Playlist for Change is a curated playlist by Dr. Medina, blending music with a message of climate awareness and environmental care.
This collection brings together powerful songs that inspire action, celebrate nature, and reflect on the challenges our planet faces. Through diverse rhythms and voices, Playlist for Change showcases how music can be a force for change, uniting cultures in the fight for a sustainable future.
Disclaimer: This playlist is intended for educational purposes only and does not imply any commercial affiliation. All copyrights remain with the respective artists and musicians. Every link and file shared is protected under Fair Use for educational and informational purposes.
“La Extinción”
“La Extinción”was written in 2009 by Colombian musician, singer, and composer Pernett, and remains highly relevant today. The song critiques humanity’s obsession with exploring Mars while simultaneously destroying Earth’s natural resources. Pernett’s signature fusion of Afro-Caribbean and Latin rhythms, combined with traditional instruments like gaitas and maracas, creates an energetic and uplifting sound. This contrast between the serious environmental message and the vibrant, danceable music gives “La Extinción” a unique and powerful impact, making listeners reflect while they enjoy its infectious beats.
La Extinción
By Pernett
Que van a acabar el mundo y mandarnos pa’ otra parte seguramente ya tienen playas y hoteles
en Marte
Actuando con la conciencia de un suicida potencial rociando veneno aquí echando veneno allá
No hay respeto por la vida no hay respeto ya por na’ y todos los días se ve como reina la
crueldad
Hay calles donde hubo selvas y puentes donde hubo arroyos, después máquinas por hombres
se perdió el valor de todo
(Coro)
-Por Aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
-Entre guerras y peleas desde hace siglos atrás …
-Por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
-abusando de la tierra y de su autoridad
- por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
- con su vicio y con su juicio se extingue la humanidad…
Murieron las tradiciones y llegó la involución en la era de las cavernas quizá se vivía mejor
Aunque hay electricidad carro y computador ya no se respira aire ahora se respira smog,
La lluvia que era bendita se convirtió en fuego y plomo y los mares son piscinas para bombas de
plutonio
Algún día si te vas de este hermoso paraíso ten cuidado de ti mismo y vive sin egoísmo
Coro
Por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
Entre guerras y peleas desde hace siglos atrás
Por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
Abusando de la tierra y de su autoridad
Por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
En el Cielo y hasta en Marte están gritando que crueldad!
Por aquí por allá se extingue la humanidad
Con su vicio y con su juicio se extingue la humanidad
The extinction
They are going to end the world and send us somewhere else, surely they already have beaches
and hotels on Mars
Acting with the awareness of a potential suicide, spraying poison here, spraying poison there.
There is no respect for life, there is no respect for anything and every day you see how cruelty
reigns.
There are streets where there were jungles and bridges where there were streams, followed by
man-made machines, the value of everything is lost.
(Choir)
- Here and there, humanity is going extinct
- Between wars and fights, for centuries…
- Here and there, humanity is going extinct
- Abusing the land and its authority
- Here and there, humanity is going extinct
- With its vice and its judgment, humanity is going extinct
Traditions died and involution arrived. In the cave ages, perhaps people lived better
Although there is electricity, cars, and computers, we no longer breathe air, we breathe smog
instead,
The rain that was blessed turned into fire and lead, and the seas are pools for plutonium bombs
Someday if you leave this beautiful paradise, take care of yourself and live without selfishness
Chorus
Here and there, humanity is going extinct
Between wars and fights, for centuries
Here and there, humanity is going extinct
Abusing the earth and its authority
Here and there, humanity is going extinct
In Heaven and even on Mars, they are shouting what cruelty!
Here and there, humanity is going extinct
With its vice and with its judgment, humanity is going extinct
“Blue (Diminuto Planeta Azul”)
Macaco, a band from Barcelona, Spain, released Blue (Diminuto planeta azul) in 2019, featuring Jorge Drexler and Joan Manuel Serrat. The song explores the pressing challenges of our modern world while offering a humbling perspective on humanity’s place in the vast universe. It highlights how, despite being just a tiny speck in the cosmos, we often focus on issues that do not contribute to the preservation of our species or the well-being of our planet. Through its poetic lyrics and evocative melody, Blue serves as a call for greater awareness and responsibility toward our fragile home.
