A Billboard exclusive features the EcoMadres ensemble SonTierra and how they use music to call for clean air and a livable climate. The multi-generational, multi-ethnic Latino band released a 12-track “Ecomusica” album in 2023 that inspires hope and action through both covers and original pieces. In September, SonTierra will perform at the annual EcoMadres Summit in Las Vegas.
Each of the members found their own unique pathway to musical advocacy, but they are united through strong connections to music and a common goal to drive change. “Latin America is, it’s incredibly diverse… But regardless of where we’re from, there’s one thing that we respond to, and that is music. In a visceral way,” Karin Stein (pictured), Iowa Field Coordinator and SonTierra manager, tells Billboard. Their music is a critical tool in successfully establishing trust with Latino communities and furthering the outreach of EcoMadres.
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In other news
- Stephanie Reese, our Director of Strategic Implementation and Justice, had an op-ed published in The New Lede that draws comparisons between Juneteenth and environmental protections—and calls for a more just and sustainable future.
- A Common Dreams article about EPA’s proposal to roll back mercury and power plant pollution safeguards features Moms’ Director and Co-Founder Dominique Browning, who characterizes the proposal as “unpatriotic,” “cynical,” and “dangerous.”
- In a comment to News 3 Las Vegas, Nevada Field Organizer Mary Wagner praises legislation designed to lower costs of solar energy production for tenants that was recently signed by Nevada’s Governor.
- The Cool Down ran a feature on Ohio Field Organizer Amanda Rowoldt, who documented and reported black smoke coming from an “advanced recycling” plastics burning plant, leading the Ohio EPA to launch a formal investigation into the company’s practices.
- Wisconsin Field Organizer Jayne Black’s letter to the editor on the Public Service Commission’s disappointing approval of two new methane gas plants is published in The Cap Times.
- A Spanish-language article in Factchequeado quotes Karin Stein on the disproportionate exposure to pollution that Latinos face in their communities and workplaces.
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