August 29, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
Musicians and their songs have always reflected and influenced social, political, and cultural concerns, whether it’s Marvin Gaye crooning about air pollution in his 1971 hit “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)” or the marching beat of U2’s anti-sectarian violence song “Sunday Bloody Sunday.”
Echoing Green, a New York nonprofit group that supports social entrepreneurship, is holding a contest asking readers of its blog to name their top favorite songs that inspire them to work on making the world a better place.
Contestants can create a “mixtape” of their songs and submit them by September 12. Entries will be judged on their creativity and theme by a panel of Echoing Green staffers, and the winner of the contest will receive an iPod.
So what would be on your mix tape? Which songs do you find most inspirational or relevant to the work you do?
