by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition, and Honorary Chair, Quiet American Skies Yes, indeed, humans can learn from other species. Sometimes, we forget this, but Manasee Wagh in her article “Why Owls Are a ‘Spirit...
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A quiet power tool?
Photo credit: Dr. Daniel Fink by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition I am an inveterate DIYer, maintaining two houses and assisting in keeping two others in good repair, so I have a lot of tools and am always looking for better ones. My father taught me that...
Dense plantings may help block noise
Photo credit: Jo Kassis from Pexels by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition This report from Discover discusses how plants can help absorb, diffuse, or block noise, especially road traffic noise. I didn’t know that noise actually makes leaves tremble,...
Nature is quiet
Photo credit: Michelle Cipriano licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition The National Park Service noise maps show that without anthropogenic sounds--that is, human influenced sounds--nature is quiet. The top map shows existing...
NYC mayoral candidate makes noise an issue
Photo credit: Thomas Good licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition Shant Shahrigian’s article on New York City mayoral candidate Scott Stringer's recent press conference to discuss city...
Pandemic quiet gave voice to pigeons
Photo credit: Vicky Deshmukh from Pexels by Arline L. Bronzaft, Ph.D., Board of Directors, GrowNYC, and Co-founder, The Quiet Coalition We all know that city dwellers have changed their routines during the pandemic. According to Matthew Rozsa, so have urban pigeons....
We can dream of a peaceful and quiet new year
We can dream of a peaceful and quiet new year
Birds changed their tune during the Covid lockdown
Birds changed their tune during the Covid lockdown, writes Dr. Arline Bronzaft, who looks at two articles reporting that birds in San Francisco sang more softly and with improved vocal range during lockdown.
The future of work is…quieter?
David Sykes asks if the future of work will be quieter. He writes that as designers and businesses think how to make workspaces healthier post-pandemic, they should also think about quiet and privacy.