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Reflecting on 2024: A year of global milestones for DarkSky

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2024 was a dark sky year to remember! Not only did we reach significant milestones as an organization, but …

December 30, 2024

A stellar year for DarkSky: 2023 achievements at a glance

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2023 was a successful year for DarkSky International. While light pollution grows at an alarming rate, nearly 10% each …

December 7, 2023

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July 26, 2023

Protect the Night Matching Gifts Challenge Extended

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We are so close to meeting our fundraising goal for the Protect the Night Matching Gifts Challenge. As of …

August 7, 2019

Protect the Night and Double Your Impact!

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IDA supporters are people who understand the sense of awe and the connection to something bigger found in pristine, …

July 3, 2019

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Your donation to the worldwide dark sky movement supports education, outreach, advocacy, and so much more.

April 16, 2025

Dark Skies Forever Endowment Campaign

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Since it was founded in 1988, the International Dark-Sky Association has been an important and necessary voice in conservation …

February 22, 2018

Exploring the Night: Winter Fundraising Campaign

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Give Now While many folks enjoy spending winter’s chilly nighttime hours indoors, huddled around a cozy fire, the longer …

December 6, 2017

What Happens When we Flip the Switch?

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You’ve discovered something that—without your help—much of the world may never come to know: the vast universe that exists …

August 7, 2017

The Business of Being a Community

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IDA’s mission to protect our world’s dark skies from devastating light pollution calls out to everyone for their own …

July 27, 2017

“All Living Things on Earth Need and Deserve a Night Sky”

Light Pollution

Growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific exposed me to one of the darkest and least light …

July 21, 2017

The Mission to Preserve Dark Skies is Critical and Inspiring

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When I was 12 years old I spent the summer with my grandparents in rural Kentucky where two huge …

July 9, 2017