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Dissolving the hubris of humans into nutrient for participatory animism….To dispel bad ideas disguised as “energy transition,” Caroline welcomes, long-time-ally, marine acoustician, Michael Stocker…(who is as though the Ocean adopted a human guise to be its voice…) What is the Ocean saying say to us now?! Michael has served as the electronic and musical engineer on the benchmark film “Koyaanisqatsi,” and as a project development engineer for Pax Scientific, working in applied physics and acoustics – exploring how the principles of bio-mimicry can be used in fluid and air movement systems. As founding director of Ocean Conservation Research he is using his fluency in bio-acoustics to explore the impacts of noise on ocean animals to inform ocean policy and practice toward decreasing human bio-acoustic impacts on marine habitats.. Ocean Conservation Research: https://ocr.org/ Michael's book: Hear Where We Are: Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Listening to the Ocean appeared first on KPFA.
Comment faire face au retour du loup ? Cette question, plusieurs pays européens se la posent, alors que la Commission européenne a annoncé en septembre dernier une possible révision du statut de protection de l'animal. Le débat est vif en Autriche, où plusieurs régions ont adopté, ces derniers mois, des autorisations d'abattage rapide, qui ne font pas l'unanimité. De notre correspondante à Vienne,Michael Stocker est agriculteur dans la région de Carinthie, au sud de l'Autriche. Il exploite une ferme de montagne traditionnelle, située à 1 200 mètres d'altitude, qui appartient à sa famille depuis plus de deux siècles. Ses animaux, environ 100 moutons et presque autant de bovins, passent l'été à l'alpage. Michael Stocker ne les pensait pas menacés par le loup jusqu'à ce jour de 2014, dont il se souvient parfaitement.« Nous avons une exploitation extérieure, où les animaux sont habitués à paître, c'est là que le loup a frappé. Il était caché à l'intérieur de l'étable, là où tout le monde disait que c'était impossible, et a mordu à mort 18 moutons en l'espace de deux jours et demi », raconte Michael Stocker. « Ce loup a ensuite été abattu chez nous. Quand on voit les dégâts que ces animaux peuvent causer et en très peu de temps, on se dit qu'avec eux, il n'y aura plus d'agriculture, plus d'espace rural, plus d'économie alpestre. Les éleveurs des alpages, de moutons, de bovins, tous ont cela en tête, ancré profondément. »À écouter aussiLe loup, le meilleur ennemi de l'hommeUn abattage qui divisePour faire face à la présence du loup, la plupart des régions autrichiennes, dont la Carinthie, ont adopté ces derniers mois des autorisations d'abattage rapide. Ce que critique Christian Pichler de l'ONG WWF. Selon lui, d'autres mesures pourraient être mises en œuvre afin d'éviter que l'abattage ne devienne systématique.« Cela ne sert à rien de tuer un loup qui n'a encore jamais tué de mouton », indique Christian Pichler. « Il nous faut plutôt reconnaître qu'à l'avenir, les moutons devront être protégés dans les alpages par un berger et des chiens de protection durant la journée et gardés, la nuit, dans un enclos, derrière des clôtures électriques. C'est ce qui se passe dans de nombreux pays d'Europe et cela devrait également être mis en œuvre en Autriche, ce qui n'est pas le cas. »À lire aussiLa Commission européenne lance une consultation sur la protection des loupsPerte de temps et perte d'argent pour certains agriculteursMais pour Martin Längauer, de la Chambre d'agriculture autrichienne, beaucoup d'agriculteurs ne peuvent se permettre de mettre en place ces mesures, en raison des coûts, mais aussi du temps qu'elles impliquent.« Il est important de savoir qu'un grand nombre d'exploitations en Autriche sont gérées à titre d'activité secondaire, c'est-à-dire que les exploitants agricoles ont un autre métier et que leur temps est donc très limité. Cela signifie que toute charge de travail supplémentaire, comme la protection des troupeaux, les clôtures, etc, peut conduire à l'abandon de l'exploitation. »L'année dernière, 80 loups ont été officiellement recensés en Autriche. Ce nombre devrait être similaire pour l'année 2023, selon plusieurs estimations.
