Landscape tricks as sound barriers

No one appreciates the constant  rumble in the sky when trying to sleep or relax at home or work. But it is the unfortunate price to pay if you live close to an airport or work near one. One has to deal with similar noise problem near a highway or a busy road too.

While there are many obvious landscape solutions for buildings close to highways which can really block the sound considerably, airports being vast open spaces with runways that extends over many acres of land, no one has thought of actually trying to solve this problem by making physical changes, until now. Many airports in busy cities are considerate and don't let flights land or fly at odd hours. But. a recent article caught my eye about how a busy Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is trying to reduce sound near the airport by innovative solutions created in the landscape around the runways. More on the article here

More on the common noise blockers can be seen here and a great article by the Georgia Forest Commission about Green Buffers for screening and noise reduction can be read here

Back after a long break.....

There are so many different movements out there to build small, to build efficiently, to have smaller carbon foot prints, to leave behind a better planet for future generations, to be less materialistic, more holistic, more tuned with nature and so on.

The reasoning is different for different people but almost all of it leads to a better world. The less resources we use, the less we waste and so the more we leave behind.

The movement of tiny homes around the globe is gaining momentum. There are many blogs in the cyber world explaining how to build and where to source. But, most of the packages cost more than they are worth. This almost beats the purpose, doesn't it? There are container homes too, made out of shipping containers. That's a topic for another day.

I came across another kind of tiny home made out of wooden shipping pallets. these can be made for immediate shelter in disaster struck areas or where it's difficult to build a conventional house. The link for this is here