Free ‘Spotify For Natural Soundscapes’ Soothingly Whisks You Around The Planet
If white noise—or even the TikTok-viral brown noise—isn’t helping with your focus or relaxation, perhaps it’s time to get in touch with nature. However, not everyone has the luxury of dropping their responsibilities to go backpacking across the world.
For a quick respite, there’s Earth.fm, a nonprofit project that proclaims itself to be “like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes.” It’s an abundant repository of air, land, and water sounds from untouched places around the globe.
One moment, you could tune in to the “echoes in a secret gorge” of Turkey; and the next, hop over to Iceland to follow birds in flight, before ending your trip by immersing yourself among sea lions in New Zealand’s Snares Island.
Soundscapes are discoverable via a world map, reenacting the feel of jet-setting to paths less traveled. You could even collect them to create a personalized playlist of your favorite beats and songs from far corners of the natural world.
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Earth.fm was launched to bring tranquility to people’s busy lives while reminding them to stay rooted in nature. The platform names several global studies (including this one) reaffirming that “listening to natural soundscapes (particularly mindful listening) has a great positive impact on our wellbeing.”
New audio is added every three days, continually broadening your horizons about the world’s colorful ecosystems.
At the same time, Earth is losing these soundscapes due to the negligence or indifference of humans. As a preserver of these sounds, Earth.fm has also shared some links to environmental charities on its website.
“We’re actively helping the community to go out in nature more often and discover a deeper, more direct connection with the wonders around us, which can lead to more well-being on individual and collective levels,” says Earth.fm. You can stream its stuff here.
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[via Open Culture and The Review Geek, images via Earth.fm]
