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The Sound of Mountains Melting: A musical meditation on emotions in a world in crisis
A page of sheet music for a song titled, "The Sound of Mountains Melting," lies on a flat surface framed by a collection of small objects including a flute.

Handwritten sheet music inspired by Earth’s Wild Music by Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D. (Chris Zatarain)

Chris Zatarain
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona
An original composition of electro-acoustic art music scored for English horn and fixed media featuring field recordings and narration. The piece explores the complicated emotions that may arise from living in a time of anthropogenic climate change.
Tuning into a sound ecology: A conversation with acoustic ecology technician and field recording artist Laura Giannone

Listening to live or recorded natural sound can connect us and provide valuable information about the state of our environment. (Chris Zatarain)

Chris Zatarain
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona
In this audio story, I talk with Laura Giannone, a field recording artist and acoustic ecology technician who uses sound in her creative work and as a way to aid in several conservation efforts.
Together we grow: Aquaponics can change the way we grow food in the desert and beyond
An assortment of crops are seen growing out of lava-rocks in a terraced platform with water flowing through a pipe from one level of the terrace to the next.

Charles Collins' aquaponic garden. Water pours out from one garden bed overflowing with home grown vegetable plants, into another lava-rock filled bed. (Photo courtesy of Charles Collins)

Chris Zatarain
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona
Charles Collins is a backyard gardener on a mission to change the way that the world grows food. In this audio story, Charles discusses his primary method: aquaponics.