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The City of Mountain Brook, AL — Site of the First AGZA Green Zone in the Southern US
by Jamie L. Banks, PhD, MS, Executive Director, Quiet Communities, Inc., Co-Founder, The Quiet Coalition The City of Mountain Brook has become the first city
Noise disrupts plant life
Photo credit:Thomas licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 by Daniel Fink, MD, Chair, The Quiet Coalition Some of you may be aware that decades ago, an Indian
Leaf Blowers, Pollution, and COVID-19
New: Our memorandum, COVID-19 and Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers: A Lethal Combination, v 1.2, discusses three specific problems that gas leaf blowers (GLBs) present during the COVID-19 crisis,
More than Hearing Loss: APHA points to growing health effects of noise
Noise is not just a nuisance, it’s a growing public health hazard and action is long overdue. That’s the message delivered at the November 2019
Worker Exposures: Close Proximity Exhaust Emissions
Sep 24, 2019 Gasoline is an integral part of life in America and many industrialized nations. So much so that we forget how dangerous it ...
Lincoln, MA: Making Thoreau Proud Again
Apr 3, 2019 The Town of Lincoln, MA, home to Henry Thoreau’s Walden Pond (along with Concord, MA) and the Massachusetts Audubon Society, ...
Southampton – Showing What it Takes
Apr 1, 2019 Transitioning an industry to clean, quiet land maintenance practices is a multi-faceted effort. It requires making the health...
Electric Landscaping Celebrated in Ojai
By Luke Massman-Johnson Aug 14, 2018 On August 2nd, the city of Ojai, CA celebrated the rollout of a brand new fleet of commercial-grade ...