Earth Day Eve 2021 | National Geographic

(Uplifting music) - [Jane Goodall] We're all part of one community.

Hi everyone. I'm Jessica Nabongo coming to you from the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. For over 130 years, Nat Geo has used its groundbreaking storytelling to inspire the explorer in everyone, including me. In October 2019, I became the first black woman to visit every country in the world. Travel has helped me better understand the world and my place in it. But when traveling isn't possible, Nat Geo helps us all explore the furthest reaches of the Earth and beyond.

Tonight I am happy to serve as your guide as we embark on a musical journey that will take us from the woodlands of Norway to the coast of California. We have an incredible Earth Day Eve lineup ahead with uplifting musical performances by some of our favorite planet-loving artists alongside shout-outs from beloved National Geographic Explorers. The party continues afterwards on Nat Geo's TikTok. All of this as we count down to Earth Day 2021 and the world premiere of "Secrets of the Whales" on Disney+.

In a moment, singer-songwriter Alt Bloom will tell you how you can be part of Share Your Spot, Nat Geo's Earth Day hashtag challenge. So kick back and get ready to celebrate our shared love for the planet we all call home.

• [Alt Bloom] Where is your favorite spot? That spot where our planet feels most like home, where you feel most alive, most hopeful, most connected to our world and others. National Geographic wants you to share your favorite spot using #shareyourspot. We may even share it with our hundreds of millions of followers, a growing movement of people who love our planet as much as you do. Join us and share your spot.

• Hi, I'm Aurora and I think it's fantastic to be here with you on National Geographic Earth Day Eve. I especially love being here because the matter of nature and the Earth is such an important cause for me. It lies so close to my heart. For me, nature is definitely the biggest source of inspiration. And it's the only place I feel like I can go where no one ever asks you of anything. You can just purely exist out here which I really, really love. This forest is a forest that means a lot to me. I spent a lot of time here as a child, and it's very nice to be back. I feel very at home.

(Soft guitar music)
♪ Just like the seed ♪
♪ I don't know where to go ♪
♪ Through dirt and shadow I grow ♪
♪ I'm reaching light through the struggle ♪
♪ Just like the seed ♪
♪ I'm chasing the wonder ♪
♪ I unravel myself ♪
♪ In slow motion ♪
♪ Mm mm mm, mm mm mm ♪
♪ Mm mm mm, mm mm mm ♪

(Singers vocalizing)
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money oh, no ♪
♪ Mm mm, suffocate me ♪
♪ So my tears can be rain ♪
♪ I will water the ground where I stand ♪
♪ So the flowers can grow back again ♪
♪ 'Cause just like the seed ♪
♪ Everything wants to live ♪
♪ We are burning our fingers ♪
♪ But we learn and forget ♪
♪ Mm mm mm, mm mm mm ♪

(Singers vocalizing)
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪

(Singer vocalizing)
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ Oh no ♪
♪ Feed me sunlight, feed me air ♪
♪ Feed me truth and feed me prayer ♪
♪ Feed me sunlight, feed me air ♪
♪ Mm mm mm ♪
♪ Feed me truth and feed me prayers ♪
♪ Mm mm mm ♪

(Aurora vocalizing)
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪

(Singer vocalizing)
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ When the last tree has fallen ♪
♪ And the rivers are poisoned ♪
♪ You cannot eat money, oh no ♪
♪ Oh no ♪

(Singers vocalizing)

What a great way to start the night. After this, I'll be grabbing my phone to check out everyone's happy places posted with #shareyourspot. So get on it.

Now, I'm standing in the historic Hubbard Hall, the original home of the nonprofit National Geographic Society. For over 130 years, the society has been investing in bold people and transformative ideas, including the two people we're about to hear from.

Before that, here's more about how the National Geographic Society drives impact by identifying and funding an international community of explorers.

• [Girl] If I was an Explorer.
• [Girl] If I was an Explorer.
• [Boy] I would wake up.
• [Girl] Put on my hijab.
• [Boy] Put on my gear.
• [Girl] I would take my tools to investigate.
• [Boy] I'd put on my spacesuit.
• [Girl] Then I'd shoot off into the stars.
• [Girl] If I was an explorer, I wouldn't care about getting dirty.
• [Boy] I would take my findings back to the lab-
• [Girl] To build things, create new things.
• [Dominique] To be an explorer is all about understanding this world better.
• [Hannah] To show the world a different way of seeing.
• [Arthur] To venture into uncharted territory. My name is Arthur Huang.
• [Hannah] Hannah Reyes Morales.
• [Dominique] Dominique d'Emille Correia Goncalves.
• [All] And this is what an explorer looks like.

