Ellie Goulding Drops New Video: Watch Here

Ellie Goulding has released the music video for her cover of Joni Mitchell’s classic song “River” – and it’s showing off the dangers of polluting the waters.

The video sees the songstress along the UK coastline near Dungeness with her friends, gathering beach litter and recycled objects to make a zero-waste Christmas tree. The finished tree will be donated to The Village Prep School in North London for the Christmas season, before being deconstructed and re-used in future.

The video is inspired by Goulding’s philanthropy work as a UN Global Ambassador. “I have always loved Joni Mitchell she was one of the first female artists that made me want to be a singer,” Ellie said in a statement. “She is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and I just truly hope that I have done this song some justice. Shooting the video in Dungeness was beautiful but a timely reminder that every single piece of plastic ever made is still on this planet. Plastic stuff is everywhere and our coastlines are suffering horrendously. It’s a material that will last for hundreds of years so we need to have a plan. We wanted to show something different and to incorporate a different type of Christmas message while creating something reusable and beautiful – I’m so happy that it will live on at the Village Prep School, hopefully visiting many more schools to come.”