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Of course you've heard Pauline Oliveros

Always a wonderful visit to her pages and updated efforts.  Here, you can support her tower bell piece, if you are able: http://deeplistening.org/site/content/tower-ring-homepage

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on August 16, 2011 at 12:20pm — No Comments

Warm Welcome to La Cosa Preziosa

The Soundscape Support Team may invite you to Italy for a special soundscape workshop and retreat.  We're formulating the plan, so if you're interested, please contact kkrause@wildsanctuary.com or through the network. Besides playing a major part in an inspired arts retreat in Italy that welcomes Soundscape artists, the Palazzo Rinaldi, new member La Cosa Preziosa, has a fine website  well worth visiting,…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on June 7, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Nature Sound of Canada

Soundscape Support Team member Mark Brennen has a neat, new site up that's crisp, cool, and deserves notice.  Best of luck with Nature Sound of Canada (http://www.NatureSound.ca) as Soundscape Ecology continues to grow an on-line audience - and gain global awareness.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on May 24, 2011 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Requiem for Fossil Fuels

An interesting and artistic collaboration to turn fossil fueled cities into composition. Check it out: http://www.o-a.info/rfff/index.html… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on May 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

David Kuhn and Other Rare Birds of Kauai

Many of you may have heard of the terrific work of Hawaii's David Kuhn.  He states many birds' ...are dying out' as natural habitats, the wetlands of Kauai disappear.  We're delighted to see his vital work featured in The New York Times, Sunday, May 15, 2011 edition. Check it out: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/travel/treks-through-kauai-exotic-and-bittersweet.html

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on May 15, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Audio Branding for Autos

Let's hope Audity helps keep cars on the quiet side when redesigning/re-branding their sounds.  Otherwise we in for another spate of overly noisy toys.  

(The pix is of this boom car is just for illustration.  Q: If we start building quieter cars, will folks just install noisier sound…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on April 28, 2011 at 10:00am — No Comments

Share your sound - Add your voice!



Is anybody out there?  It would be great to hear more from ALL members - you can add content here, so please feel free to do so...it's encouraged! Soundscape Team members are invited to contribute posts to these pages.  So please feel free to share what you're doing, add news, bring us up to date on related information, upload soundfiles or video, highlight local efforts.… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on April 18, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Guitar-driven, Eco-tune Contest

Have a little piece of music handy that would be good for an environmentally friendly PSA? Someone will win a quick $200 in Audio Draft's current contest; or check the other catagories, here.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on April 3, 2011 at 9:30am — No Comments

Amalgamated Recordings: A 'Sunday Kind of Soundscape'

Nice blog from Amalgamated Recordings, thought it might be of interest.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on April 3, 2011 at 8:39am — No Comments

Soundscape Ecology in the Digital Age


It seems that recent article in Bio-Science (Mar. 2011) has shared our interest in Soundscape Ecology with the world!  You might say it's 'gone Twibe-al'.  In between listening for the lovely tweets of the natural world, 'tweets' coming from the digital world seem to be increasing. http://www.twibes.com/group/SoundscapeEcology

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 31, 2011 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Soundscape Ecology in KQED 'Climate Watch'

Many thanks to KQED's terrific 'Climate Watch' report by Craig Miller - with more to say about Soundscape Ecology in 'Eco-systems by Ear: It's About Time'.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 27, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Bernie Krause's Soundscape Ecology breaks new ground in AIBS 'BioScience'

Proud to announce that the March 2011 issue of BioScience, the American Institute of Biological Sciences peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly journal, features 'Soundscape Ecology: The Science of Sound in the Landscape', co-authored by Bernie Krause with colleagues Bryan Pijanowski and… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 27, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

Death by Distraction: Effects of noise on wildlife

Interesting article from Conservation Magazine about how human-created sounds interfere with creature decisions about food & mate selection.  Check it out along with the Dawn Stover article on the same page, 'Not So Silent Spring'.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 22, 2011 at 10:11am — No Comments

Wilderness Society explores a Quieter Forest

Cheers to Wilderness Society ecologist, Matt Dietz, currently tracking 53 bird species in the Sierra National Forest as part of a study to help determine impact of noise on wildlife of our National Forests. We applaud TWS for forwarding this work. MORE.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 8, 2011 at 11:51am — No Comments

Support the soundscapes of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Musically gifted? Arctic Live is seeking a theme song to help raise awareness about some of the most tranquil soundscapes that still exist in the natural world, those found amid the wilderness and wildlife of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The timeless voice of that ancient environment still rings forth in several places with sounds of Caribou, Polar bear, Arctic fox, Dall sheep, a million migrating birds and more. We'll supply…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on March 4, 2011 at 12:31pm — No Comments

Here it comes folks. Everybody and their iPhone in the field.

http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/14/why-the-pros-need-citizen-science/The idea of going quietly into the field as a solitary exploration may have met it's match in the compelling new iPhone apps now being developed to encourage 'citizen science'.  Of course, ecological monitoring is needed to help protect and preserve natural bio-diversity, and that takes having good and…
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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on February 24, 2011 at 10:38am — No Comments

Minnesota Tweets for Tweeters

Kudos to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for utilizing digital technology to encourage visits to the state parks, going cyber-communicative to get locals away from their screens and back into trekking the woods.  Tech-free listening time -- to hear real 'tweets' -- is more important than ever, even if it takes a bit of 'virtual tweeting' to remind someone near you.… Continue

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on February 19, 2011 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Help grow the Soundscape Support Team

Post the Soundscape Support Team badge on your website or other social networking sites.  Click 'get badge' under the black box to your right; it'll allow your friends and colleagues to add their profiles and help our group gain members to increase features and dialogue.

Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on January 3, 2011 at 8:14am — No Comments

Introducing Arctic Live, a celebration of fragile Arctic Soundscapes

Soundscapes of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (in the uppermost NE part of Alaska) are as fragile and beautiful as the place itself; it's a great place for the Soundscape Team to know about and support. ARCTIC LIVE, a unique on-line and live event celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Refuge is just beginning. Please join us in support of this effort. Visit the Facebook page, and stay tuned for more updates to this…

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Added by Katherine (Kat) Krause on December 12, 2010 at 8:11pm — 1 Comment

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