(Upbeat music)

• Hey, everyone. I'm Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. I'm a wildlife ecologist and a National Geographic Explorer. Thank you for joining me and National Geographic for this Earth Day Eve celebration. I love Earth Day. I feel like I celebrate it every single time I go out and do my work. But on April 22nd, I always love to connect with nature. Whether it's a trail or a local park or even going to the beach, connecting with nature on April 22nd is my way of giving back and saying thanks.

Some work I've been doing recently that I'm super proud of, it's aiming to protect female animals to make sure that they have the healthy, thriving habitats they need in order to give birth. Females create the next generation of wild animals for our planet, and their health means the health of the world. Where's my spot? Here is my spot.

• Hello, everyone. My name is Lillygol Sedaghat, and I'm a National Geographic Explorer here in San Diego, California, in my favorite place in the whole wide world, the slab. This place is really important to me. It brings together people and planet and place. You've got the blue sky and the beautiful golden sun, big trees, the green grass, and this concrete that allows all of my friends and I to come here every weekend to be able to practice breakdancing.

Earth Day is about connectivity and understanding that we're connected to people and place and planet. And this space represents that to me in its fullest degree. So I wanted to share it with you. Join me and the Nat Geo family for a celebration on Earth Day 2021. Bye.

(Uplifting hip hop music)

• Wonderful to hear from Rae, and Lillygol, I see that breakdancing. Is there a cooler job title than National Geographic Explorer? Right now, I'm super excited to be among the first to step foot in the National Geographic Museum's brand new exhibition, Once Upon a Climb, Stories from Everest opening later this year.

The exhibit is the latest in National Geographic's long history of working on Mount Everest, including awarding nearly 200 grants for Everest-related projects. In addition to being the world's highest mountain, Everest is also a massive water tower that supplies drinking water to over a billion people, making its protection all the more important.

But now, we travel from Nepal to Sweden to link up with Jose Gonzales, who'll be performing his brand new track "Visions" off his forthcoming album, "Local Valley." Then we'll catch a performance from one of the greatest artists in world music today, the legendary Angelique Kidjo.

• Hi, I'm Jose Gonzalez. I'm happy to be here with you on this Earth Day Eve. I'm excited as a longtime fan of National Geographic and as a fan of our planet. We're filming this at Saro Vasterskog near my hometown Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden. Since I was a kid, we used to cycle to the ocean to hang out with friends and family. And I love it by the archipelago with its granite rocks, oaks and pine trees just by the water.

For the last couple of years I've been writing and recording close to nature, taking walks while listening to sketches of my half-finished songs. I have to say the forests and water give me perspective and calm. Suddenly I can pause my ruminating thoughts and feel at ease.

The song I'm going to play is called "Visions." It's a song for our humanity and the Anthropocene. We are the apes that are starting to understand the universe and our place in it. We are changing our surroundings at an exceedingly rapid pace, so much that we're becoming stewards of our planet, whether we like it or not. So we need visions, visions of the future, collective visions that are wise enough to learn from our past and from the present, envisioning a future where we all can flourish.

(Soft guitar music)
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Trying to make sense of the now ♪
♪ Trying to make sense of the past ♪
♪ To show us how ♪
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Imagining the worlds that could be ♪
♪ Shaping a mosaic of fates ♪
♪ For all sentient beings ♪
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Cycles of growth and decay ♪
♪ Cascading chains of events ♪
♪ With no one to praise or blame ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Avoidable suffering and pain ♪
♪ We are patiently inching our way ♪
♪ Toward unreachable utopias ♪
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Enslaved by the forces of nature ♪
♪ Elevated by mindless replicators ♪
♪ Challenged to steer our collective destiny ♪
♪ Visions ♪
♪ Look at the magic of reality ♪
♪ While accepting with all honesty ♪
♪ That we can't know for sure what's next ♪
♪ No we can't know for sure what's next ♪
♪ But that we're in this together ♪
♪ We are here together ♪
♪ We are here together ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ We are here together ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ Oh, we are here together ♪
♪ Mm ♪
♪ We are here together ♪

• Hello everyone. My name is Angelique Kidjo, and I'm so happy to be with National Geographic to celebrate Earth Day evening. This song "Dignity" is about our dignity as human being as we live on Earth that is carrying us, that have carried us for generations. And I think it's about time that we pay attention more to Mother Earth.

