Happy Earth Day
And happy sixth anniversary for The One Square Inch of Silence! We consider today all the efforts, ideas, and projects that are given special attention today to protecting Earth – the beautiful blue globe that orbits the sun and sustains our very existence. Let us also remember the significance of preserving one square inch of wilderness from intrusion of non-natural sounds. OSI is a beacon of quiet, the eternal flame of silence, that is here to remind us that the loss of natural quiet will be a loss of the sounds of primordial earth; it is here to remind us that we must be active to protect areas of wilderness so that we will be able, forever, to hear our Earth as it was before it was ensconced in a layer of cacophonic, disturbing and disrupting sound. Let us remember that our efforts to preserve one square inch of silence in our national areas of wilderness is actually protecting thousands of square miles. And let us remember that preservation of natural sound, of natural quiet causes a ripple of effect, just as a butterfly’s wings, across our precious, beautiful Earth.
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