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A Single Complaint is Almost Never a Single Complaint
Disagreements over sound can be heated and draining. But discussing the issue in person may provide a chance for both sides to learn and grow and find common ground.
The 181st Meeting of the ASA to be held in Seattle
The 181st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will be held Monday through Friday, November 29 through December 3 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle. To register or view the meeting program, visit the ASA website.
Effort to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in Saanich
Saanich environmentalist and community organizer Teale Phelps Bondaroff has been working on a campaign petitioning the Saanich Council to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, to create a recycling program to deal with obsolete landscaping machinery, and to regulate use of electric leaf blowers to ensure compliance with the Saanich noise suppression bylaw.
Action Alert: Protect our Wild Spaces
In July 2020, the Vancouver Park Board Commissioners approved the designation of 22 parks, including the quiet more secluded old grove of trees at Kits Beach and the Vanier Park Duck Pond, as legal drinking zones.
The COVID Effect on Outdoor Noise
Filmmaker Elvira Lount presented The COVID Effect on Outdoor Noise at the Right to Quiet Annual General Meeting on November 21, 2020.
Action Alert: Sign petition to prevent BYOB pilot project in natural park spaces
In July 2020, the Vancouver Park Board Commissioners approved the designation of 22 parks, including the quiet more secluded old grove of trees at Kits Beach and the Vanier Park Duck Pond, as legal drinking zones as part of the “Alcohol in our Parks Pilot Program.”