I'm writing this in October 2026. A few years ago I built a small pond in my backyard. Not long after, I sat quietly among the trees by myself and realised how much that pond had changed, not only the landscape but the sound of it. That was when I understood that sound is part of nature, not something laid over it.
Around then I found the work of two field recordists, Chris Watson and Gordon Hempton. They have spent their lives recording wild places. Their work showed me how much wild sound mattered, to me and to the places themselves.
Nothing beats a real soundtrack. So much of what we hear now is made by machines. A real recording has texture and depth. Out in the field it never repeats, because the place never repeats. It also tells the truth about us. When a plane passes or a car goes by, I have heard the frogs go quiet.
Ría Lagartos is a biosphere reserve on the north coast of Yucatán. My family and I first found it more than thirty years ago, on a windsurfing expedition, and we have gone back ever since. It is a unique place, and we want it to stay natural and preserved.
That is what greensound is for. I hope that when you listen, you feel calm and at ease, a little closer to a real place, and that you come to care about keeping places like this one as they are.