My continent is the one that is really feeling the heat and is feeling the pain of this global change. And I think that we, that's the reason why I wrote this song with Yemi Alade, and I'm trying to bring the new generation of musician to raise their voice, to save our Earth. And altogether, we can surely do this.

(Upbeat music)
(Angelique singing in foreign language)
♪ Dignity, can save you or kill you ♪
♪ Dignity, I wanna hold on to you ♪
♪ Dignity, can hurt you or heal you ♪
♪ Dignity, I wanna hold on to you ♪
♪ Were you there yesterday ♪
♪ When the gunman shoot men down ♪
♪ No retreat ♪
♪ No surrender ♪
♪ He can push you no fall down ♪
♪ Many come, many go ♪
♪ We're not asleep, we're there for all ♪
♪ We come in peace ♪
♪ Not in pieces ♪
♪ Oh yeah, yeah Oga ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal, is reciprocal ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal ♪
♪ My Oga, oh oh ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal, is reciprocal ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal ♪

(Angelique singing in foreign language)
♪ Where they disguise it ♪
♪ I don't tire, tire oh ♪
♪ As I look your eyes ♪
♪ Giant of Africa ♪
♪ When life be better ♪
♪ You promise me tomorrow ♪
♪ But nobody sees tomorrow ♪
♪ I don't tire, oh ♪
♪ Tire, tire ♪
♪ Tire for the lamba ♪
♪ I don't tire, oh tire, tire ♪
♪ Why the to they lie ♪
♪ I don't tire, oh, tire, tire ♪
♪ Tire for the lamba ♪
♪ I don't tire, oh, tire, tire ♪
♪ Why the to they lie, my Oga ♪
♪ Oh, respect is reciprocal, is reciprocal ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal ♪
♪ My Oga, oh oh ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal, is reciprocal ♪
♪ Respect is reciprocal ♪

♪ Were you there yesterday ♪
♪ When the gunman shoot men down ♪
♪ No retreat, no surrender ♪
♪ He can push you, no fall down ♪
♪ Many come, many go ♪
♪ We're not asleep, we're there for all ♪
♪ We come in peace ♪
♪ Not in pieces ♪
♪ Oh yeah, yeah ♪
♪ The glimpse of hope in humanity ♪
♪ The last frontier of our own sanity ♪
♪ Spread your love to all equally ♪
♪ And plant the seeds of radical beauty ♪
♪ The wind will blow ♪
♪ The light will show ♪
♪ Real Beauty on a brand new day ♪
♪ The wind will blow ♪
♪ The light will show ♪
♪ Real Beauty on a brand new day ♪
♪ It will glow on a brand new day ♪
♪ A clear way on a brand new day ♪
♪ It will glow on a brand new day ♪
♪ We'll get down on a brand new day ♪
♪ Walk with your head straight ♪
♪ Reciprocal ♪
♪ Stand with your head straight ♪
♪ Reciprocal ♪
♪ Walk with your head straight ♪
♪ Reciprocal ♪
♪ Stand with your head straight ♪
♪ Reciprocal ♪

• Next up, the Berkshires, an epic performance from the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma awaits. He is also featured in the May issue of "National Geographic" magazine now on newsstands. But first, we're honored to share a special message from the ever-inspiring Dr. Jane Goodall.

• Hello, this is Jane Goodall, and it's Earth Day. So thank you for joining me on Earth Day. It's a day when we should be celebrating the wonder of this amazing planet on which we live. It's our only home, and we still have so much to discover. But the tragedy is that we've been disrespecting nature and this is causing climate change. It's causing the loss of species, the loss of biodiversities. So we're in the sixth great extinction.

And so today on Earth Day, we need to reflect on the harm that we've done and think about ways in which we can work together to heal that harm before it's too late. And you know, just as an aside, it was our disrespect of nature and animals that caused this terrible pandemic that's led to so much suffering around the world.

And you know, we created conditions with trafficking animals around the world, killing them, eating them, wildlife markets, factory farms. In all these things, we create conditions where a pathogen, like a virus can jump from an animal to a person and sometimes create a new disease, as was the case with COVID-19. Bad luck for us that was very contagious and just went racing around the world.

