Sustain Music & Nature

06/15/2026

Concert + Hike Alert!
This Trail Session will highlight the beautiful grounds and historical sights at the Nathan Lester House and Farm Tool Museum, managed by a partnership between the Ledyard Historical Society and the Ledyard Historic District Commission. Folk/Soul/R&B artist Kimaya Diggs will perform following the guided hike. Diggs was nominated in the "Best New Artist" and "Album of the Year" categories at the 2023 New England Music Awards and was recently honored as one of 10 artists of color making a difference in the Boston area by WBUR. She has opened for the likes of Trombone Shorty, Lizzie No, Tank and The Bangas, and has toured with Heather Maloney. The Boston Globe calls her “Expressive, smooth vocals…she’s kind of an unstoppable force.”

Saturday June 27 Hike/Tour at 10am, concert at 11am. $10 suggested adult sliding scale tickets, but you can reserve tickets for free too. Learn more: https://www.sustainmusicandnature.org/june272026

06/03/2026

What a lovely Trail Session last month with performing his landscape inspired music, alongside land, waters and history preserved by in Mansfield, CT. Over 45 people attended, most of whom had never been to this park before! Glad music got them out to a beautiful place ❤️🌱🎹

Want to participate in our next hike and concert? We'll be in Ledyard, CT next on June 27! Kimaya Diggs is playing at the grounds of the Nathan Lester House. Details on our website.

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!