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Watching a documentary on Apollo 8, the first manned trip around the moon, the iconic image of the Earth seen ‘rising’ on the moon’s surface took on added importance and emotion.  It was an awe-inspiring (and an unexpected/lucky) first glimpse of our complete planet by humans.  To me, the image encapsulates everything about this planet being small, fragile, a common source of our air and water, and a home for ALL humans.  I can’t begin to imagine the depth of emotion one would feel when traversing the deep-frozen barren and airless void space in a ‘tin can’, wearing a space suit for safety for weeks/months on end, and then seeing our 'home' so close at arm’s length ... but possibly unreachable and being choked by humanity.

I regard this song as perhaps my best ecological comment  – short, tuneful, and evocative but without needing any specifics in the lyrics.

The song itself was submitted to The SongDoor International Songwriting Competition in 2023 and their scored assessment of individual elements, together with an overall comment, is in this 1-page PDF ... EARTHRISE REVIEW

The video has garnered laurels for selection in the 'Music Video' section of several Film Festivals. Perhaps 'climate' commentary has finally becoming mainstream?