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> [Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a number-one environmental concern, not something we're going to get to later. And I say that because in that quiet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/many-environmentalists-have-failed-to-recognize-that-the-preservation/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

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## More by Gordon Hempton

> [Acoustic ecology is the study of information systems: the shared acoustic environment and how species send and receive messages in this shared acoustic environment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/acoustic-ecology-is-the-study-of-information-systems-the-shared/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [If you're listening to a symphony, you're getting all the information, including the audience around you, the delay from the sides of the concert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/if-you-re-listening-to-a-symphony-you-re-getting-all-the-information/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The earth has continued to change, from rapid climatic changes that have caused the glaciers and the ice sheets to basically bulldoze the landscape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-earth-has-continued-to-change-from-rapid-climatic-changes-that/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [You can listen to a birdsong, and from the content of the birdsong, you will be able to determine whether or not the bird…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/you-can-listen-to-a-birdsong-and-from-the-content-of-the-birdsong-you/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [You don't really need to engage your visual sense, because the natural wiring of the human psyche is to monitor the environment through sound,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/you-don-t-really-need-to-engage-your-visual-sense-because-the-natural/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Quiet is the element of discerning what is essential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/quiet-is-the-element-of-discerning-what-is-essential/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [I believe that our distant nomadic ancestors came forward and survived because they could hear distant, faint birdsong as an acoustic navigational beacon, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/i-believe-that-our-distant-nomadic-ancestors-came-forward-and/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [How are we going to know what sounds are important before we've even heard those sounds? It's an absurd question. The only thing we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/how-are-we-going-to-know-what-sounds-are-important-before-we-ve-even/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [What visual information does is it creates priorities. You cannot know with certainty what lies behind something else. There are very few transparent materials…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/what-visual-information-does-is-it-creates-priorities-you-cannot-know/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Not only does the modern person often think that sight is more important than sound - there's no objective evidence to indicate that. Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/not-only-does-the-modern-person-often-think-that-sight-is-more/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Many environmentalists have failed to recognize that the preservation of quiet areas, places off-limits to noise pollution, should probably be a number-one environmental concern,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/many-environmentalists-have-failed-to-recognize-that-the-preservation/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The normal way of gathering information is through sound: when you hear information that you want to gather, you look in its direction, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-normal-way-of-gathering-information-is-through-sound-when-you/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [The most important thing for our species is, before it speaks, to listen to its environment. That has a higher priority in any species'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-most-important-thing-for-our-species-is-before-it-speaks-to/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [Often how you define the problem will determine whether or not you're able to find a real solution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/often-how-you-define-the-problem-will-determine-whether-or-not-you-re/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

> [I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/i-used-to-hate-the-urban-environment-and-the-urban-din-but-i-realize/)

[Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/)

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