Comment faire face au retour du loup ? Cette question, plusieurs pays européens se la posent, alors que la Commission européenne a annoncé en septembre dernier une possible révision du statut de protection de l'animal. Le débat est vif en Autriche, où plusieurs régions ont adopté, ces derniers mois, des autorisations d'abattage rapide, qui ne font pas l'unanimité. De notre correspondante à Vienne,Michael Stocker est agriculteur dans la région de Carinthie, au sud de l'Autriche. Il exploite une ferme de montagne traditionnelle, située à 1 200 mètres d'altitude, qui appartient à sa famille depuis plus de deux siècles. Ses animaux, environ 100 moutons et presque autant de bovins, passent l'été à l'alpage. Michael Stocker ne les pensait pas menacés par le loup jusqu'à ce jour de 2014, dont il se souvient parfaitement.« Nous avons une exploitation extérieure, où les animaux sont habitués à paître, c'est là que le loup a frappé. Il était caché à l'intérieur de l'étable, là où tout le monde disait que c'était impossible, et a mordu à mort 18 moutons en l'espace de deux jours et demi », raconte Michael Stocker. « Ce loup a ensuite été abattu chez nous. Quand on voit les dégâts que ces animaux peuvent causer et en très peu de temps, on se dit qu'avec eux, il n'y aura plus d'agriculture, plus d'espace rural, plus d'économie alpestre. Les éleveurs des alpages, de moutons, de bovins, tous ont cela en tête, ancré profondément. »À écouter aussiLe loup, le meilleur ennemi de l'hommeUn abattage qui divisePour faire face à la présence du loup, la plupart des régions autrichiennes, dont la Carinthie, ont adopté ces derniers mois des autorisations d'abattage rapide. Ce que critique Christian Pichler de l'ONG WWF. Selon lui, d'autres mesures pourraient être mises en œuvre afin d'éviter que l'abattage ne devienne systématique.« Cela ne sert à rien de tuer un loup qui n'a encore jamais tué de mouton », indique Christian Pichler. « Il nous faut plutôt reconnaître qu'à l'avenir, les moutons devront être protégés dans les alpages par un berger et des chiens de protection durant la journée et gardés, la nuit, dans un enclos, derrière des clôtures électriques. C'est ce qui se passe dans de nombreux pays d'Europe et cela devrait également être mis en œuvre en Autriche, ce qui n'est pas le cas. »À lire aussiLa Commission européenne lance une consultation sur la protection des loupsPerte de temps et perte d'argent pour certains agriculteursMais pour Martin Längauer, de la Chambre d'agriculture autrichienne, beaucoup d'agriculteurs ne peuvent se permettre de mettre en place ces mesures, en raison des coûts, mais aussi du temps qu'elles impliquent.« Il est important de savoir qu'un grand nombre d'exploitations en Autriche sont gérées à titre d'activité secondaire, c'est-à-dire que les exploitants agricoles ont un autre métier et que leur temps est donc très limité. Cela signifie que toute charge de travail supplémentaire, comme la protection des troupeaux, les clôtures, etc, peut conduire à l'abandon de l'exploitation. »L'année dernière, 80 loups ont été officiellement recensés en Autriche. Ce nombre devrait être similaire pour l'année 2023, selon plusieurs estimations.
