cape cool

04/24/2025

I’m part of Third Act, the organization founded by Bill McKibben for activists over 60. One of the projects I’m involved with through T.A. is a team producing an Environment/Music pod/videocast called “Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet.” Which I recommend,...

02/12/2025

what do you care most about?
what do you love to do more than anything?
If the answers are
"I care most about tthe people i love and he health of our planet and our democracy"
"Most of all (right up there with breathing fresh air and drinking clear water and eating good food) I love Music!"
then this podcast is for you!

Episode 9 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet is all about the water. Oceans, rivers, floods, droughts, and all the ways our waters are affected by climate change...

02/12/2025

Episode 9 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet is all about the water. Oceans, rivers, floods, droughts, and all the ways our waters are affected by climate change...

10/01/2024

If you love Nature,
VOTE to protect it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkR0FvriNw

09/26/2024

Yes we care about the economy, health care, women's rights and so much more. But even if no one talks much about it, remember, "Climate's on the line!" (see adjacent still from VOTE 4 MOM, our new youtube get-out-the-vote music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLkR0FvriNw

Hattie-Purl & the Poll Cats get out the vote 4 Mother Earth & all her kiddos whose future depends on it (even if they can't vote). Words & music ©2024 jerush...

09/21/2024

This event may have marked the birth of Cape Cool!
LEARN about climate, TALK about Climate-- VOTE about climate.

Lets all work together and stop Global Warming!

09/17/2024

TODAY is National Voter Registration Day
nationalvoterregistrationday.org
If you're not registered, you cannot vote, so check it out.
2020 broke US voting records (at 66% , still a failing grade). Can we get it closer to 100% this time around?
Dont know who to vote for?
Like Taylor Swift said: "Do your research."
Still undecided? Why not Vote For Mom (and apple pie!)
https://soundcloud.com/jerushamusic/vote-4-mom

by Here's the latest version. Thanks to thirdactors' Cool Tune Crew, the Royalettes and Momala for inspiration! Music, lyrics & lead vocals: Harriet Jerusha Korim; uke, back

09/01/2024

A small group of Third Act members scattered around the country met online last spring; we've co-created a podcast that fuses our love of music and Nature and our commitment to climate action. COOL TUNES FOR A HOT PLANET launches SEPT 2 on YouTube, Spotify, etc. Episode 1 (anchored by Broadway vet, actor/writer Joanna Rush and Gen Z activist Victoria Vevang ) features songs by team members James Kähn and Purly Rae Gates––and spotlights two-time Grammy nominee Eliza Gilkyson

07/20/2024

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY:
If you don't know all about the Trump-whisperers' notorious Project 2025, please check this out. If you DO know about it-- but don't know what to do about it (or feel too demoralized about it to do anything), please watch the last 10 minutes or so of this Red Wine and Blue broadcast featuring Heather Cox Richardson
https://youtu.be/ZSM7LJgKXAo?si=6zLaTQCsFckzR3BY

05/12/2024

SLOW FLOWERS

The slow flower movement aims to create a more sustainable flower industry. 💐🌷🌻🪻

This Mother's Day, you might want to reconsider those grocery-store-bought flowers—the emissions from transport, the disposable cellophane wrap, and the pesticides all take a huge toll on the environment. Supporting local flower farms can help cut the worst of these effects.

Here's what you need to know about the "slow flower movement." 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QDQvGW

✍️ Rachel Kester