Clamor

“Finally, a book that raises a necessary clamor about the perils of a noisy world! Chris Berdik shows us just how much is at stake when we can’t hear ourselves think and animals can’t find their way home. It’s time to listen and bring back the soundscapes we actually want.” – Florence Williams, author of The Nature Fix“Chris Berdik has expanded our thinking on the paradox of living with a bad thing—noise—and its twin, the loveliness of sound… By recognising and shaping it, we can turn up the harmony and turn down both the acoustic and psychological vexation.” – Susan Rogers, author of This Is What It Sounds Like“Chris Berdik’s Clamor comes at the perfect time. The ‘appetite for sonic refuge,’ as he puts it, has become a universal need in an era of ever-growing attacks on our basic senses. This book is a suitably calm and clear-eyed guide to the resistance.” – John Lingan, author of A Song For Everyone: The Story of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Chris Berdik is the author of Mind Over Mind. His work has appeared in Popular Science, Wired, Politico, and elsewhere, and he has been awarded reporting grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Society of Environmental Journalists. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.