The Last Quiet Places

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October 18, 2013 a project of ServiceSpace Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential. - Gordon Hempton - The Last Quiet Places Gordon Hempton says that silence is an endangered species. He's an acoustic ecologist -- a collector of sound all over the world. He defines real quiet as presence -- not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth as Gordon Hempton knows it is a "solar-powered jukebox." Quiet is a "think tank of the soul." In this interview we take in the world through his ears. { read more } Be The Change Make time for inner quiet this week by stopping sometimes, and turning away from ordinary sounds for a few minutes and listening to your own "thinktank of the soul." COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Most Beautiful Street in the World Two Ducks & Their 7-Year-Old Hero More Than Human: Striking Animal Portraits Do Trees Talk to Each Other? The Little Girl Who Stood Up for a Mountain Airlines Offers Free Ride to Tardy Butterfly New Zealand's River That Is A Person What A Plant Knows DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 131,694 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More