Hymns
Visit Earth Care Hymns – Carolyn Winfrey Gillette’s new hymn texts are popular among congregations because they are easy-to-sing, well-known hymns tunes with a care for Creation theme. Carolyn has written hymns for Habitat for Humanity, National Council of Churches, Sojourners, Bread for the World, Food Resource Bank, national Humane Society in the United States, Souper Bowl of Caring, Church World Service, Living Waters for the World and others.
God, Creation Sings Your Praises – Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Resources for Cantors
Or-Chadash by Rick Recht
The Tide Is Rising by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman & Yotam Schachter Lyrics and Video
Fixin’ the World by Wally & Craig
Song Collections
Earth Day Songs These Earth Day Songs are for children of all ages… and many will also appeal to grown-ups.
Rise up and Sing – Hope + Change Though Song Rise Up Singing is a singing songbook containing chords, lyrics, and sources to 1200 songs from a wide variety of genres from Beatles to Broadway, from Bob Dylan to traditional ballads.
Earth and Spirit Songbook. From the Unitarian Univeralist Ministry for the Earth, this songbook includes 111 entertaining and educational songs of ecology, world humanity, and peace. Compiled and edited by Jim Scott, this anthology of old and new songs is designed for group singing.
Creation Centered Hymns is a PDF resource provided by the National Council of Churches‘ Eco-Justice Program. This index of creation care hymns includes links to online lyrics as well as references for where the hymns can be found in the hymnals of a variety of Christian denominations.
“She Will Survive” By Howard Shapiro from the Earth Patriot Productions.