Stop and Listen! – to the Dawn Chorus

Dawn Chorus is a Citizen Science and Arts biodiversity project that makes birds heard.

People worldwide are invited to record the morning bird choir on their doorstep and to share it on the Dawn Chorus platform. The recordings are mapped and entered into a scientific database on biodiversity research. You make an important contribution to the protection of species.

Dawn Chorus was inspired by the dramatic silence of human civilization resulting from the Covid-19 Lockdowns.

When people become quiet, nature becomes audible.”

–Dawn Chorus

Bird soundscapes help bio-acoustic research and provide valuable insights into the biodiversity and behavior of birds, climate change, civilization noise, and habitat loss.

Dawn Chorus is an initiative of Biotopia Natural History Museum Bavaria
and Nantesbuch Art and Nature Foundation.

Project management:
Dr. Auguste of Bavaria – Förderkreis Biotopia, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Prof. Dr. Michael John Gorman – Biotopia Natural History Museum Bavaria
Dr. Konstantin Reetz – Nantesbuch Art and Nature Foundation
Anke Michaelis – Nantesbuch Art and Nature Foundation

Movie:
Concept and realization: Thomas Dashuber
Editor: Anke Michaelis

Change and Regeneration: Jack Kornfield & Paul Hawken

Paul Hawken, author, environmentalist, and founder of Project Drawdown, joins Jack Kornfield, author, Buddhist practitioner, for a riveting dharma talk on climate change and how we can come together to spur the regeneration of our world.

The things you do not have to say make you rich.
Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk.
Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing.
And things you know before you hear them–those are you,
Those are why you are in the world.”

―William Stafford, Crossing Unmarked Snow: Further Views on the Writer’s Vocation

May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings
May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened.”

―Bodhisattva Prayer for Humanity