EarthSonic

Climate Change
Written By Rozenn Logan

The Story of Climate Change, told through music, science & indigenous people

 
 

EarthSonic is IPOW's global music and climate justice programme,  and the home of all our climate-facing work. It is a collection of initiatives that use music, sound and creativity to respond to the climate crisis.

Through EarthSonic, we work with musicians, scientists, indigenous communities and climate activists across the world, connecting art and advocacy to build a global movement of positive action. From record label releases and live events to education programmes and community residencies, every IPOW project tackling climate change lives here.

You can read short descriptions of all the projects below, or click on any individual project tile to read more on our EarthSonic website.

Earthsonic projects

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Two Seas
Two Seas

Two Seas is a new project telling the stories of two bodies of water deeply affected by climate change - The frozen waters of the Bothnian Bay in Oulu, Finland and the dried remains of the Aral Sea in Muynak, Uzbekistan.

FLOW
FLOW

Flow brings together women artists from across the world to translate the stories of water and the climate crisis into music, premiering at COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon in 2025 with an album and documentary film to follow in 2026.

TAKKUUK
TAKKUUK

TAKKUUK is an immersive audio-visual installation created with BICEP, bringing together Indigenous Arctic artists to share stories of culture and climate change through music, currently on a global tour.

Sumuku
Sumuku

Sumuku explores the traditional ecological knowledge of Malaysia's Kadazandusun community through the ancient ritual chants of Bobolian elders, combining sound recording, music and immersive installation to connect Indigenous wisdom with environmental storytelling.

Iceland Residency: Music x Nature
Iceland Residency: Music x Nature

A week-long residency bringing internationally respected artists together in Iceland in January 2027 to immerse themselves in nature and create new music, installations and performances in response to the climate crisis.

EarthSonic Local
EarthSonic Local

A UK programme working with eight grassroots music venues to run workshops for young people, using local nature sounds to explore climate change and biodiversity loss through music production and live performance.

EarthSonic Futures
EarthSonic Futures

A fellowship programme in partnership with Roland giving young UK musicians equipment bundles and educational workshops to explore climate storytelling through field recording and music production.

EarthSonic Fund
EarthSonic Fund

In Partnership with Roland and Sound of the Year Awards, the EarthSonic Fund aims to widen access to nature sound recording among primarily Global Majority youth (18-30) facing barriers to participation in the field due to conflict, climate change, and social injustice.

Sailing the Sonic Sea
Sailing the Sonic Sea

Sailing the Sonic Sea is a project in collaboration with Ocean Networks Canada and the University of Victoria, raising awareness of how climate change is reshaping the soundscape of the ocean

The Last Scream
The Last Scream

Working with biologists and sound recordists in the Amazon and around the world, we’ve created a unique audio collection, including the last recordings of extinct species - ‘the last scream’ - alongside other sounds, such as those of endangered and newly-discovered species

Cucusonic
Cucusonic

Cucusonic is an album of music derived from and incorporating Colombian nature recordings, created in collaboration between bioscientists, anthropologists, and musicians

Natural Connections
Natural Connections

In one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, where open discussion of environmental issues can be dangerous, sound and the creative arts can be a powerful tool for conversation

The War on Climate
The War on Climate

We have partnered up with The War on Climate to launch a global campaign aiming to raise awareness of the devastating impact of conflict on our environment

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