Michael Stocker (center) with OCR team in Alaska Caroline Welcomes Michael Stocker, Marine bio-acoustician, writer, musician, that we may invoke an Oceanic response to dissolve human hubris, in the salve of sanity…. To protect the Ocean – let's become more like the Ocean…. and weave dedication for collective well-being into… all of our thoughts, words, deeds… an acoustician by trade, and a musician by avocation. He has written and spoken about ocean bio-acoustics since 1992, presenting in regional, national and international hearings, television, radio, news publications, and in museums, schools and universities. His understanding of both physics and biology has proven invaluable in court testimony and legal briefs, defending the environment against the dangers of human generated noise in the sea.He is the founding director of Ocean Conservation Research (www.OCR.org ), a science and policy development NGO focused on the impacts of human generated noise on marine habitat. Over the past decade he has written a series of short newsletters on the field of marine bioacoustics, and environmental policy. Some 600 of these pieces can be found at www.Ocean-Noise.com.His book Hear Where We Are: Sound, ecology, and sense of place examines the phenomenology history, and natural history of sound perception of humans and other animals. Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Micro-dosing vastness appeared first on KPFA.
Medical student, Michael Stocker demonstrates how you don’t have to be an expert to make a big difference in people’s lives. Michael shares insights from his health work with indigenous peoples in North America and Africa years before obtaining a medical degree. For further information: lovingservice.us; compasshealth.net_ebola; Bonus video content available at https:__youtu.be_jspWR_5ouLc
Medical student, Michael Stocker demonstrates how you don't have to be an expert to make a big difference in people's lives. Michael shares insights from his health work with indigenous peoples in North America and Africa years before obtaining a medical degree. For further information: lovingservice.us; compasshealth.net_ebola; Bonus video content available at https:__youtu.be_jspWR_5ouLc
Rising Tide is a project of Blue Frontier founded by host David Helvarg. Co-host Vicki Nichols-Goldstein is founder of the Inland Ocean Coalition. In this special 20-minute episode we talk with Michael Stocker, Daniela Huson, Wallace J. Nichols and Mary Crowley, leaders of three other groups who've joined with us in Ten4Ocean, the unique funding collaboration sea starring ten highly effective grassroots blue groups. If you are not attending the Climate Summit in Glasgow learn about a way you can still make a difference and a splash for our blue planet by supporting Ten4Ocean.org
We talk with acoustician Michael Stocker, Founder of Ocean Conservation Research, who explains what a misnomer, “The Silent World,” of Jacques Cousteau actually was. Michael shares sound samples of what a noisy world the ocean has become and the difference between human noise pollution and the lively chatter of a living sea. Here's a chance to dive into the ocean with your ears and mind. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org
Medical student, Michael Stocker demonstrates how you don’t have to be an expert to make a big difference in people’s lives. Michael shares insights from his health work with indigenous peoples in North America and Africa years before obtaining a medical degree. For further information: lovingservice.us; compasshealth.net_ebola. Bonus video content available at https:__youtu.be_jspWR_5ouLc
Title: “Sharing While Learning” Guest: Michael D. Stocker, MD/MPH Class of 2022; Louisiana State University Description: Medical student, Michael Stocker demonstrates how you don’t have to be an expert to make a big difference in people’s lives. Michael shares insights from his health work with indigenous peoples in North America and Africa years before obtaining a medical degree. For further information: lovingservice.us; compasshealth.net/ebola Bonus video content available at https://youtu.be/nCPi3T17dzU or https://youtu.be/jspWR_5ouLc
How does human-generated noise impact the marine life in our oceans? We interview Michael Stocker, the founder and director of Ocean Conservation Research in California. He shares the history of his organization, how they measure ocean noise, how sea animals communicate, and how his organization works proactively to protect whales from needless trauma.
Sharon Weil talks with Michael Stocker, bio-acoustician, naturalist, and musician, about water, oceans, natural sound, and human-generated noise pollution in the ocean. His organization, Ocean Conservation Research, studies the impact and finds solutions to its detrimental effect on marine life. Did you know that dolphins call each other by name? Sound and sound perception are ways in which we locate ourselves in place, and underwater noise pollution is creating stress and dislocation in whales and dolphins. Michael is a fascinating and passionate advocate for natural sound, and all the beautiful creatures and environments that produce it.
