Wild stories – Deep Listening to Nature

Deeper listening allows us to hear the integrity of entire ecosystems, and reveal what the communications of the biosphere tell us about how nature functions to achieve sustainability.

Join Andrew Skeoch, an acoustic ecologist, for a presentation on listening to nature. Andrew will guide you into hearing the languages of nature; developing your auditory awareness, identifying species by ear, recognising behaviours and repertoire, and finding empathy with the voices of other beings.

This presentation is an immersive weaving of evocative recordings, fascinating spectrogram analysis and original ideas. You’ll hear the natural environment around you in a whole new way.

Information about the speaker

Andrew Skeoch is a professional wildlife sound recordist and author of Deep Listening to Nature. Over the last thirty years, he has been documenting the sounds of environments around the planet, and through his label Listening Earth, published over one hundred recordings allowing listeners to immerse themselves in wild soundscapes from around the world. His recordings have been heard in documentaries, installations and feature films such as Peter Gabriel’s soundtrack to Rabbit Proof Fence. He has presented to diverse audiences, including community groups, university students, radio listeners, and TEDx attendees.

Andrew is the president of the Australian Wildlife Sound Recording Group, and on the board of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology.

There will be copies of the book on sale on the day.

Listen to the books soundtrack for an immersive experience.

This event is the second session in the ‘Wild stories’ series. Book now for the final session:

Wild stories – Become a citizen scientist and help save our frogs

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