Sound as a barometer

I have spent a lifetime listening.Not just hearing… but truly listening to the voice of the Earth.Because sound tells us things that our eyes cannot.A forest can still look whole…A river can still appear to flow…A landscape can seem untouched…But the truth is in the silence.The dipper no longer on the stream.The frogs missing from the marsh at dusk.The birds that once filled the forest… now gone.I have stood in places that looked alive… but sounded empty.And that is when you realise… something is wrong.Sound is the barometer of the planet’s health.It registers change.It proves change.It reveals what we are losing… long before we see it.We are taught that a picture tells a thousand words.But sound tells a thousand pictures.And right now… the Earth is still speaking.The question is… are we listening?#TheListeningPlanet #Nature #Soundscape #Biodiversity #Conservation #ListenToTheEarth