And we'll get through that, but then we're faced with two real threats, climate change and loss of biodiversity. And that also is caused by our disrespect for both of these, by our disrespect for nature. So as I say on this Earth Day, let's get together and start thinking of ways in which we can heal some of this harm.

What can you do? What can I do? I think first of all, we can make lists of what we as individuals can do to save the planet. And that's something you can all do, sit down, discuss it with your friends, your parents, and make a list, but not just for Earth Day. We should look at this list every single day, because that's what it's going to take to save the planet.

So the message really is Earth Day every day. Earth Day for planet Earth, this beautiful planet that nurtures us, this environment of which we are part and on which we depend, and we mustn't go on destroying it. Partly because it's beautiful in its own right, partly because it's destroying our great-grandchildren's future, if we don't start healing it.

We're really using up some natural resources faster than nature can replenish them, and as species become extinct, so I like to think of it as tearing holes in this beautiful tapestry of life. And as more and more species become extinct, so this tapestry becomes more and more tattered and a whole ecosystem can collapse.

So think of what you can do as an individual. I try to think every day of my ecological footprint. I try to turn off lights and not waste water, and well, in the pandemic, I haven't been able to fly or I haven't even driven anywhere. So I think my footprint has been especially light. I'm not eating meat and trying to keep away from dairy.

I've been pretty well vegan while I've been at home and sending out messages all over the world on Zooms and podcasts, so that we encourage more and more people to lead lives that are friendly towards nature. And that's what you can do.

And our Roots & Shoots program, which is for young people from preschool, university and everything in between and even some adults now, these are exactly the kind of things that they and other youth programs with the same mission are doing. So think about all of this on Earth Day. Do your bit and together we can save the planet. Thank you. Goodbye.

• I'm so happy to join you from the grounds of Tanglewood. These Berkshire Hills in western Massachusetts have been a spiritual home for many, a source of inspiration for makers of music and poetry, for builders of homes and communities for millennia.

Look to the shores of the lake in the distance, Lake Mackinac. Mackinac, the home of the Mohicans, the indigenous people of this place who live now in upper Wisconsin and are known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians are the people for whom the waters are never still. They used to share music on the shores of the lake, and they still cherish this land as hallowed ground.

Today, by combining the human enterprise of music with the majesty of nature, we continue a sacred practice. Through the ephemeral nature of music, we are reminded that we are but temporary custodians of this land. And it is our duty to cultivate the land and ourselves to find balance between humans and nature as this place's indigenous people teach us, in order that our species can survive and thrive. So with gratitude, here is this offering of music for our Earth Day celebration.

(Bright cello music)

• Such a moving performance from Yo-Yo Ma. You can learn more about him in Nat Geo's new book "Spark" coming out April 27th from bestselling author Claudia Kalb. And does it get any better than Jane? Coming up next, we have a world premiere video from My Morning Jacket, as well as an appearance by singer-songwriter Valerie June.

And stick around, still coming up are performances by Willie Nelson, Maggie Rogers, and so much more.

• Hi, I'm Jim James from My Morning Jacket, and we are so grateful to be here with you and National Geographic on Earth Day Eve as we know now more than ever it's so important for us all to send as much love as we can to Mother Earth for her continued healing and protection. Thank you.

♪ Are we undercover ♪
♪ What's left to see ♪
♪ Trying to discover ♪
♪ How it came to be ♪
♪ In a past life ♪
♪ Feeling loved ♪
♪ But now in the present ♪
♪ Seeing blood ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ Feel you ♪
♪ Feel you ♪
♪ Whoa, making time to waste time to feel time ♪
♪ Oh, wash over you ♪
♪ Ooh, watching you, watching me ♪
♪ Reaching out between the worlds ♪
♪ To feel you, yeah ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you, yeah ♪
♪ Are we under covers raining blood ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, and all I want to do is feel you ♪
♪ Feel you ♪
♪ Feel you ♪
♪ Oh, making time to waste time to feel time ♪
♪ Oh, wash over you ♪
♪ Ooh, watching you watching me ♪
♪ Reaching out between the worlds ♪
♪ To feel you, yeah ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you, yeah ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you, yeah ♪
♪ And all I want to do is feel you, yeah ♪

• I'm Lucy Hawkes. I'm a marine biologist and a National Geographic Explorer, and I'm here in Devon on the south coast of England. I'm passionate about protecting the Earth around me, because I study some of the most amazing animals that we share it with. I study animal migration, and I use tracking tags to follow the incredible movements of migratory species.

