'The Ignored Pollutant' - Noise, Health and Ecopsychology
Channel: ramblinactivist
Date: 09/03/2017

Goramblinactivist 2/17: 

ing out into the dark of a Spring morning, to hear the dawn chorus, I find myself pondering another, intrusive phenomena; noise.

Noise is the signature pollutant of our modern era. While we may have concerns about air pollution or climate change, the creation of both these effects is in most cases accompanied by noise. In the urban fringe, and deeper into rural areas, the levels of noise pollution are now growing.

Recent research suggests that not only is noise damaging to human health, but that access to green spaces, and the ability to listen to birdsong, has beneficial effects to human health. Noise is therefore not simply an annoyance, but is also innately linked to human well-being.

This video was made to accompany my article in 'The Ecologist', which can be found at:
http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/2988746/noise_the_ignored_pollutant_health_nature_and_ecopsychology.html

The referenced version of that article can be found on my web site:
http://www.fraw.org.uk/mei/musings/2017/20170303-ramblinactivist-ignored_pollutant.html