Behavior Quote by Gordon Hempton

An acoustic ecologist is a listener who is aware that sound is information. It's information because it's created by events, events produce sound, and…

— Gordon Hempton

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to…

— Stephen Hopkins

"Acoustic ecologist" is basically a fancy name for someone who tries to become a better listener. Not just listening to those thoughts, ideas, and…

— Gordon Hempton

Sound is the vocabulary of nature.

— Pierre Schaeffer

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

— Bill Laswell

Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the…

— Pierre Schaeffer

“The lesson for this Round, as we shall hear time and again, is that each generation inhabits a different acoustic universe, constituted by different…

— Hillel Schwartz

Early ecologists soon realised that, since humans are organisms, ecology should include the study of the relationship between humans and the rest of the…

— Richard Heinberg

The fragile weave of natural sound is being torn apart by our seemingly boundless need to conquer the environment rather than to find a…

— Bernie Krause

The wonderful thing about sound is that it is invitational, so ultimately each person is going to find their own relation to the material.

— Lawrence English

Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.

— Frank Luntz

Only within the 20th Century has biological thought been focused on ecology, or the relation of the living creature to its environment. Awareness of…

— Rachel Carson