Photo credit: HadasBandel licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The Los Angeles Jewish Journal reports that a local restaurant, Lenny’s Casita, has started using drone delivery in conjunction with a startup company, Flyby....
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The quiet revolution is here
Photo credit: Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition As those who follow this blog may remember, when I’m not writing about noise issues I’m working as a home handyman fixing things. Ah, the joys of home ownership. On this week’s journey to a...
“Sex and the City” tackles noisy neighbors
Photo credit: Ed Yourdon licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Over the years there have been some books, television shows and movies that...
Another silent spring?
Photo credit: Tina Nord from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition In 1962, Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring helped jumpstart the environmental movement in the U.S. and worldwide. Carson wrote lyrically, almost poetically, about how pesticides,...
California to phase out new small off-road gas engines by 2024
by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition, and Jamie L. Banks, PhD, MS, Executive Director, Quiet Communities, Inc., Co-Founder, The Quiet Coalition A new California law, AB 1346, phases out the sale of new small off-road gasoline engines. The law, based on...
Noise bothers narwhals in the Arctic
This image is in the public domain by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report on EuroNews Green discusses research on narwhals done by scientists at the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. The scientists studied...
Neighborhood sleuths unmask source of disturbing sound
Photo credit: nuria.mpascual licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies When people in Brooklyn Heights continued to hear “a mechanical chirp or...
Fight over condo parking garage bell hell
Photo credit: Liza Summer from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies A St. Petersburg, Florida resident, Fred Sherman, is speaking out against the loud bells...
Is noise a reason workers resist returning to the office?
Photo credit: Nicola Barts from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Is noise rage contributing to worker resistance to returning to the office after working from home during the COVID lockdowns? This report from the National News, United Arab...