Violist Christiana Fortune-Reader discusses approaches to the integration of music and sustainability in the undergraduate General Education curriculum in ways also applicable to community arts engagement. Fortune-Reader considers the practices of artists across centuries who are inspired by the natural world, focusing on music by living composers who write with wonderment about Earth and its origins; concern for its survival; and hope and purpose for its future. She pairs this approach with inviting students and community members to actively engage in music-making workshops as beginners, amateurs, or professionals. Fortune-Reader implements aesthetic ecocriticism as she discusses nature-themed works of music, poetry, and the visual arts. The author also reflects on her own covid 19 pandemic experience of recording natural sounds to focus her listening while feeling starved for live music and in-person concerts. At first glance, the connection of music with sustainability may seem suspect when scientists and engineers can accomplish much with technical solutions. Scientists, however, tend to also value the affective element of eco art: its ability to move people emotionally. Through singing, playing, or listening, participation in music provides a catalyst for the layperson to build a personal connection to ecological awareness.