April 22nd, 2011
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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October 12th, 2009
The quietest place in the United States is now active with the calls of the Roosevelt Elk and the soft applause of falling maple leaves. This is a perfect time to visit and experience, first hand, the profound depths of nature in the absence of noise pollution.
Quiet eco-tourism is now building a ground swell of interest with One Square Inch of Silence listed as among the world’s most desirable destinations for aural solitude by Forbes Traveler, MSN and Yahoo!
Air travel is the number one destroyer of natural quiet in wilderness areas. As the Holiday Season approaches and air travel peaks, don’t forget to mention to your airline that according to information provided by the Air Transport Association it costs less than a dollar per passenger to avoid flying over a national park’s wilderness area—far less of a cost than weather! Ask your pilot to file a “deviation from flight plan” to avoid national parks and help save silence. This action will help bring this urgent need to the attention of airlines by those people they value most.
Ken Burns, producer of The National Parks—America’s Best Idea, reviews the book, One Square Inch of Silence. “After a while we begin to sense that it is silence that is our greatest teacher. The interval between musical notes. The pauses in a play or speech or conversation. The awe-inspiring cloisters of our civilizations. But it is in nature, as this wonderful gem of a book reveals, that we find the real blessing of silence.”
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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. 