Lyric Blue (diminuto planeta azul)
This is our little stage,
It is our play,
We are the actors,
We write the script and we portray it.
Everything we know,
Every single memory,
Of every single human,
And each of those that will come.
Every single passenger,
Our sorrows and glories,
All of our wishes.
Every love we fight for,
The ones that came to rescue us,
All those impatient kisses,
Those who stayed,
Between your lip and my belly.
Civilizations, kings and plebeians,
Saints and sinners,
Lovers and abstainers,
All adopted dreams,
Big ones, small ones,
Hollow and busy and oversized.
Every single story of our emotions,
blessed martyrs, thousands of religions, little tiny stage more than
overpopulated.
Everything happens in an instant,
A little tiny dot, a tiny grain of sand, A speck of dust from the universe.
Everything happens in an instant. The cosmos say that we are the
shooting stars.
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too…oh
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too
Blue (diminuto planeta azul)
Blue, the point of view is up to you, you, you.
All those that try harder,
The prisoners of hurry,
Time that is always chasing us,
All those confronting words,
And the words that coexist.
Anonymous angels,
Secrets and habits,
Ideologies on pedestals,
Delusions of grandeur,
Contradicting prejudices,
All those laws that don’t represent us.
Everything happens in an instant,
A little tiny dot, a tiny grain of sand, A speck of dust from the universe.
Everything happens in an instant. The cosmos say that we are the
shooting stars.
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too…oh
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too
Blue, the point of view is up to you, you, you.
Our nourished self-importance,
Our false projection,
From a privileged position,
Our ego that have devoured lives,
For the glory of a moment,
Our echo barely arrives
a few millimeters,
From the perspective of the universe.
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too…oh
Blue, little tiny planet blue,
Where our people live,
And you are living too
Blue, the point of view is up to you, you, you.
“El Planeta” (the Planet)
El Planeta (The Planet) is a powerful Caribbean salsa track by Colombian musician and environmental advocate Jalimer. Blending the vibrant rhythms of Spanish Caribbean music with a sobering message, the song expresses the deep sorrow of witnessing the planet’s suffering—wishing it were only a nightmare, not our reality. El Planeta calls on humanity to reflect on the damage we are inflicting on nature, especially our oceans. It’s a plea for awareness and transformation—a wake-up call to change our destructive behaviors before it’s too late.
Lyric El Planeta (The Planet)
I wish it was just a nightmare,
what the planet is experiencing.
It is humanity itself that damages nature.
We must improve all that bad behavior.
If we continue in the same way,
Where will we end up?
There is too much pollution,
loss of biodiversity,
deforestation,
without thinking that the world
can collapse.
There is too much pollution,
loss of biodiversity,
deforestation without thinking,
the world can collapse.
Take care and preserve nature,
because if you continue polluting,
you will hurt yourself.
Take care of, preserve nature,
because if you continue polluting,
you will hurt yourself.
There is too much pollution,
loss of biodiversity,
deforestation without thinking
that the world can collapse.
There is too much pollution,
loss of biodiversity,
deforestation without thinking
that the world can collapse.
Take care of, preserve nature,
because if you continue polluting,
you will hurt yourself.
Take care and preserve nature,
because if you continue polluting,
you will hurt yourself.
“Ya tu sabes la Vuelta, a cuidar el planeta” = Now you know what to do: take care of the planet!
Before the ozone layer disappears,
it is not too late to find a way.
To reduce,
recycle,
reuse, and preserve the planet.
Before the ozone layer disappears,
it is not too late to find a way.
To reduce,
recycle,
reuse, and preserve the planet.
Before the ozone layer disappears,
it is not too late to find a way.
To reduce,
recycle,
reuse, and preserve the planet.
Take care of, preserve nature,
because if you continue polluting,
you will hurt yourself.
Before the ozone layer disappears,
it is not too late to find a way.
To reduce,
recycle,
reuse, and preserve the planet.
Before the ozone layer disappears,
it is not too late to find a way.
To reduce,
recycle,
reuse, and preserve the planet.
Jalimer, The Son of Town
The Planet
Lyric El Planeta +
Disclaimer: This playlist is intended for educational purposes only and does not imply any commercial affiliation. All copyrights remain with the respective artists and musicians. Every link and file shared is protected under Fair Use for educational and informational purposes.