Who we are
We cultivate & connect communities with sustainable creative & cultural expression, inspire through education, activations & resource libraries, empower members to explore a sustainable life through digital tools, and conduct speculative research into sustainability solutions.
Peace & climate action through music, education, and technology.
Accessible gatherings & cultural events for everyone, everywhere.
Radical inclusion. Not a feature — the foundation.
Logo & lockups
The sphere reads at once as an eye, a seed, a planet, and a sound radiating outward — always drawn around one still center.
NEVER BELOW 24PX
for linen & pale grounds
for dark & photographic grounds
Minimum clear space on all sides equals one full ring-width of the mark (the distance from outer circle to center). Never crop closer than this, in print or screen.
Endorsed (DateNite, Flourish): our mark sits smaller, trailing, separated by a hairline — "Powered by Sound of Earth."
Standalone (Sokamba): no lockup at all — a sister project, referenced only in copy, never combined marks.
Two palettes, one system
Day is grounded and warm; Night is deep and luminous. Each mode has a palette and a colour-usage set — the roles below are the ones that won the pairing audition.
Sky Water is info-only — use it inside UI & data moments, never as a page ground and never butted edge-to-edge with linen or sage.
Deepest is the night ground; Deep Purple & Gray Purple carry surfaces and panels. Orange is the single warm CTA — Pastel Indigo / outline for secondary.
Every color, verified
WCAG 2 contrast ratios, computed against the real hex values — not estimated.
- Gold CTA takes ink text only, at large sizes (≥19px bold / ≥24px regular). Never white on gold.
- Sage & Sky Water are accent/fill only — never used as text color, in either mode.
- Terracotta, muted, and eyebrow colors are large-text-only.
- Night mid-tones (Gray Purple, Pastel Indigo) never sit as text on each other — panels use near-white FG for body copy.
- Focus ring: 2px solid CTA color, 2px offset — never color alone; links also carry an underline or weight change.
- Error: #B3452E on linen / #E8735A on deepest, paired with an icon, never color-only.
- Success: Sage-deep #3d5842 on linen / Sage #88AC7D on deepest, paired with a check icon.
- Minimum type: 16px UI body, 24px slide/deck body, 12pt print.
- prefers-reduced-motion: grain and gradient/theme transitions drop to instant swaps; no parallax or auto-pulse.
Themes
Each page picks whichever theme harmonizes with its content — not every page needs the same one. Theme 1–3 cover most everyday screens; special sections (like Rules & Boundaries) can introduce their own, built from the same locked gradient set.
Voice
Three archetypes under one permeable skin, and a simple five-move formula so any volunteer can write in our voice. Warm, credit-sharing, radically welcoming — and never doom.
Turns sound & gathering into real-world change.
Transformative · Inspiring · Elemental
Sounds like: “CUE THE MUSIC 🔊 — come feel what's possible.”
Tends a circle that keeps widening — everyone belongs.
Welcoming · Generous · Patient
Sounds like: “Artist, builder, or just curious — this space is for you.”
Reads the data, maps the path, stays useful.
Clear · Curious · Credible
Sounds like: “Sustainability and success go hand in hand — here's the proof.”
Over all three sits a permeable, elemental calm — slightly Aquarian, never precious. The still, unified feeling of being small under a huge sky. It softens the hype and lifts the practical.
CUE THE MUSIC 🔊 Sound of Earth Fest is THIS Saturday, 2–8 at Deb's Park — free. Whether you make music, murals, or just good company, this space is for you. With Datenite, Amanda Flowers, Ya Boy Pax & friends. 🗓️ Sat · 🕐 2–8 · 📍 Deb's Park — RSVP in bio. Bring water, a blanket, and your unique creative spirit ✨
Boilerplate & rewrites
Sound of Earth cultivates peaceful climate action through music, education, and technology — building community, one gathering at a time.
Sound of Earth cultivates peaceful climate action through music, education, and technology. We host accessible gatherings, inclusive research, and creative programming for anyone who cares about a sustainable, connected future — grounded in the present, oriented toward the eternal.
Sound of Earth is a community organization dedicated to peaceful climate action; all program details subject to change.
100-word version and sub-brand relationship copy (DateNite, Sokamba, Flourish — see Section 09 co-branding) live in the shared copy doc; reading level target: 7th–8th grade / plain language for all public-facing copy.
How we sound
A single struck tone (singing bowl or bell) that decays into near-silence over ~2 seconds — "stillness, then rising." No synth stingers.
Organic instrumentation over synthetic; builds that breathe rather than drop; global & acoustic textures welcome — never aggressive EDM or dark trap as brand backing.
Open with the audio logo, keep beds under -18 LUFS beneath VO, and favor sunrise-to-sunset arcs (Day sets: warmer, mid-tempo; Night sets: deeper, spacious) — always resolving toward calm, never abrupt cuts.
Charting the numbers
Sky Water is chart fill only — never a data label or axis text color, in either mode (it fails contrast as text, per Section 07). All six categorical colors pass 3:1 against both Linen and Deepest chart backgrounds; never rely on hue alone — pair with pattern or direct labeling for accessibility.
Everything at a glance
Min 24px screen / 6mm print. Clear space = 1 ring-width. Never rotate when still.
Playfair Display
Bricolage Grotesque
Display / Body. Never below 20px display, 16px body.
Linen · Day Purple · Terracotta · Gold · Sage · Sky Water
Deepest · Deep Purple · Gray Purple · Orange · Gray Magenta · Pastel Indigo
Gold = ink text, large only. Sage & Sky Water = fill only, never text. Terracotta/muted/eyebrow = large text only. Focus ring 2px CTA + 2px offset.
Alchemist · Gardener · Sage, under one Spacious Awe skin. Five moves: energy → who it's for → name collaborators → details plainly → close on spirit.
Day is default; print & email always Day. Night = dark rooms, music, hero/stillness moments, interactive only.
When in doubt, ask: "Does this widen the circle — or narrow it?"