A note from Joe Patitucci, creator of PlantWave.
For more than a decade, I've been exploring what happens when we treat Earth not as a resource from which to extract, but as a creative collaborator.
PlantWave began as a question:
What might we hear if we let nature lead?
Over time, that question turned into a device — one that translates the subtle electrical fluctuations of plants into sound in real time. What surprised me wasn't just how much I enjoyed the music. It was how people responded when they heard it.
Listening to a plant changes something.
It shifts our perspective.
It slows our breathing.
It invites deeper connection.
While we recognize it benefits Earth simply through the peace it inspires in humans and the awareness it generates around nature, we wanted to figure out a way to share the benefits with nature in a more quantifiable way.
Why EarthPercent
This is why we've chosen to formally support EarthPercent, founded by Brian Eno. We are committing 1% of PlantWave's revenue to nature preservation initiatives through the foundation, including indigenous-led projects.
Indigenous communities steward a significant portion of the world's remaining biodiversity. Their leadership in ecosystem protection isn't theoretical, it's proven. Supporting that work felt aligned with what PlantWave has always been about - collaboration with nature.
PlantWave is not just a device for generating plant music. It is an invitation to listen differently — to recognize that creativity does not belong exclusively to humans. It is all-pervading, animating us in this dance we call life.
Now, that listening also contributes to protecting the ecosystems that make plant life possible.
A Structural Commitment
This is not a campaign or a temporary gesture. It is a structural commitment. It is integrated into how PlantWave operates going forward.
We will formally activate this support at our SXSW 2026 showcase — a live plant-powered performance at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin. But the larger impact happens quietly, every day, when someone places sensors on a houseplant and listens.
Music made from living plants now gives back to living ecosystems.
If you'd like to learn more, you can read the official press release here.
And if you're curious about listening to your own plants, you can explore PlantWave here.
Thank you for listening.
— Joe
