I was so impressed with the students' writing and motivation and it drove me to create the best song I possibly could. Coincidentally, we had a field trip coming up where we would go down to Mauna Lei beach and pick up trash. Our class was entered in a contest called "Debris From Our Sea," where the goal is to create artwork out of the plastic debris collected from the beach. I decided that I must get the song recorded as quickly as possible in order to go through the same process as "Singing to the World," and also shoot a music video. I was very lucky, and had the support of both 4th grade teachers, the school administration, and even a high school teacher, who lent me her recording studio for several school days.
We also had a lot of help setting up the field trip--Castle and Cooke generously donated two of their shuttle buses to transport us down the other side of the island. Luckily, we were able to finish our recording of the song before the field trip, and had the class do a live performance down at the beach. Other than Mrs. Patterson hurting her ankle, the field trip was a complete success. We had seven truckloads of trash, and there's still a lot more down there--Mrs. Patterson hopes to make this at least a yearly event.
After returning to school with all of the debris, the students were asked to make artwork out of it. Here are some of the creative designs they came up with:
We sent our completed music video, along with pictures of our artwork, into the "Debris From Our Sea" contest, which is being sponsored by the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. We got a very positive response immediately, and although the contest winner hasn't been announced, they've featured our video in their blog as a special sneak peak into the "Debris From Our Sea" contest.
My brother happens to work at Sea Life Park on O'ahu, and they're holding a big Earth Day event on April 22nd. He's been helping me with several things on this project, including creating the great design for our iTunes cover and possible T-shirt:
We've been invited to perform our song live and show our music video at Sea Life Park for their Earth Day event, and have gotten a lot of help from a lot of people to make it happen. The Lanai High and Elementary School Foundation has been working with the Class of 2020, and generously partnered with Island Air, donating plane tickets and transportation for six students and two adults to attend the event!
I feel extremely blessed to have gotten so much help, and worked with so many good people. We hope to make the most of our opportunity, and share our song and message with the world. Pasted below is the music video, and the lyrics to the song:
Every Day is Earth Day
Lyrics by Brooke Belista, Dian Ozoa, and Matt Glickstein
Music by Matt Glickstein
Verse 1:
Every day is Earth Day
Pick up the trash around you
Reduce, reuse, recycle
That’s what you’ve gotta do
We all have a role to play
So let’s clean the earth today
Verse 2:
Every day is Earth Day
Help the fishes in the sea
They’ll be very happy
Get rid of all debris
We all have a role to play
So let’s clean the earth today
Bridge:
Every little thing you do
Helps keep the planet green and blue
Turn off all the lights
See the stars so bright
Everyone unite!
Verse 3:
Every day is Earth Day
Go out and plant a tree
Take a walk instead of driving
There’s no gas, it’s free!
We all have a role to play
So let’s clean the earth today
Bridge:
Every little thing you do
Helps keep the planet green and blue
Turn off all the lights
See the stars so bright
Everyone unite!
Verse 1 (repeat):
Every day is Earth Day
Pick up the trash around you
Reduce, reuse, recycle
That’s what you’ve gotta do
We all have a role to play
So let’s clean the earth today
where can i purchase tis song
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