Because of my work, I've been able to find out that birds can make flights of more than 1000 miles at a time without needing to stop to eat, to drink, or to sleep. Or that sea turtles in our oceans can stay underwater for more than seven hours at a time. And currently, I'm studying a small angry white seabird called the Arctic tern.

These birds weigh about the same as a bar of soap, but they can make a journey every year from the Arctic to Antarctica and back again clocking enough distance over the course of their life to make six return trips to the moon and back. We're tracking them using tiny little tracking tags like this, and I can't tell you what a privilege it is as a scientist to be allowed to hold this amazing bird in my hand, to look at this tiny little creature that sees the world at a planetary scale.

And the more I study these animals, the more passionate I am about protecting the Earth around me and around you too. Because every spring and fall the skies above you and the oceans around you are filled with incredible migratory species no matter where you live on Earth. And I consider myself really lucky to share the planet with these animals. So thank you for joining me and the National Geographic on this Earth Day Eve celebration.

• Hello there, I'm Valerie June. I recorded my performance for National Geographic at Prospect Park, and I recorded a song called "Home Inside." It's a song to remind all of us that Earth is a school, and how we treat the Earth and how we respect each other is super, super important for the healing of our planet.

As I wrote in my book, Mother Earth is continuously trying to communicate with us. The environment is in a state of emergency. We're facing a climate crisis. But miraculous things can happen when we are living mindfully. The smallest steps to respect the Earth could positively shift the planet faster than we could ever dream would be possible.

I do believe that each citizen of the planet has a responsibility to respect the Earth, to treat it kind, and in doing so, love and respect each other. Enjoy the song.

♪ Hm, hm-hm-hm, hm-hm-hm-hm ♪
♪ I know there is a place for me ♪
♪ Help me to grow that I may leaving see ♪
♪ A stream that flows so well no end to find ♪
♪ That holds the key and stills my chattering mind ♪
♪ I know ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ There is a home inside ♪
♪ Window to soul where every dream abides ♪
♪ Each breath is gold ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ A pathway light, a guide ♪
♪ Garden to grow, keep on the sunny side ♪
♪ Some call it prayer ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Some say it should not cease ♪
♪ Some sit and breathe ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Some fall on bended knees ♪
♪ I'd be a fool ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ To let it have a name ♪
♪ Earth is a school ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ To shine is why you came ♪
♪ Some call it prayer ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Some say it should not cease ♪
♪ I must agree ♪
♪ It's how I find my peace ♪
♪ I'd be a fool ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ To let it have a name ♪
♪ Earth is a school ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ To shine is why you came ♪
♪ I know there is a place for me ♪
♪ Help me to grow that I may leaving see ♪
♪ A stream that flows so well no end to find ♪
♪ That holds the key and stills my chattering mind ♪

What a cool video from My Morning Jacket and a stellar performance by Valerie June. Also, great to hear from Lucy. Next up, we've got National Geographic Explorer and photographer Brian Skerry giving us a sneak peek at "Secrets of the Whales," the epic four-part series premiering on Disney+ on Earth Day.

• Hi, I'm Brian Skerry, National Geographic photographer and producer. And thank you for joining me and Nat Geo for this Earth Day Eve celebration. You know, throughout all the years that I've been exploring the world's oceans, I've seen so many beautiful things, but I often see some pretty bad things out there too. Still, I remain hopeful because I know the ocean has the ability to heal itself if we simply protect it.

I first learned about this while working on a story in New Zealand about marine-protected areas and saw underwater ecosystems that had rebounded and were thriving because of conservation. So the place that makes me feel most hopeful about the future of the planet is the Poor Knights Island in New Zealand, because it was there that I first learned what was possible.

I think every day should be Earth Day, because I've seen time and time again just how extraordinary our planet is. I remain passionate about our planet, because whether you travel to the ends of the Earth or into your own backyard, discoveries can be made. And while Earth Day is always a special day, this year there's a special reason to celebrate, my three-year project about whales culminates with the Earth Day premiere of the Disney+ original series "Secrets of the Whales."

It's also the subject of my new National Geographic book of the same name, as well as a cover story in the May issue of "National Geographic" magazine. I'm excited to share a clip from the series with all of you and hope you'll check it out on Disney+ starting at midnight.

