Dark Sky

Glare, light trespass, and 'up' lighting contributing to sky glow, by unshielded, misplaced, excessive, or unnecessary outdoor night lighting
By eliminating light pollution, we can conserve energy, reduce glare, maintain our desirable community character, safeguard our wildlife in their natural environment, and restore our view of the starry night sky.

WVVH-TV News Chief Investigator Karl Grossman takes a look at the Dark Sky movement.

FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SUBJECT CONTACT:
www.DarkSkySociety.Com

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Dark
• Sky
• light
• pollution
• environment
• lightbulb
• starry
• night
• green
• buildings
• Schimizzi
• VVH-TV
• Hamptons
• Television

[bignel357]

Booo Whooo if you cant see the stars watch tv 

[jbgroup1]

That's 1/3 of all people worldwide.

[TheMartinezBee]

if you read the studies on light pollution, they cause major physiological and physical problems in all biological life, humans included. Artificial light that is. In excess.

[testoboost]

Blah blah blah....another pompous liberal elite from East Hampton complaining that she doesn't like light interfering with her view of her night sky at her posh East Hampton energy hog huge home!

[testoboost]

Oh my Susan Harder doesn't want light to bleeding into the night sky messing up her view from her very large, energy hog East Hampton home. Another liberal elite with nothing to do and picking up a worthless cause. Gee, does anyone know Susan is selling her own brand of outdoor lights?

[mcchaparral]

I'm behind you Susan. I live in Texas where there are a lot of cities which have adopted ordinances for lighting. There is a lot of work to be done. I don't know why we are paying so much to illuminate the bottom of clouds and birds. BRING BACK THE NIGHT SKY by using better lighting and lighting fixtures.

[hatchetjobber]

Umm... if you don't mind, I believe I'll pass on the admonishment about squandering resources by someone living in an vastly oversized house in the Hamptons -

[audreyfischer]

Way to GO Susan!!

The feedback I've heard in my town, Chicago, is simply that not enough people are calling up to request smarter lighting... but instead are putting in way more requests to make the night look like day. Also, I know it can be pretty awkward trying convince neighbors to keep their watts out of my bedroom (you don't need to live in a glass house to have THAT problem).

C'mon folks... pick up the phone and tell 'em

FIX THE LIGHTS! I Want to see STARS! --Audrey

[StarryNightLights]

Nice work, Susan... Just found this a short while ago. It came up as related to one that I just posted.

[lavenderstreak]

Thank you for the work you are doing, Susan. This is a wonderfully descriptive and informative video about what the dark sky movement is all about, how we all benefit and how easy it is to comply and help recreate the night sky many of us knew as children.

It's truly sad that only 1/3 of all Americans can actually see the milky way anymore. Let's turn that around!