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We forgot to humble brag that EarthPercent was named as one of IQ Magazine's 'Green Guardians' last month ?? Of course its honouring to be in such amazing company alongside those innovating and campaigning to make the music industry more sustainable ?? The wonderful?Sounds Right?initiative was also recognised, and this was the hard work of 20 global partners led by?Museum for the United Nations - UN Live?including?AKQA?Hempel Foundation?The Listening Planet?Biophonica?VozTerra?@limbomusic?Music Declares Emergency?and many more. To get involved with our work, don't hesitate to get in touch at [email protected] ??

7 new tracks featuring NATURE and $225,000 to organizations conserving the Colombian Andes. It’s a big week for the Sounds Right initiative, and a proud one for us at EarthPercent! In time for the Biodiversity COP in Cali, seven new feat. NATURE tracks have been released, and we announced that $225,000 from the Sounds Right will be granted to conservation projects in Colombia's Tropical Andes. Sounds Right, an initiative led by the Museum for the UN - Live, launched NATURE as an official artist on streaming platforms this April. NATURE raises her own royalties, which are directed to conservation work via EarthPercent. We’re immensely grateful to the Sounds Right Expert Advisory Panel - Kavita Prakash-Mani, Mindahi Bastida, Shivani Bhalla, David Emmett and Julia P G Jones - for advising our grant-giving. You can listen to the new tracks by Alexis Taylor, Lykke Li, Ela Minus, Aysay, Sam Lee, Allen Anjeh, Louis VI and Jenny Sturgeon here: https://lnkd.in/e29GZsFV Listen to all of NATURE’s songs, including the new ecosystem sounds albums, at NATURE’s profile: https://lnkd.in/d7EHaDVZ (also available on other streaming platforms!)

Congratulations to Music Declares Emergency on 5 years of action harnessing the power of music to call for climate action! We're proud to help fund their work as one of EarthPercent's grant partners in our Greening Music Action Area.

Today, at the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 Colombia, Sounds Right announces its first funds will go to the conservation of critical ecosystems in the Tropical Andes, Colombia. Earlier this year, ‘NATURE’ officially launched as a musical artist on major streaming platforms through?Sounds Right, an initiative from the Museum for the United Nations?-?UN Live and partners which allows nature to generate royalties and funding from her own sounds. Global artists including David Bowie x Brian Eno, Ellie Goulding and Bomba Estéreo released tracks ‘Feat. NATURE’, inviting listeners to support biodiversity protection by streaming music. In just six months, NATURE has reached over 65M+ streams from 7.5M+ listeners in over 180 countries. Today, Sounds Right announces that NATURE is gifting away her royalties and institutional donations for the first time, initially to support conservation efforts in Colombia, home to almost 10% of the world’s biodiversity, and where the initiative was co-founded with sound artist collective VozTerra. Kavita Prakash-Mani, Chair of the Sounds Right Fund Expert Advisory Panel,?said:?“Sounds of nature are inspiring, uplifting, relaxing, meditative and much more. We benefit without realising and we thread them into our songs, culture, our language. Now we need to give back at a time when our forests and grasslands are falling silent as species are lost. Sounds Right is an amazing initiative to protect and restore nature. To use the talent of our musicians and harness the power of individual action to make a lasting change to the world we live in. I am delighted and inspired to be part of this journey.” Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dKZkykQm Sounds Right is delivered in partnership with EarthPercent, @limbomusic, VozTerra, The Listening Planet, Earthrise Studio , No. 29 Communications, Music Declares Emergency, LD Comms, Community Arts Network, Count Us In, Rare, Biophonica, AKQA, Hempel Foundation, Axum, The World We Want - Impact Studios & Consultancy, eleutheria, Dalberg Collaborators Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy, Apoc Worldwide, Riky Rick Foundation, AWorld, Open Planet #SoundsRight #COP16 #COP16Colombia #Biodiversity #Conservation

?? ANNOUNCING THE TUNE INTO NATURE MUSIC PRIZE 2025 Open to musicians aged 18–30, the Tune into Nature Music Prize celebrates original music that collaborates and connects with nature. The Prize highlights the need for a new relationship with nature and provides vital support for young creatives. Judges include Cosmo Sheldrake, Madame Gandhi, Andrew Fearn (Sleaford Mods), Jason Singh, Melissa Harrison, Sam Lee, and BBC presenters Sian Eleri and Elizabeth Alker. ?? The winner will receive a ￡500 grant, a professional remix by a renowned producer, and the option to release their track on NATURE’s profile as part of the Sounds Right initiative led by Museum for the United Nations - UN Live. Shortlisted entries also have the potential to be played on BBC music networks. ?? The runner up will receive a ￡250 grant. ??? Deadline: 6 January 2025, 23.59 Apply at ?? https://lnkd.in/gEGEUTji In partnership with: University of Derby Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Conservation Foundation SoundsRight.Earth Arts Council England #bbcradio6 #bbcradio3 #TuneIntoNatureMusicPrize

In January, EarthPercent held our first ever Impact event bringing together our grant partners, supporters, and many industry colleagues and friends to reflect back on/look forward to our work in harnessing the power of music for our shared Earth! Thank you to the inspiring people in this video for speaking so eloquently about the impact of our grants and on music's power to inspire change. Featuring Louis VI, Sam Lee, Farah Obaidullah from The Ocean and Us, Mr Bruce, and Tessa Khan from Uplift. If you work in the music industry this is your moment to reach out and be a part of this growing movement. Join us! Get in touch at [email protected] ?? by Possible Studio

#NewYorkClimateWeek isn't over yet! We're excited to be heading to the 6th Annual Marketplace of the Future tomorrow for a panel including one of our latest Sounds Right artists ONR and expert panellist Lilian Liu. This is an event entirely dedicated to a vision of a net-zero future.?So of course EarthPercent needs to represent the future of a net-zero music industry! Grab your tickets here: https://lu.ma/m0vapc93

So proud to help fund the Youth Climate Justice Fund!

Three new Sounds Right tracks featuring NATURE the artist are out now! We're thrilled that Madame Gandhi, ONR and Peter Hall have chosen to be part of Sounds Right, three artists whose music deeply embodies the idea of non-human nature as a collaborator. As well as recognising NATURE as a collaborating performing artist, these tracks draw influence from cherished ecosystems, from the glaciers of the Antarctic to the natural beauty of Scotland, and inspire their protection. NATURE receives at least 50% of recording royalties from tracks by artists that feature, and 100% of NATURE's share is directed to conservation and the protection of vulnerable ecosystems. Our Sounds Right Expert Panel decide which organizations receive this funding Sounds Right is a?music initiative to recognise the value of NATURE and inspire millions of fans to take environmental action, launched in collaboration with Museum for the United Nations - UN Live and global partners including AKQA @limbomusic VozTerra The Listening Planet and many more. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dGpmdT4y

WOW! Thank you to the legend that is Moby for supporting EarthPercent as one of the UK charities benefiting from his tour. This is his first tour in over a decade, and in typically generous and noble fashion he has pledged all of his own income from the tour to animal and environmental charities including E/P. It was INCREDIBLE to witness him give us a shout out and show our logo to 25,000 people. We're so grateful for your support Moby. It's not just us, he's also supporting: The Humane League UK? Plant-Based Universities The Animal Law Foundation and The Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation #UnleashingThePowerOfMusic