With a childhood fascination for aquariums and a passion for music, it’s little wonder that Ocean Conservation Research founder Michael Stock-er has made championing the sounds of our oceans his life’s work.In this episode of MHP, this humble jazz fan shares some of those childhood memories. He talks about why he set up OCR, using Kurtosis as a measuring tool, his role as a translator- and why 911 impacted our oceans. Michael also shares some of his favourite sounds and reveals the one sound he wants us all to hear.Michael Stock-er is a naturalist, acoustician, musician and the founding director of Ocean Conservation Research is a not for profit centre made up of scientists, engineers and ocean advocates dedicated to improving the environmental health of our oceans. With a focus on marine-bioacoustics, Michael has published and presented numerous research papers and articles to governments and organizations around the world and is the author of the fascinating book: Hear Where We Are : Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place (Springer 2013)You can find out more about Michael and OCR on the great resource website www.ocr.orgAnd hear from more great people at www.myhomeplanet.org and www.twig.fm
With a childhood fascination for aquariums and a passion for music, it’s little wonder that Ocean Conservation Research founder Michael Stock-er has made championing the sounds of our oceans his life’s work.In this episode of MHP, this humble jazz fan shares some of those childhood memories. He talks about why he set up OCR, using Kurtosis as a measuring tool, his role as a translator- and why 911 impacted our oceans. Michael also shares some of his favourite sounds and reveals the one sound he wants us all to hear.Michael Stock-er is a naturalist, acoustician, musician and the founding director of Ocean Conservation Research is a not for profit centre made up of scientists, engineers and ocean advocates dedicated to improving the environmental health of our oceans. With a focus on marine-bioacoustics, Michael has published and presented numerous research papers and articles to governments and organizations around the world and is the author of the fascinating book: Hear Where We Are : Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place (Springer 2013)You can find out more about Michael and OCR on the great resource website www.ocr.orgAnd hear from more great people at www.myhomeplanet.org and www.twig.fm
Michael Stocker (center) Caroline welcomes the return of Marine Acoustician, Michael Stocker (Scientist, Jazz Musician), with a bevy of wondrous Ocean recordings to guide us into intimacy with that which we must protect from the on-going war on life. The present dangers and ways we can participate in protecting the Ocean. Honoring the Arctic Ringed Seal and their small large triumph: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the Endangered Species Act on their behalf (reversing the lower court's decision that climate change was still too speculative…grrr.) Ocean Conservation Research: www.ocr.org OCR Ocean Noise Blog: www.ocean-noise.com and directly to the arctic ocean recordings discussed in this show: bit.ly/arcticsoundscape or http://ocr.org/arctic/arctic-recordings/ The post The Visionary Activist Show – New Moon, Honoring the Arctic Seal (and All Life) appeared first on KPFA.
Today we'll be speaking with a musician and audio engineer turned founder/director non-profit that's changing the way the world thinks about sound. From mixing films like the classic "Koyaanisqatsi" to helping create ISO standards on underwater metrics to speaking at environmental and scientific conferences all over the world and helping shift military and government policy, Michael Stocker is all about making change doable. Against the odds, his work with Ocean Conservation Research has lead to real changes in the way the decisions are made about noise in our oceans. Here he reveals how that's happened, and what else has changed in the last 25 years.
Sharon Weil talks with Michael Stocker, bio-acoustician, naturalist, and musician, about water, oceans, natural sound, and human-generated noise pollution in the ocean. His organization, Ocean Conservation Research, studies the impact and finds solutions to its detrimental effect on marine life. Did you know that dolphins call each other by name? Sound and sound perception are ways in which we locate ourselves in place, and underwater noise pollution is creating stress and dislocation in whales and dolphins. Michael is a fascinating and passionate advocate for natural sound, and all the beautiful creatures and environments that produce it.
