Photo credit: Joey Lu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Think about honking if you ❤️ conceptual art. That’s the bumper sticker I saw in a parking lot recently. Judging from the 2014 date and mention of the Walker Art Center, I think it’s referring to a...
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What is quiet travel?
Photo credit: Leah Newhouse by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Writer Natalie Gale discusses quiet travel on The Good Trade, a Los Angeles-based independent lifestyle publication providing readers with editorials on sustainability, slow living and...
Woman acts out over loud yard equipment
Photo credit: Gustavo Fring by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies In 1989, Carmine Santa Maria and I published a paper in the John Jay College newspaper titled: “Noise...
Insight into penguins’ sensitivity to noise
Photo credit: en:User:Cburnett, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Listen up: new insights into little penguins’ sensitivity to noise." That’s the title of a report on the Science Daily website, but I think the title is...
Voluntary ship slowdown protects killer whales
Photo credit: Red Brick by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Underwater noise makes it difficult for killer whales to hunt and communicate, which endangers their lives. In...
Connecticut orders recycling plant to cut noise
Photo credit: Alex Fu by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Caitlin Burchill, writing for NBC CT, reports that the state has ordered Reworld (formerly known as Covanta) to reduce noise levels at its waste recycling facility in Bristol, Connecticut. The...
Teaching drivers (and cars) to honk judiciously
Photo credit: S. von Hoerst by Jeanine Botta, MPH, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition In late July, residents of two San Francisco apartments began losing sleep as the sounds of horn honking from a fleet of autonomous vehicles filled the parking lot their buildings face....
Environmental risks escalate cardiovascular disease
Photo credit: Nancy Bourque by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition "Environmental risks escalate cardiovascular disease burden, experts warn." That’s the headline of an article from the American Journal of Managed Care by reporter Maggie Shaw. Shaw reported on...
Forest Hills concerts ongoing, despite lawsuit
Forest Hills, New York. Photo credit: Complicated from ATHENS, GEORGIA, USA, licensed under CC BY 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Concertgoers are eagerly awaiting...