Community organizers share struggles and successes in reducing gas-powered leafblower noise You know the sound: a noisy leafblower revving and roaming in your neighborhood. Many of us experience it daily. On weekend mornings when we’re trying to sleep, or while
Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? That’s the question John Stewart asks in “Why Noise Matters,” a book he co-authored with Arline L Bronzaft, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers, and Val Weedon. Episode 8 of Soundproofist is
Got a noise issue? This toolkit can help. What noise problem are you trying to solve? Maybe you want to persuade a neighbor, influence a restaurant owner, advocate for policy change, or hire a mediator. This starter toolkit can help you
To be an effective advocate, you need data Dr. Erica Walker is a Harvard-trained researcher and an advocate for quiet spaces. She studies the health impacts of noise and maps noise levels in the Boston metropolitan area. And she shares