The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), recently launched a music album featuring songs about nature to help inspire and promote environmental awareness and change.
The launch of KANTALIKASAN capped the celebration of the Philippine Environment Month, with the theme “Beat Air Pollution.” This year’s celebration also paid tribute to “Battle for Manila Bay,” an ongoing effort to restore the heavily polluted water body back to its former glory.
DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu expressed high hopes that the music album would serve its purpose of encouraging more people to care for the environment even as he congratulated the producers, composers and others who have taken part in the undertaking.
“Through this medium, we can deliver the message across that all Filipinos.”
“We are optimistic that through this medium, we can deliver the message across that all Filipinos should be empowered to take care of our environment and natural resources,” Cimatu said.
“Don’t just listen to the songs, but also share and apply the message behind each song.”
The environment chief also urged everyone to “not just listen to the songs, but also share and apply the message behind each song—that we only have one life to live, one planet to love, and many chances to make a difference for our environment and natural resources.”
Featured in the album are the winning entries in the KANTALIKASAN Environmental Song Writing Competition organized by the EMB-Central Office last year.
Interpreted by the DENR’s KANTALIKASAN Environmental Singing Ambassadors, all songs are original compositions focusing on environmental protection, conservation and preservation. The songs are in various genres, such as pop, ballad and classical.
DENR-NCR Regional Executive Director Jacqueline Caancan said the album was produced by the EMB’s Environmental Education and Information Division, in collaboration with Ivory Music and Video and Studio Z Audio Productions and Recording.
The album features environmental songs “Kalikasan at Pag-ibig” composed by KANTALIKASAN champion Oliver Narag; “Kayamanan” by Bejay Fabia; “Para sa mga Musmos pang Darating” by Rochelle Anne Rodriguez; and “Liliwanag Din ang Ating Mundo” by Arnold Ramos.
Other songs in the album are “Kalikasan ay Kayamanan,” “Kalikasan,” “Himig ng Inang Kalikasan,” “Katapusan,” “Kalikasan ay Kalakasan,” and “Tayo nang Gumising.”
The album is featured in streaming sites Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer and YouTube.
The album launch was held at SM City-Novaliches in Quezon City.