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Saving the Silence: World’s Last Quiet Places

“Silence is the think tank of the soul,” according to Gordon Hempton, aka the Sound Tracker, co-founder of Quiet Parks International (QPI), a nonprofit devoted to identifying and preserving endangered quiet spaces around the world, saving not only our well-being, but our environment as well. Read all about how Hempton first tuned into his quiet quest in our interview with him, “When We Save Silence We Save Everything

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