Earth Day 2008

Make Raffi's song 'COOL IT' part of your Earth Day celebrations Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

Written and produced by Raffi
© 2007 Troubadour Music Inc.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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Music Arrangement — perfect for school and community choirs. Sing out on Earth Day!

Raffi's song "Cool It" is a musical call-to-action on Climate Change, urging the global community to come together to reduce CO2 emissions.

Singing this song can be a fun way to engage students on the all-important issue of Global Warming. Perfect for your school choir.

Feel free to download and share with other schools, friends and colleagues, and check out the video (with Raffi and David Suzuki) on YouTube.

Suggested Curriculum Support Activities:

After playing the "Cool It" song for your students, have them think about the message that Raffi is sending. This song provides an excellent starting point for teaching your students about climate change.

  • Reducing automobile use by walking, biking, or taking public transit
  • Planting trees and caring for green spaces
  • Purchasing locally produced food or growing your own food
  • Eating low on the food chain--reducing or eliminating meat
  • Reducing landfill waste by composting kitchen waste and recycling
  • Reducing home heating and energy use by: turning computers and lights off when not in use; changing to energy efficient bulbs

Share your great ideas with others!

Get Creative!

Ask your students to:

  • Create a drawing, painting, sculpture, or collage
  • Write a song, poem or rap
  • Design a catchy advertisement encouraging others to do their part
  • Write a newspaper article on the hot topic of climate change
  • Or write a letter to Mother Earth about how they will do their part to "Cool It"

We'd Like to Hear From You

Let us know how you and your students used "Cool It" to promote Climate Change awareness at your school.

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Here’s how we used “Cool It” in our classroom on Earth Day:

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A blog posted by Raffi on the Step It Up website:

How did this chilling toe-tapper happen?

Ever since David Suzuki's 1989 reference to Global Warming as 'a matter of survival', GW's been on my radar. I've been a longtime ecology advocate, even recorded an ecology album in 1991 (Evergreen Everblue). The recent Al Gore film reminded me that David, Al and I took part in the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. In the wave of my current Child Honouring focus, I felt the need to do something new.

I set out to write a rollicking call to action, an anthem to urge business, government and citizens to join the great global cool rush. So when the guitar riff suggested rockabilly, the simple singable chorus took form. The song came together quickly. So Into the studio we went—electric guitar, drums, bass, keyboards, harmony vocals and me, on lead and guitar—working fast with live 'off the floor' vocals.

Your part? Why not download the song - MP3 and lyrics (both free)- sing it, and pass it on to friends?

Let's make some noise! Sing with me, sing it loud, have a ball, dance it up. And spread the word: COOL IT. Like the song says, do it for the children, do it for yourself.

Carbon-free: it's the new COOL. All together now!