Sustain Music & Nature

11/20/2025

We talked music and nature at the United Nations COP30 climate negotiations in Brazil. Happy to be part of a panel on Creative Engagement Strategies with the UConn Office of Sustainability!

Audience members loved the Songscape music video featuring climate activist musician at on the New Jersey coast.

10/08/2025

Our Co-Founder, Betsy Mortensen, is headed to to talk music x nature at their Sustainability Summit on October 9! Looking forward to meeting people in the music and manufacturing space who are pushing the industry towards a sustainable future.

08/12/2025

Sustain's Co-Founders will be plenary speakers at California's 30x30 Partnership Summit in San Diego! The event gathers conservation colleagues who are working to conserve 30% of California by 2030. We're so excited to share how we use art to deepen people's emotional bonds to the natural world.

The event is sold out but you can still register to watch virtually (including keynote by president Collin O'Mara 👀) by checking out the article in our bio.

Thank you for inviting us!

07/11/2025

Trail Session Alert! We're bringing a hike and concert to Portland, Maine! In partnership with , we're hosting indie folk musician for a guided hike and concert at Conant Trails. This riverside property is the perfect place to picnic, pet a goat, and relax in the city of Portland. Hike starts at 10am, followed by Louisa Stancioff's performance at 11am.

Why Portland? We're excited to share that Refuge Alaska will be screening later that day at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival ! So get your tickets for both events at the links in our bio.

Nonprofit Sustain Music and Nature partners the music industry with environmental organizations. We make music a force for nature.

06/20/2025

Refuge Alaska is a 2025 Official Selection for the Maine Outdoor Film Fest!! Join us in Portland on July 26 for a screening of this musical adventure through Alaska's National Wildlife Refuges, scored by ( ) ( ) ( ) and ( )

Thank you for helping us build new fans for public lands through music, especially now as our lands face being sold off.

02/28/2025

If any bands want to participate in Saturday's protest, we might be able to help $upport you. Reach out.

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Park rangers want YOU to help us protect public lands! This Saturday, 3/1, in solidarity with the 50:50:1 movement, plan a protest in support of your closest national park. Do it at 12 noon your time, or whatever best fits your secret plan 👀🤠😏

How you protest can look a lot of ways: organize people to hand out flyers to cars waiting in entrance lines, put a sign in front webcams, hang a banner over the entrance station, hang a flag upside down, host a protest in the gateway town or in the first amendment area, host a march… anything that reminds the us that parks are for people... not billionaires!

America’s Best Idea is YOURS to save!

Just remember - be respectful to the rangers and the site. Leave no trace, and keep it nonviolent…but get creative!

Check the link in our bio for protest locations!

02/10/2025

We're headed to England! Check our bio for more details.

02/10/2025

Can't wait to bring Songscapes and Refuge Alaska to the University of Cambridge. Co-founders Harrison Goodale and Betsy Mortensen will be sharing our films and lessons about making music a force for nature.

Reception to follow. Open to the public.

12/13/2024

Thank you The Silver Lining Magazine for featuring Refuge Alaska!

Sustain Music & Nature, & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Alaska created Refuge Alaska, an 11-minute film pairing powerful visuals with music by U.S.-based artists Sam Kassirer, Akie…

11/20/2024

It's a joy meeting other folks in the music x environment space! Please check out to see the important work of harnessing the emotional power of music for climate and community.

In my few days at the UNs Climate Negotiations for COP29, the fastest I saw people gather or engage was when these folks started playing music. Music is uniquely positioned to bring all people together for environmental action.