Rooted in journalism, artistic and critical practice, and media innovation, Climate Sound & Society is an interdisciplinary organization engaged in sound-based practices that explore the entanglement of nature, sound, and technology. Our mission is to produce and publish impactful journalism for audiences globally, foster artistic & critical practices that generate new ways of knowing, and spawn media innovation with a growing community of scientists, policymakers and organizations.
Sound is a uniquely powerful way to engage and make sense of the climate crisis. Unbeknownst to many, new sound recording technologies such as passive acoustic monitoring and AI are increasingly accessible and embedded throughout global infrastructure and ecosystems, making it possible to listen to places in entirely new ways, expanding our sensorium beyond the human range of hearing and generating recordings and sonic data at a scale never before imagined. In this way, sound is a particularly powerful entry point to understanding the critical topics of our time, and we are already seeing novel uses of sound for conservation data justice, biodiversity monitoring, animal welfare, artistic practice, and in other spheres.
Based in Copenhagen and at metaLAB at Harvard, Climate Sound & Society’s journalism work is backed by the Carlsberg Foundation and Center for Climate IT in partnership with Copenhagen University’s Behavioural Ecology Group, and recent arts and media innovation projects are in collaboration with the Museum of the United Nations, UN Live, Independent Broadcasters of Ireland, Copenhagen University’s Center for Applied Ecological Thinking, and IT University of Copenhagen’s AIR (Affective Interactions and Relations) Lab.
