The global climate crisis demands urgent and comprehensive societal engagement, with education playing a critical role in fostering ecological awareness and action. Music education, with its unique ability to evoke emotional and creative responses, offers a promising avenue for addressing this crisis. This chapter examines the current state of ecological music education in Germany, exploring its potential to contribute to a sustainable transformation. While practical initiatives—such as sonification projects in schools, university seminars on music and climate change, and independent artistic-educational endeavors—demonstrate its capacity to engage students, significant gaps remain between practice and academia. Key challenges include limited interdisciplinary collaboration, slow academic responsiveness, and insufficient integration of ecological topics into music curricula. Drawing on case studies and recent research, this chapter highlights the need for stronger connections between academic research, practical initiatives, and international perspectives to advance ecological music education. It advocates for strategies such as knowledge-transfer platforms, design-based research, and institutional support to foster a more holistic and sustainable approach. By bridging these gaps, music education can play a meaningful role in the global ecological transition, offering insights that not only enhance the German discourse, but also inform international initiatives to address the climate crisis through education.