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What\\u2019s the soundtrack of human civilization\\u2019s time on Earth? If we were to put ten songs into a time capsule to help historians in the future piece together what the hell humankind was doing as the planet crumbled beneath our feet, the ten songs in this episode would tell half the story. We\\u2019ll have to share another ten songs in a future episode to tell the rest of the story. So here\\u2019s our top ten (five curated by Erika and five picked by Dave).

Music licensing restrictions prevent us from sharing these songs in full on our normal podcast episode, so we\\u2019ve posted a special episode with the complete songs at a site that licenses the music for us. Listen to the full-music version here.

Also, doing this episode inspired us to create a special public playlist on Spotify. You can hear all these songs, plus the runners up, at the GrowthBusters Spotify Playlist.

Let us know what important songs you feel we left out in this podcast or on our Spotify playlist (we\\u2019ll add them). Comment on this page, or on the GrowthBusters Podcast Facebook page, or email us.

We\\u2019re posting videos (in most cases, the official video) to these songs at this episode\'s page on the GrowthBusters website. These videos can also be found on the Overshoot Playlist: Top 10 Environmental Songs playlist on YouTube.

10. Love Song To The Earth \\u2013 Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, and many more (2015)
\\u201cSee mama earth is in a crazy mess\\u2026. She under crazy stress\\u201d
website: www.lovesongtotheearth.org

9. Big Yellow Taxi \\u2013 Joni Mitchell (1970)
\\u201cPaved paradise, and put up a parking lot.\\u201d

8. Mercy, Mercy Me \\u2013 Marvin Gaye (1968)
\\u201cHow much more abuse from man can she stand?\\u201d

7. First World Problems \\u2013 Weird Al Yankovich (2014)
\\u201cMy house is so big, I can\'t get WiFi in the kitchen\\u201d

6. Sleeping In \\u2013 Postal Service (2003)
\\u201cPeople thought that they were just being rewarded\\u2026 for mailing letters with the address of the sender. Now we can swim any day in November\\u201d

5. How Far We\\u2019ve Come \\u2013 Matchbox Twenty (2007)
\\u201cWhere you going man you know the world is headed for hell? I guess we\'re gonna find out, Let\'s see how far we\'ve come\\u201d

4. Gone \\u2013 Jack Johnson (2011)
\\u201cWhat about your soul? Is it cold?\\u2028 Is it straight from the mold, and ready to be sold?\\u201d

3. Full Steam \\u2013 David Gray & Annie Lennox (2009)
\\u201cWe all saw it coming but we still bought it\\u201d

2. Idioteque \\u2013 Radiohead (2000)
\\u201cWe\'re not scaremongering.\\u2028This is really happening\\u201d

1. Road to Hell \\u2013 Chris Rea (1989) \\u201cThis ain\'t no upwardly mobile freeway. Oh no, this is the road\\u2026to hell\\u201d

LINKS:

This episode with the complete songs included (at MixCloud)

Overshoot Playlist: Top Environmental Songs playlist on YouTube\\xa0

GrowthBusters playlist on Spotify

Joshua Spodek\\u2019s podcast, Leadership and the Environment
Ep 183: Reusing and Recycling Are Tactical, Reducing is Strategic\\xa0
Ep 123 Dave Gardner : Busting the Growth Myth

Initiative \\u2013 new book by Joshua Spodek

Our Moral Obligation to Conceive Just One Child
(Ep 7 of The Overpopulation Podcast, with Travis Rieder)

Toward a Small Family Ethic by Travis Rieder

What a Wonderful World \\u2013 Louis Armstrong

Jake Fader Music\\xa0(Jake wrote and recorded the GrowthBusters theme)

Carlos Jones (Carlos sang the GrowthBusters theme)

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