Ear To The Ground

The sassy greenies at Ideal Bite just put together an inspired iTunes playlist for Earth Day ‘09.

It features fave tracks from some of today’s greenest artists, who’ve toured in biodiesel buses promoted green causes and who walk an eco life. Jam to everybody from Jack Johnson and Coldplay to Sheryl Crow and of course Green Day.

Earth Day party easy. No cds to clutter the planet. And a groovy reminder to keep the big picture in perspective no matter how jam-packed the day gets. 12 songs just $12.

The songs, the stories: 

“Flake” by Jack Johnson. Jack founded the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which supports eco-causes in his home state, and he carbon-offsets all his tours.

“Lovers in Japan” by Coldplay. The stadium rock band carbon-offset the production of past albums and even sews its own clothes. Singer Chris Martin also has a Make Trade Fair fair-trade tattoo on his hand.

“Human Behavior” by Björk. The avant garde singer just released a new docu about eco-issues facing her native Iceland (exclusively available on iTunes).

“The Seed (2.0)” by the Roots hip hop group (and Jimmy Fallon’s new house band) that’s worked on veg campaigns with PETA and has hosted green pre-Grammys bashes in the past.

“No Surprises” by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s a longtime vegan who even wrote an alt rock album inspired by climate change.

“Holiday” by Green Day the pop-punk band’s pet cause? Green energy, which it champions alongside the National Resources Defense Council.

“Love is Free” by Sheryl Crow. The pop rock queen toured the United States with Stop Global Warming and will likely never get past the toilet paper comment.

“My Humps” by Black Eyed Peas. Lead rapper/producer will.i.am’s written eco-themed pop songs and drives an electric Tesla roadster.

“We Are All Made of Stars” by Moby. The vegan DJ is big supporter of the Humane Society.

“My Moon My Man” by Feist. Tthe indie crooner traveled to the Arctic Circle to bring attention to climate change, and offsets her tours with wind power.

“Hot Thing” by Talib Kweli. The hip hop artist who uses recycled materials for his albums and has written more than a couple eco-themed songs (one even namedrops Al Gore - no lie).

“Heartbeats” by José Gonzáles. Indie-acoustic guitarist offsets his American tours through Reverb.

More inspired sounds in the PLM Music Bar.