Dana’s Blog

Jane Goodall’s Memorial at the National Cathedral November 12 2025

I was so honored to be invited to sing at Jane Goodall's memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington DC last week.  Watch the entire service via Jane's website. I start singing at at about 34:20. There is so much beautiful music and so many lovely talks....

“Love Song to Jane” Music Video

I was honored to be able to sing "Love Song to Jane" to Jane on her 90th birthday at a speaking engagement she had at the Moore Theater in Seattle. Watch "Love Song to Jane" on YouTube ...

Dana Lyons & Jane Goodall

Remembering Jane Goodall

“I don’t know about that song “Cows With Guns”. Jane Goodall, her assistant Mary Lewis, and several members of Jane’s team and I were traveling in a van late at night after one of Jane’s speaking engagements back to the hotel. “Do they HAVE to have guns? ...

Eco-Freakos and Insurance Actuaries Unite!

I've been working on the climate change issue since high school. In the 1970s, one industry was being real about climate change. Yes, the radical environmentalist actuaries in the insurance industry. You may go to church with some of these bead wearing long hair insurance...

Dana’s New Music Video “Ride The Lawn”

I’m happy to announce my new music video Ride The Lawn, co-directed by cinematographer Taiming YuenJames and myself. Ride The Lawn includes a cameo appearance by my father, Herbert Lyons, and was filmed on location in my backyard and my neighbor’s backyard, as well as...

Dana’s New Music Video: “Love Song to Jane”

I'm happy to share my new music video "Love Song to Jane", now viewable on YouTube. You can listen to Love Song for Jane or purchase the mp3 at Bandcamp. Support Jane Goodall's work at the Jane Goodall Institute Love Song to Jane was funded in part by...

Dana’s Music Video: The Great Salish Sea

“The Great Salish Sea” is written from the perspective of the 104-year-old matriarch “Granny” of the resident orcas and depicts how the sounds of boats have changed over the last century, from Native American canoes to large sailing ships, and now to today’s giant freighters...

Chosen By My People

“Chosen By My People” is a call to action to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich’in Indians’ subsistence way of life. This is an extremely important human rights and environmental issue. Filmed in the summer of 2016 in Arctic Village, Alaska by world-renowned nature...