Review and Track List by Nick Wilding from the Centre for Human Ecology, Edinburgh Scotland and webmaster of the forthcoming http://www.ecomusic.org/

"If you want to hear – or even better, learn - fifteen instantly catchy crowd-pleasing classic eco-songs with strong messages but full of humour and sheer fun, you’ve got to hear this album. Don’t be fooled by the title – these songs are good for the kid in all of us. It’s simple stuff with arresting messages, recorded live and raw by John and Dana with acoustic guitars before an enthusiastic crowd who know and love the tunes. ‘The Tree’, ‘Dead Ducks’, ‘I am and Animal’ and ‘The Expanding Universe’ alone are some of the most powerful messages from the Earth I have heard.

I am an Animal
"The insects have some pride … they wear their skeletons on the outside"
Funny, up-beat audience participation fiesta. A real crowd-pleaser.

Lay down your Whopper
"Got 5 million people 4 million cows … So move on down the food chain eat those grains and tofu now" Classic singalong blues number from the Whopper tour.

Dead Ducks
"We’re all dead ducks QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK …
If they put oil rigs off of the coast, there’s no-one escaping the muck"
John’s plaintive blues with an instantly unforgettable chorus.

We Don’t Want to Live in the Zoo
One to play the kids.

Their Brains were Small and they Died
Sardonic tale about how the cockroaches have more sense than humanity seems to.

Mosquito Party
"We’re getting eaten by mosquitos… Mosquito Party O-LE!"
Mexico-heh song by Darrel Cherney. Silly and massively fun. DZZZZZ

Have to Have a Habitat
"You have to have a habitat to … CARRY ON!"
That’s the chorus, that’s the message.

Recycle Rap
"reduce – duce-duce-duce-duce"
Acapella rap by Dana on voice and voice beat-box.

Howling
Owwwwwww

The Expanding Universe
"Remember when you’re feeling very small and insecure how amazingly unlikely is your birth … And sink your roots deep into reality, Dance your life for Planet Earth"
The Monty-Python classic sing-along that spirals on and on.

Sea Shepherd
"On the proud Sea Shepherd we defend the ocean blue"
Flute and guitar sea shanty written from Dana’s experience at sea.

No More Bunya Nuts
‘Dharma is the things you do
Karma is what comes to you’
An Ozzie allegorical tale about the Bunya pine.

Willy the Wombat
More adventures in the Australian Bush with Willy the Wombat and a naughty Bower Bird, lyrical lullaby.

The Tree
One of the most powerfully stirring songs I have ever heard. The story, told by an ancient tree, of a life in the wilderness and the coming of the bulldozers.

Soft Eyes
A beautiful soft lullaby – "Sail on to distant lands And dance upon the magic of distant sands"