In my own work, I am particularly interested in what soundscapes reveal about the relationships between people and nature. We are currently experiencing an environmental crisis as a direct result of our collective actions, evidenced by widespread environmental degradation and what is arguably the highest rate of extinction that the earth has ever witnessed. Yet, on an individual level, many people give high regard to the aesthetic and spiritual values of nature.

Like many other people, I greatly appreciate the sense of peace that wild places offer. However, this is something that is remarkably difficult to capture in a sound recording. My initial efforts to record the quiet sounds of nature always seemed to feature the distant sound of traffic or machinery. Even places that are genuinely remote and far from human habitation feature the sound of jet engines as part of the soundscape. I came to realise that this fact by itself says something powerful about the impact that we are having on this planet. Increasingly in my compositions I have sought to document and explore soundscapes that feature both the wild sounds of nature and those made by people, to examine how nature and people relate to each other. I am particularly interested in listening to people as they relate to nature in different ways.

I believe that the solution to our environmental crisis really is captured by the environmentalist maxim: 'think globally, act locally'. We each have to improve our relationship with the environments right on our own doorstep. At the same time, celebrating and preserving our local cultures and environments is the only way to effectively counter the process of globalisation, which is destroying diversity of all kinds. This is something that I have also sought to explore in my compositions.