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Living in the Long Future

by Rose Carrousel

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Living in the Long Future

All proceeds from the sale of this track currently go to the Long Future Foundation (www.longfuture.org)

The lyrics in this track were developed in collaboration with Guy Lane from the Long Future Foundation www.longfuture.org. Please check out the excellent work the foundation is doing to educate business leaders as well as the public about climate change mitigation. The music in this track is based on compositions I have written and produced with Anthony Smith over the years.

We live in a time where we all need to become engaged, educated and informed about what we can do to help save our planet for our children and future generations. Not to mention the critters, because we don’t want to live on a lonely planet!!

We need to make changes in our own lives but we need to do it collectively to make a difference. As well as making smart and informed choices in our own lives, we need to join the important movements that are working to save our planet! We can do this! We want our children to live in a Long Future.

Solar panels on one house and one electric car in your garage might not make enough of a difference but if everyone who can buys them and bring the costs down by supporting the suppliers then we can help new technology thrive. If we all switch to green power options then the power companies can’t keep selling us coal based power. Petition your governments. Get involved. Get educated. This is as important as learning how to cook, how to budget. We all need to learn how to save our planet.

Here is my first effort at a song about this important issue. I hope you find it inspiring as much as you may find the start sad.

My music: www.rosecarrousel.com / www.facebook.com/rose.carrousel/
My blog: www.climatekiss.com / www.facebook.com/climatekiss/

lyrics

Living in the Long Future
Lyrics by Guy Lane and Heidi Edmonds
Music by Heidi Edmonds and Anthony Smith

Verse 1 (sad stuff):
40% of the plankton are gone
We face ecological collapse
Could be the sixth extinction
Ocean acidification
It’s a global environmental emergency
Abrupt climate change
We’re living in the Anthropocene
Breaking through planetary boundaries
Four of nine already broken
On our way to breaking more

Chorus 1:
Got to stop doing this. Heading for a short future
Got to get into this
Transition. Transition to the long future
The birthright of humanity

Verse 2 (good stuff):
Got to get in sync with nature
Wide spread uptake of renewable energy
Solar panels. Solar panels glinting in the sun
Working within planetary boundaries
Stabilise atmospheric CO2
Sustainable business nurtures:
Social and environmental capital
There are so many ways to make clean energy
Regrowing natural capital

Chorus:
Gotto stop doing this heading for a short future
Got to get into this. Transition. Transition to the long future
The birthright of humanity

Outro:
Safe within the habitable zone
Rigorous energy efficiency
Stabilising atmospheric CO2
Solar panels glinting in the sun
The widespread uptake of renewable energy
Get back in sync with nature
Heading for a long future
We can keep doing this forever living in the long future.
It’s the birthright of the human family
Living in the long future

credits

released October 26, 2018
Credits:
Lyrics: Heidi Edmonds and Guy Lane
Vocals: Heidi Edmonds
Music: Heidi Edmonds and Anthony Smith
Production: Heidi Edmonds and Anthony Smith
Mastered by: Mastered by Shuhandz at Sapphire Studios (shuhandz.com)
Image by Lucinda Edmonds

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