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Perhaps we should call it Watershed Earth. We're made of water, totally dependent on it, yet water in turn depends on us to play our part in a good way. Mother Ocean is the primary regulator of Watershed Earth. But the marine news is heartbreaking. Ocean defenders Michael Stocker, Anne Rowley and David Helvarg illuminate both the peril of noise and plastics pollution and the promise they see In the Seaweed Rebelli on to save Mother Ocean, and ourselves.
They did "a lot of moving around," remarks Michael Stocker, MD, of his family's history. From Montana, on to Illinois, to Washington state, to Notre Dame to the Medical College of Wisconsin, and beyond. Dr. Stocker has had an impressive career in health.
As Jupiter stations in the Moon's sign, we gather to conjure, animate, magnetize, and spiral forth the guiding Mythos of Conscious Kinship with the Ocean and all her children: Caroline welcomes Michael Stocker, marine acoustician, guardian of, voice for, the Ocean to talk about whales, sounds, and civilization. (We are on our way to San Ignacio Bay in Baja Mexico to commune with the Grey Whales – gathering blessings to bring to them…) The post The Visionary Activist – Return of Big Momma appeared first on KPFA.
Caroline hosts Michael Stocker, genius ally of all life, acoustician, defender of the Ocean, author of “Hear Where We Are” that we may restore intimacy to the world. HearWhereWeAre.com The post The Visionary Activist – Virgen de Guadalupe Radio appeared first on KPFA.
Protecting the Seas, setting the agenda, with long-time ally Marine acoustician Michael Stocker. www.OCR.org The post The Visionary Activist – October 11, 2012 appeared first on KPFA.
At top of hour Michael Stocker returns to encourage us protecting our kin in the Arctic Seas, followed by Michael Gruber,my favorite pertinent esoteric noire thriller writer. We may well need To become/practice our most magically adept selves to emerge from dire danger of now.Last day of Winter Fund Drive – woo-hoo, let's make it a good one team, restore waters of life, aka $, to KPFA. Michael Stocker offering a mushroom gathering jaunt in fall. M. Gruber offering all of his eseoteric noire thrillers fantabulous books, if you like pertinent redemptive dark diving…all as enticements to pledge! The post The Visionary Activist – Diving into the Dark appeared first on KPFA.
Poets as mushrooms! metabolizing toxin into tonic – in service to protecting all life. Caroline welcomes fellow KPFA team-mate Dennis Bernstein, in his deep essential guise as poetic Chiron, mentor of troubled youth, as Future cultural Heroes, featuring his book of poetry, “Special Ed.” Also joining our council- long-time ally of Oceans and mushrooms Michael Stocker, that we may encourage the poet within us all to protect the world. (Arctic under relentless dire threat – now.) Fund Drive, we will be offering Dennis' book, and pick one – Michael offering Whale watching or mushroom gathering guided tour, as enticements whereby to pledge to KPFA.org The post The Visionary Activist – Poets as mushrooms! appeared first on KPFA.
Michael Stocker of Ocean Conservation Research, talks about the latest in underwater noise, especially associated with oil exploration and drilling.
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Healing the Ocean! Full Moon High-tide now in Pisces is specifically indigenously known as the Heal the Ocean Full Moon, so our timing is apt. The currents and winds are with us…We welcome two great advocates and friends of the sea, to help us humans navigate back into harmony with the ocean.Caroline welcomes Roz SavageRoz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. She has rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean and is attempting to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific.www.RozSavage.com and Michael Stocker, DirectorOcean Conservation Research, marine aciustician and frequent guest/ally of show.www.OCR.org The post The Visionary Activist – February 25, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.
Caroline welcomes back, great ally of the Oceans, marine acoustician Michael Stocker that we may honor the oceans, align with their songs, and quit being so noisy, cruel and rude as a species. Michael brings with him whale songs, that we may auralize, as well as visualize, and examples of the lethal naval sonar sound that we may be ever more effectively dedicated to life and beauty. The post The Visionary Activist Show – March 15, 2007 appeared first on KPFA.