In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds an urgent environmental alarm. Natural silence is our nation's fastest-disappearing resource, warns Emmy-winning acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, who has made it his mission to record and preserve it in all its variety--before these soul-soothing terrestrial soundscapes vanish completely in the ever-rising din of man-made noise. Recalling the great works on nature written by John Muir, John McPhee, and Peter Matthiessen, this beautifully...
In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take for granted and sounds...
Olympic National Park, the Hoh and the surrounding forests hold many treasures Come inside and enjoy a tour featuring magical photographs by award winning photographer Allyson Kitts and a special memoir by Emmy Award-winning sound recordist and acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton.
Olympic National Park, the Hoh and the surrounding forests hold many treasures Come inside and enjoy a tour featuring magical photographs by award wi...
