UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
Biosphere Soundscapes is currently based at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The research project is associated with the design program – an interdisciplinary program with dynamic pathways that encourage students to discover their creativity and develop critical thinking through experimentation in an inclusive and exploratory environment.
SOUNDCAMP
SoundCamp work with place and sound, especially live listening, as a way of exploring and making links between locations. SoundCamp are working on a long-term partnership with Biosphere Soundscapes to explore the creative and scientific possibilities of live streaming audio in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. SoundCamp brings together activities to do with live listening, as part of a broadly ecological practice. Join Soundcamp on International Dawn Chorus Day for Reveil: a 24 hour broadcast that tracks the sounds of daybreak, travelling West from microphone to microphone on sounds transmitted live by audio streamers around the globe.
WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES
The World Network of Biosphere Reserves of the MAB Programme consists of a dynamic and interactive network of sites of excellence. It fosters the harmonious integration of people and nature for sustainable development through participatory dialogue; knowledge sharing; poverty reduction and human well-being improvements; respect for cultural values and society’s ability to cope with change - thus contributing to the Millenium Development Goals. Accordingly, the WNBR is one of the main international tools to develop and implement sustainable development approaches in a wide array of contexts.
World Network of Biosphere Reserves Website
World Network of Biosphere Reserves Website
UNESCO
In 1945, UNESCO was created in order to respond to the firm belief of nations, forged by two world wars in less than a generation, that political and economic agreements are not enough to build a lasting peace. Peace must be established on the basis of humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity. Today, UNESCO's message has never been more important. We must create holistic policies that are capable of addressing the social, environmental and economic dimensions of sustainable development. This new thinking on sustainable development reaffirms the founding principles of the Organization and enhances its role: In a globalized world with interconnected societies, intercultural dialogue is vital if we are to live together while acknowledging our diversity. In an uncertain world, the future of nations depends not only on their economic capital or natural resources, but on their collective ability to understand and anticipate changes in the environment - through education, scientific research and the sharing of knowledge. In an unstable world - marked by fledgling democratic movements, the emergence of new economic powers and societies weakened by multiple stress factors – the educational, scientific and cultural fabric of societies – along with respect for fundamental rights - guarantees their resilience and stability. In a connected world - with the emergence of the creative economy and knowledge societies, along with the dominance of the Internet, the full participation of everyone in the new global public space is a prerequisite for peace and development.
UNESCO is known as the "intellectual" agency of the United Nations. At a time when the world is looking for new ways to build peace and sustainable development, people must rely on the power of intelligence to innovate, expand their horizons and sustain the hope of a new humanism. UNESCO exists to bring this creative intelligence to life; for it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace and the conditions for sustainable development must be built.
www.unesco.org
UNESCO is known as the "intellectual" agency of the United Nations. At a time when the world is looking for new ways to build peace and sustainable development, people must rely on the power of intelligence to innovate, expand their horizons and sustain the hope of a new humanism. UNESCO exists to bring this creative intelligence to life; for it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace and the conditions for sustainable development must be built.
www.unesco.org
FERAL ARTS
Feral Arts is one of Australia’s leading community cultural development companies. They are innovators in the field of digital storytelling, community mapping and communications. They specialise in partnerships in the Arts, Community, Education, Environment and Health sectors, creating new ways to communicate and collaborate through stories. They build world leading community-focused digital storytelling software systems and explore the potential of emerging digital technologies in finding creative solutions to cultural and social challenges. Feral Arts are collaborating with Biosphere Soundscapes to develop the community database and sound mapping systems. www.feralarts.com.au
FONOTECA NACIONAL DE MEXICO
Mexico's sound archive, home to the sounds of México, protects the musical and sonic heritage of the country through the collection, preservation and research, to give access to researchers, teachers, students and the general public to the sounds of Mexico. Also undertakes artistic, academic, cultural and recreational activities to promote the culture of listening. Fonoteca partnered with Biosphere Soundscapes in 2015 to produce Biosphere Soundscapes Mexico and expand our programs through South America.
www.fonotecanacional.gob.mx
www.fonotecanacional.gob.mx
AUSTRALIAN FORUM FOR ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY
The Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology (AFAE) was formed in 1998 by people interested in the awareness, experience, and study of sound and soundscapes. We are an affiliate of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE). The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, founded in 1993, is an international association of affiliated organizations and individuals in Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia that share a common concern with the state of the world's soundscapes. WFAE members represent a multi-disciplinary spectrum of individuals engaged in the study of the social, cultural and ecological aspects of the sonic environment. International WFAE conferences are held throughout the world with the most recent ones hosted in Mexico City (2009), Koli Finland (2010), and Corfu Greece (2011).
www.afae.org.au
www.afae.org.au
EAR TO THE EARTH
Ear to the Earth is a worldwide network for environmental sound art based in New York City. If people argue that music is a frivolous pursuit, an entertainment for those who can afford it, and that sound art has nothing to do with the realities of life, they'd be very wrong. The realities of life are communicated through sound. And sound can teach you how to understand the world. Listen to recordings of rainforests, rivers, deserts, and they'll talk to you. Listen to the recorded sounds of now extinct, or threatened, or endangered species and you'll grasp the possibility of an empty planet.
We're interested in bringing the world together, place by place, neighborhood by neighborhood, showing how people live, and, in general, creating an awareness of the world as a single planet. Above all, we're interested in pointing to environmental issues, reminding ourselves that we are life on Earth, that this is our home, and that it is our responsibility to keep it livable for our children and their children to come.
www.eartotheearth.org
We're interested in bringing the world together, place by place, neighborhood by neighborhood, showing how people live, and, in general, creating an awareness of the world as a single planet. Above all, we're interested in pointing to environmental issues, reminding ourselves that we are life on Earth, that this is our home, and that it is our responsibility to keep it livable for our children and their children to come.
www.eartotheearth.org
WORLD LISTENING PROJECT
THE WORLD LISTENING PROJECT (WLP) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to understanding the world and its natural environment, societies and cultures through the practices of listening and field recording. Biosphere Soundscapes launched on World Listening Day 2012 in the Noosa Biosphere Reserve www.worldlisteningproject.org
