Feeling stressed? Overwhelmed? Get away from the stimuli of modern life by tuning into tree.fm, a stream of ambient forest sounds from around the globe. Designed by the Berlin-based design studio New Now, the soothing platform compiles crowd-sourced audio clips from the lush tropics of Kerala to the lively jungles of Madagascar.

If you, like us, are stuck at your desk, take a moment to escape those emails and listen to Ecuadorian birdsong or the insect chirps of Panama. It might even boost your health. (via swissmiss)