet? If we don’t care about our fellow humans how can we care about the planet?

Peace first! War destroys life and that includes our planet’s life. Peace First! Children First! Earth First! …or there is no future next…

The video began with a rewrite of the lyrics to Pete Seeger’s “Where have all the Flowers Gone”. I used Suno to generate the singing of the lyrics and music with an 80s beat. Some images were generated using NightCafe and the video images come from Canva stock.

New Book: Eco-Friendly Stories for Kids

“Eco-Friendly Stories for Kids” puts a green twist on some of our favorite children’s stories. From the Coastal Piper’s enchanting melody that inspires a community beach clean-up to Little Green Riding Hood trying to save the forest, these 10 stories aim to foster an Environmental Ethic for kids. The illustrated stories are fun and all have happy endings!

Here is the list of stories:

Jack and the Sustainable Beanstalk
Little Mermaid’s Ocean Adventure
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Cinderella
The Coastal Piper’s Melody
Eco-Little and the Falling Leaves
The Sloth and the Cheetah
The Three Little Pigs
Little Green Riding Hood
The Emperor’s New Clothes

Buy it now on Amazon.com

Shoes in the Junk Yard

Whose shoes?
My shoes? 
Oh! Oh! Not my shoes!
Those shoes are blue shoes!
Those shoes are two too old shoes. 
Blew away to the city dump blue shoes.
Surely not new shoes, those shoes.
Those shoes…oh my soul, are lost shoes.
Yes! Yes! Hole-in-the-soles shoes. 
Very lost soul shoes! 
Looking like they're on the run for some fun, kind of shoes. 
Not quite blue suede shoes.
More like singing the blues, those blue shoes.
Two holy soley, looking for kicks, loving the blues, old blue shoes. 
Surely, not my shoes…I’m too old for those shoes.

Image generated with NightCafe