What Is Light Pollution? And What On Earth Can We Do About It?

The first and most impor­tant thing we can do about light pol­lu­tion is to pur­chase dark sky friendly light­ing fix­tures. 

A group call­ing them­selves The Need­less Light Cam­paign has put together a few enter­tain­ing and edu­ca­tional short videos explain­ing in pic­tures what light pol­lu­tion is and how it affects us.

Light pol­lu­tion is a prob­lem for every­one, even those who are not inter­ested in astron­omy. Have you ever had trou­ble sleep­ing because of a too bright city or neighbor’s light glar­ing into your bed­room win­dow? I have, I nearly went out and pur­chased black shades for my win­dows at one time!

Need­less and the Inter­na­tional Dark Sky Orga­ni­za­tion believes, as do I, that light pol­lu­tion is not unsolve­able. It is not a given because we live in cities. It is a mat­ter of what kind and how much light­ing we choose to use and pretty much where we focus it.

They are con­tin­u­ing to add more of these reg­u­larly. Cur­rently there are 6 video ani­ma­tions. You will need to refresh your browser to view each one in turn, or just book­mark this page and keep com­ing back.

For more infor­ma­tion about light pol­lu­tion, visit the Inter­na­tional Dark Sky Orga­ni­za­tion.