Learn about the impact of an increasingly noisy world on communities, health and overall wellbeing with the author of the new book “Clamor.”

About the Author
Chris Berdik is the author of Mind Over Mind. His work has appeared in Popular Science,Wired, Politico, and elsewhere, and he has been awarded reporting grants from the Pulitzer Center and the Society of Environmental Journalists. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts, and can be found at www.chrisberdik.com.

About the Moderator
Tanya Bonner appears in the book “Clamor,” and is the Chair of the WaHI-Inwood Task Force on Noise, a community-led and based advocacy group of residents seeking mitigation of excessive noise pollution in the communities of Washington Heights and Inwood in the Manhattan borough of New York City. The Task Force has collaborated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Public Health, and its work has been featured in various news outlets – both locally and nationally. Bonner is a former newspaper journalist and current writer, media consultant, creative producer and activist who has lived in Washington Heights for twenty years.