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How a small town in the U.S. came to endorse the Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting

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Like most of you, I’ve struggled for years to find a way to get my city — the small …

Elizabeth van Heerden: A personal journey through an IDSP application

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Elizabeth shares her story of becoming a volunteer of the Naramata Dark Sky Initiative, including tips on how to …

Night Matters

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Monthly members-only virtual events with special guests talking about dark sky and light pollution issues around the globe.

Advocacy through light sensitivity: Chloe Everhart

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Chloe Everhart from Alaska shares her journey of light sensitivity after a traumatic accident, advocating for personalized lighting options …

Assess your home’s outdoor lighting

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DarkSky’s Home Lighting Assessment helps you identify problem lighting and solutions that can reduce light pollution.

How to form a DarkSky chapter

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DarkSky chapters are made up of members organized within defined geographic boundaries.

Call for 2023 Award Nominations

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Do you know a dark sky advocate who deserves recognition for protecting the night from light pollution? Whether they …

International Dark-Sky Association and Globe at Night encourage public to ‘Love the Stars’ in February 2023

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This February, Globe at Night, in partnership with the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), is inviting people to participate in …

Nuevo estudio resalta la necesidad de tomar acciones urgentes para revertir el acelerado crecimiento de la contaminación lumínica

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Traducido por Fernando Avila. To read this post in English, click here. Un nuevo estudio publicado en la revista …

Request for support for a petition to reduce light pollution at night in New Zealand

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The following is a guest post by Nalayini Brito-Davies, Vice President of the IDA Board of Directors. As with …

New study highlights the need for urgent action to reverse runaway light pollution

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To read this post in Spanish, click here. (Para leer esta publicación en español, haga clic aquí.) A new …

Globe at Night 2023: Can you see the stars?

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Every year, the Globe at Night international community science campaign, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, raises awareness about the …