You are invited to a Zoom meeting
International Noise Awareness Day (INAD)
Wednesday April 27, 2022 12 PM -1:30 PM (PT)
QUIET PARKS AND QUIET SPACES
In observation of the 27th annual International Noise Awareness Day (INAD), and to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Vancouver based Right to Quiet, we invite you to a virtual forum examining the health enhancing benefits of quiet green spaces, and the importance of protecting such spaces from noise pollution for the benefit of humans and urban wildlife.
Quiet Parks and Quiet Spaces will address the health impacts of noise and the need for quiet spaces in urban parks, especially as density increases.
MODERATOR
CATHERINE EVANS (Vancouver): Park Board Commissioner 2014-2018; background in law, policy and communications; experienced community builder, facilitator and designer of public policy processes; passionate about public space.
INAD INTRO
ARLINE L. BRONZAFT, Ph.D. (New York): Environmental psychologist; Professor Emerita City University New York; Right To Quiet Board; Co-Founder The Quiet Coalition and INAD; advisor to five New York City mayors as chairperson of the Noise Committee GrowNYC.org; advisor Quiet Parks International; co-author Why Noise Matters.
PANELISTS
ULF BOHMAN (Sweden): Director of Urban Parks Quiet Parks International; City of Stockholm Guide to Silence, a project that helps people find green, calm places that promote well-being and inner stillness, particularly in green places in cities of the world; implemented many Urban Quiet Parks in Sweden and would like to do that across the globe.
FRANCESCO ALETTA (UK/Italy): Research Associate at the Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, The Bartlett, University College London; Italian Acoustical Society (AIA) member; Secretary Technical Committee Noise European Acoustics Association (EAA), active for over 10 years in soundscape studies and environmental acoustics; wrote NOISE chapter of United Nations Environment Programme UNEP Report “Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches”, “Listening to Cities: From Noisy Environments to Positive Soundscapes”.
DAVID SADOWAY (British Columbia): faculty Geography and Environment Dept. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC; urban planner and environmental manager; regional representative Quiet Parks International; lived and worked in Asia for over 15 years teaching and researching soundscapes and noise impacts on urban quality of life and livability; has lived in five Canadian provinces; states “provisioning access to quiet places for all with low air and light pollution are not only crucial for biodiversity protection, but also for socio-psychological health.”