Remy Rodden has been writing successful songs since he was a teenager, and for almost as long he has been promoting environmental awareness and sustainability. It's only natural that his first album project Think About the Planet combines these two passions.
Remy composed extensively during university studies in biology and environmental education, but it wasn't until moving to the Yukon Territory in the late 80s that his musical career truly began. A live radio interview in 1989 from the Frostbite Music Festival in Whitehorse led to the song Better Living Through Chemistry being recorded at the regional CBC studio and distributed nationally. He has since entertained at music festivals, coffeehouses, conferences, and special events from Halifax to Vancouver to Inuvik--coast to coast to coast. tapsong.htm
On the environmental education side, Remy has been involved in many efforts in the Yukon and beyond. Since 1990 he has been leading summer conservation camps for youth aged 12-16 in which students experience nature and environmental issues first-hand. In addition, he acts as the Yukon's coordinator for Project WILD, a popular supplementary environment and conservation education program offered by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, or CWF.
It is through his work as Project WILD Coordinator that the CWF became aware of Remy's talents. As sponsor of National Wildlife Week in Canada, the Federation was looking for new ways to promote the celebration. Together, they conceived doing a 30-second musical PSA--and Remy has written, performed and produced the "jingle" (in French and English) all but one year since 1991. Hundreds of radio stations play the theme song annually. The CWF is a sponsor of the Think About the Planet recording.
Remy lives in a bilingual household, comprised of three young boys and partner Marlynn Bourque--a photographer, graphic artist and dog musher. They live in a solar-powered house they built themselves in the mountains south of Whitehorse.