(Soft music)

• [Narrators] Whales are the world's most intelligent giants, but they're still a mystery.
  (Whales squeaking)
• [Man] Right there, right there.
  (Camera shutter clicking)
• [Narrator] Three years of filming reveal an extraordinary truth. Whales have culture.
  (Beluga chirping)
• Each family speaks a unique language. They love deeply, play with joy and mourn their dead. Whales are just like us.

And one of the smartest of them all is proving that these social bonds are the secret to their success.

What amazing footage. Don't forget, the Disney+ world premiere of "Secrets of the Whales" is just a few hours away. For now, let's check out a fun performance of "I Don't Want to Live on Mars" by the one and only Ziggy Marley before Rostam serenades us with "These Kids We Knew."

• Hi, I'm Ziggy Marley, and I'm very happy to be here celebrating Earth Day on this Earth Day Eve with National Geographic. Earth is my mother, there is no other. So for me, so for all of you, so coming together and giving some love, show some appreciation and highlighting the affection and the importance of respecting the Earth and choosing the earth as a partner in our life I think is very important, and I'm very happy to be a part of it.

So thank you for having me. Enjoy. This one is called, "I Don't Want to Live on Mars," and I wrote this especially as a song dedicated to love, my Earth, you know.

♪ I don't want to live on Mars ♪
♪ I don't want drive space cars ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you and do the things we do ♪
♪ Don't wanna escape to the moon ♪
♪ Can't let the world go boom ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you ♪
♪ And do the right things to you ♪
♪ You give me everything I need ♪
♪ You're my garden, you're my breeze ♪
♪ Let me get down and thank you please ♪
♪ And let me lay here for a while ♪
♪ 'Cause your beauty makes me high ♪
♪ If you're smiling I will smile, yeah ♪
♪ And let me make one thing clear ♪
♪ Nothing can compare ♪
♪ Your love is the blue sky, your love is a butterfly ♪
♪ I don't wanna live on Mars ♪
♪ I don't wanna drive space cars ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you and do the things we do ♪
♪ Don't wanna escape to the moon ♪
♪ Can't let the world go boom ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you ♪
♪ And do the right things to you ♪
♪ Oh good karma you're my queen ♪
♪ Precious things my eyes have seen ♪
♪ The sweetest place they've ever been ♪
♪ You make me feel just like a king ♪
♪ I'll never leave you for that girl ♪
♪ Oh my darling you're my world, yeah ♪
♪ That witch called winter can be mean ♪
♪ Summers like I've never seen ♪
♪ They say I'm love crazy, love crazy ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna live on Mars ♪
♪ I don't wanna drive space cars ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you, let's do the things we do ♪
♪ Don't wanna escape to the moon ♪
♪ Can't let the world go boom ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you ♪
♪ And do the right things to you ♪
♪ I don't wanna live on Mars ♪
♪ I don't wanna drive space cars ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you, let's do the things we do ♪
♪ Don't wanna escape to the moon ♪
♪ Yo, even if the world whoa ♪
♪ I just wanna be with you ♪
♪ I'll do the right things to you ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't wanna live on Mars ♪

Love you, Mother Earth. Blessed Mother Day.

(Somber music)

• Hey, what's up? This is Rostam. It's so nice to be here with you all and with National Geographic on Earth Day. The song I'm gonna play for you is called "These Kids We Knew." I wrote it while I had COVID-19.

The problems that we have in our world are interrelated. The environment is something that we have to all take care of. And these interrelated problems can't be solved unless we solve all of them, and it can't happen unless we do it all together. That's really how I feel about it and hopefully some of that philosophy made it into the song. Thank you.

(Upbeat rock music)
♪ These kids we knew for so long ♪
♪ They don't speak like they've been spoken to ♪
♪ By governments or emperors ♪
♪ Gonna line you up on the sidewalk court ♪
♪ Ain't proud of where we're going ♪
♪ You say we can't afford the slow down ♪
♪ But the skies won't take it no more ♪
♪ So we're gonna slowly pull the Earth back together ♪
♪ These kids we knew for so long ♪
♪ They don't speak like they've been spoken to ♪
♪ By governments or emperors ♪
♪ Gonna line you up on the sidewalk court ♪
♪ Ain't proud of where we're going ♪
♪ You say we can't afford the slow down ♪
♪ But the skies won't take it no more ♪
♪ So we're gonna slowly pull the Earth back together ♪

Those were truly wonderful performances from Ziggy and Rostam. Earlier we heard from Jane Goodall who once said, "Only if we understand will we care. "Only if we care will we help. "Only if we help shall all be saved."

