This booklet was created by CLUES Community Science Collaborators (CSCs): Alma Sanchez, Christina Neubauer, Lizeth Pineda Roldan, and Tania Acevedo Garcia. The goal of this project is to raise awareness and teach our Latinx community and other marginalized communities about noise pollution as we ourselves continue to learn more. One […]
Noise Refuge
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Bird song has become a popular method of sound therapy and can benefit humans, especially those experiencing the stress of noise pollution. Reduces Stress The sound frequencies of bird songs help humans restart mentally and provoke relaxation. Bird sound is also reassuring because they sing when they feel safe. Promotes […]
By Jaliliah Williams There’s a lot to be said about the beauty of the forest. The way everything seems to fit in place and flow within everything else. Nature is serene and peacefully quiet. It was effortlessly graceful, effortlessly beautiful. It seems as though every love song and poem revolves […]
Over time we’ve lost our connection to the outdoors. One of the reasons is our advancement in technology and living in a more industrial world. Urban environments are full of noises that are constant, annoying and many times affect our hearing and health. Noise pollution is something we hardly hear […]
WBC and Makeda Cheatom present Dragon Fruit Cacti music Sit, take a breath and relax. For 2 years WorldBeat Center has been researching the healing effects of sound particularly through plant music. Our research is part of the NOISE Project, a national community science project on the effects of noise […]