<span style="color: #222222;">Today is World Listening Day. The day encourages people to take time to listen to the sounds of nature. Listening plays an important role in understanding one another. Listening is important when trying to understand the world around us. It is also a day to learn more about field recording.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”The first World Listening Day was celebrated in 2010 and has been observed annually since then. July 18 was chosen as the day for the celebration as it is the birthday of R. Murray Schafer, who was a Canadian composer and one of the founders of the movement of Acoustic Ecology.&nbsp; As the movement to end noise pollution and harmonize the relationship between humans and the environment continues, World Listening Day works to bring awareness and action to the cause.</span><br />