That mindset has been at the core of Nat Geo's purpose-driven storytelling. And now they're taking that one step further through the creation of Planet Possible, National Geographic's new platform to inform, inspire and empower consumers to live more lightly on the planet.

Here's more about this exciting new program. And then we'll pay a visit to Willie Nelson's backyard for a performance of "Laws of Nature."

(Soft music)
♪ Hurry, the mountains are calling ♪
♪ Dive in the lakes and the oceans ♪
♪ Follow the rivers ♪
♪ And forests around you ♪
♪ The wild is out there pulling inside you ♪
♪ A feeling that can't be erased ♪
♪ I believe the impossible is possible together ♪
♪ Yeah, I believe, oh ♪
♪ I believe, oh, eh ♪

• Hi, National Geographic. I'm Willie Nelson, and this is my song, "Laws of Nature."

(Energetic guitar music)
♪ I get my energy from the sun ♪
♪ And I'm not the only one ♪
♪ And I feel better when I'm done ♪
♪ I get my energy from the sun ♪
♪ I get my oxygen from the air ♪
♪ Plenty for me and plenty to spare ♪
♪ And I can find it anywhere ♪
♪ I get my oxygen from the air ♪
♪ And I plant my seeds in the howling gale ♪
♪ But the laws of nature still prevail ♪
♪ Look at them seeds and look at me ♪
♪ The apple didn't fall far from the tree ♪
♪ And I get my water from the rain ♪
♪ And if it don't rain I'll die ♪
♪ Stormy weather saves my life ♪
♪ Sometimes I laugh and wonder why ♪
♪ Stormy weather saves my life ♪
♪ Sometimes I laugh and wonder why ♪

• We're getting closer and closer to the world premiere of "Secrets of the Whales" on Disney+. One of the biggest threats to marine life is single-use plastics. So here I am in a dress made from 79 recycled plastic bottles. Isn't it the perfect Earth Day Eve outfit?

And now we'll close out the program with Maggie Rogers who will be delivering a golden hour performance of "Love You for a Long Time." Before we go, don't forget to share photos and videos of your happy places using #shareyourspot and come over to Nat Geo's TikTok next for a very special after party.

Thank you so much for joining us. We hope you feel excited and inspired by everything you've seen and heard today. Happy Earth Day from National Geographic.

• Hey, I'm Maggie Rogers here with National Geographic on Earth Day Eve. We are in beautiful Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles, California, which I love for its wildness and for its history of music. I am joined tonight by Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes, two of my favorite musicians to play "Love You for a Long Time."

(Soft piano music)
♪ Came in like a vision from the old west wind ♪
♪ Like a bright new dream that I was stepping in ♪
♪ I saw your face and I knew it was a sign ♪
♪ And I still think about that moment all of the time ♪
♪ You know that I could never make this up ♪
♪ I found the reason and I'm not giving it up ♪
♪ I felt the fever and I knew he was mine ♪
♪ Oh and I am gonna love you for a long time ♪
♪ And in the morning when I'm waking up ♪
♪ I swear that you're the first thing that I'm thinking of ♪
♪ I feel it in my body, know it in my mind ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you for a long time ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you for a long time ♪
♪ Oh, I never knew it, yeah, you took me by surprise ♪
♪ While I was getting lost so deep inside your diamond eyes ♪
♪ So many things that I still wanna say ♪
♪ And if devotion is a river, then I'm floating away ♪
♪ And in the morning when you pick me up ♪
♪ And all the world is quiet, 'cept the mourning dove ♪
♪ I feel it in my body, know it in my mind ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ Oh, don't slow down now ♪
♪ Gonna break me down ♪
♪ Put your hands in my hair ♪
♪ Put your mouth on my mouth ♪
♪ Don't slow this down, never let me go ♪
♪ Baby, don't you wanna see how far this thing can go ♪
♪ Can go, oh ♪
♪ Never letting go ♪
♪ Oh, and in the morning when I'm waking up ♪
♪ I swear that forever could never be enough ♪
♪ I feel it in my body, know it in my mind ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ Oh, I feel it in my body, know it in my mind ♪
♪ Oh, I ♪
♪ Oh, I feel it in my body, know it in my mind ♪
♪ Oh I ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you for a long time ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you for a long time ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ I'm gonna love you ♪
♪ Ooh, I'm gonna love you ♪