More and more, artificial, human-generated, undesirable and unhealthy sound unduly burdens the soundscape—the indispensable, integral acoustic component of our environment.
To bring about awareness of this problem, prevent and abate noise as much as possible, the Right to Quiet Society for Soundscape Awareness and Protection was established in 1982.
If you wish to read and learn more about us, our work, and find information on the effects of noise, how to deal with noise problems, and how to protect yourself from noise, you are cordially invited to explore our web site.If you find our work interesting, have any comments or suggestions to make, please Contact us.
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On Wednesday April 25, 2007, the 12th annual International Noise Awareness Day was observed throughout North America and in many other countries around the world, co-ordinated by the Noise Center of the New York League for the Hard of Hearing. Locally, members and supporters of the Right to Quiet Society distributed leaflets in Vancouver and other places to raise awareness about the ever increasing level of noise pollution in our environment. To see photos of our efforts in Vancouver, please click here. A report on INAD 2007 is on page 6 of our Fall 2007 NOISE-letter . Many thanks to all who helped to make this campaign successful.
Workshop on Transportation-noise Sources
Southampton, UK, June 2 - 4, 2008A Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS)-approved workshop on transportation-noise sources in Europe will be held at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton, UK, on June 2 - 4, 2008.
The title is "The Design of Low-noise Vehicles for Road, Rail, and Air Transportation" and is sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK). The goal of the workshop is to identify and prepare an inventory of the technology available today for the design of low-noise vehicles, and to assess what is needed to be developed in future technology for the reduction of transportation noise.
Workshop on Motivating Public to Demand Action
Dearborn, Michigan, USA, July, 2008A workshop entitled "How Do We Stimulate Collective Action to Motivate the Public to Demand Quiet?" will be held in Dearborn, MI, in July during NOISE-CON 2008. Because many Americans are unaware that something can be done about noise in their communities, successful campaigns which resulted in local and national programs such as those banning smoking in public places, will be examined in an effort to see how they might be a
guide for a "quieter America" campaign.
For more information, e-mail <noisecontrolfoundation@gmail.com> or visit
<http://www.noisecontrolfoundation.org>
ACOUSTICS WEEK IN CANADA
Vancouver, 6–8 October 2008Acoustics Week in Canada 2008, the annual conference
of the Canadian Acoustical Association, will be held in
Vancouver, British Columbia from 6 to 8 October 2008.
Conference Website:
www.caa-aca.ca/old_site/conferences/Vancouver2008/2008 FIA (Acoustics) Congress
Buenos Aires, Argentina, November, 2008The 2008 FIA (Acoustics) Congress, organised by the Iboamerican Acoustics Federation and the Acoustics Association of Argentina will be held in Buenos Aires in November 2008.
For information please visit
http://listas.fceia.unr.edu.ar/
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or contact ruido-urbano mailing list
ruido-urbano@fceia.unr.edu.ar
Calling
noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be
considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere."
— Dr. William H. Stewart, former Surgeon General of the United
States
