Listen to Your Park! – Listen Questions

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  • Name 3 environmental sounds that you feel typify your park. What are the sources of these sounds?
  • What sounds of the park do you like the most, sounds generated by plants, animals or humans or are they weather or water based or pertain to the acoustics of certain park environments?
  • Do you have a favorite sonic niche in this park?
  • Do you have a favorite route in the park that you would explore through a sound walk?
  • Have you paid attention to the park’s sounds at different times of the day and if yes, what are the differences?
  • Do you have a favorite time when you like to listen to the park’s sounds?
  • What are some of the sounds that concern or even annoy you in this park?
  • What may have been this sonic environment 100 years ago?
  • How might the park sound in the future, given that the soundscape is changing along with the climate?
  • If you were invited to express yourself through sound in response to the non-human sonic environment in this park, how would you do that?
  • If you were a plant or an animal in this park how would you communicate through sound?
  • Would you like to share with us a memorable sonic experience you have made in this park?