2nd Jam session recorded in oktober 2025 + added arrangements

Africana Introduction Nov25

Dreams of Transformation

Kitewinds

Herd Immunity 

Music, lyrics & production: Sjoerd Rombout
Original photography by www.nausikaadeblaauw.nl

Voice-over: Dr. Radley M. Horton | Professor and researcher | Columbia University | Climate scientist | Extreme Weather Events

Original clip: “The Coronavirus Pandemic's Impact On Pollution And Climate Change | NBC News” | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PKoF4GqFBA | Retrieved: April 1, 2020

Transcript/lyrics: 

“When we see this kind of profound shutting down of the transportation sector, so much of industry and the broader economy, that does indicate that a lot of critical pollutants are dropping in their concentrations.” 

[Sjoerd: Will our collective consumerist persona be immune to the effects of Corona?] 

“We have seen what look like reductions of ten to thirty percent in North East China and the industrial part of northern Italy over as short as, like, few week periods. You know as we started to see the virus really hit and some of these restrictions on people’s movement and industry going into place. So the numbers are big.” 
 
[Sjoerd: Will our collective consumerist persona be immune to the effects of Corona?]

“Are we as resilient as we think we are? Even in the areas that don’t get directly affected, right? ‘Cause we’re all connected.

When we get through this terrible crisis, will people replace that lost activity? Or are we just gonna buy up all the things that we didn’t buy during that time? Even if we don’t do that, will we just kind of return to the activities of the past? Are people maybe after this gonna say: Hey, video conferencing is improved a lot, supervisors are more understanding than they used to be - maybe I won’t drive into work five days a week in the future. 

If we turn the dial enough, if we as a society respond to this crisis in ways that mean   
over time, in the future - five, ten, twenty years - we reduce our emissions a lot, that’s where it can be decisive. Then we can stabilize the greenhouse gas concentrations, maybe even get to a point where we’re pulling more carbon out of the atmosphere than we’re applying, and we can start to see some climate recovery.”

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