Engineering:One Square Inch of Silence
One Square Inch of Silence is a noise control project symbolized by a small red stone symbolically placed in Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Park in 2005 by author and sound recording specialist Gordon Hempton.[1][2][3] The stone's location has been called "the quietest place in the United States".[4][5][6] According to commercial pilot Philip Greenspun, some airlines have voluntarily rerouted flights to avoid inducing noise pollution at the square inch.[1] Hempton has formed a foundation to prevent jet aircraft noise in Olympic National Park and other parks.[4][7]
Hempton's works, including One Square Inch of Silence, were covered in the 2010 documentary Soundtracker which debuted at the Sedona Film Festival.[8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Greenspun, Philip (August 31, 2013), Book Review: One Square Inch of Silence, https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2013/08/31/book-review-one-square-inch-of-silence/
- ↑ Baskas, Harriet (2007), Washington Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities and Other Offbeat Stuff (Second ed.), Globe Pequot, ISBN 9780762742356, https://books.google.com/books?id=r1rrOpO9nuUC&pg=PA104
- ↑ Baurick, Tristan (August 27, 2013), "Silence slipping away: Gordon Hempton has devoted his life to preserving silence in nature. Now losing his hearing, his mission isn't over.", Kitsap Sun, http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/silence-slipping-away
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard, Terry (May 31, 2013), "One Square Inch of Silence in Olympic National Park's Hoh River Valley a place of quiet", The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2013/05/one_square_inch_of_silence_in.html
- ↑ Bullinger, Jake (May 18, 2014), "Desperately seeking silence: Quest for quiet leads to Hoh Rain Forest. It's getting tougher all the time to find refuge from human-made noise. One man is trying to preserve a place of quiet in Olympic National Park.", Tacoma News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/05/18/3199963/desperately-seeking-silence-quest.html
- ↑ Sedgley, Adam (July 8, 2013), "Gordon Hempton's One Square Inch of Silence", BirdNote blog, http://birdnote.org/blog/2013/07/gordon-hemptons-one-square-inch-silence
- ↑ "Charitable Solicitations Program Charity Profile Report One Square Inch Of Silence Foundation, registration #28832", Charities directory (Olympia, Washington: Washington Secretary of State), https://www.sos.wa.gov/charities/search_detail.aspx?charity_id=28832, retrieved 2014-12-15
- ↑ Goodman, Leslee (September 2010), "Quiet, Please: Gordon Hempton On The Search For Silence In A Noisy World", The Sun (417), http://thesunmagazine.org/issues/417/quiet_please
- ↑ Soundtracker on IMDb
Further reading
- Hempton, Gordon; Grossmann, John (2009). One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World. Free Press (Simon & Schuster). ISBN 978-1416559085. https://books.google.com/books?id=GiTyqinsqHMC.
- Man's quest to defend one square-inch of silence, KING-TV, May 16, 2011, http://www.king5.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/08/01/12980620/
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