DarkSky Oregon
Welcome to our Blog. Do you want to learn more about how you can help protect the night?
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Protect the Night: Light Pollution and Human Safety
Video by What You Can Do - Dark Ranger, Kevin Poe, discusses how light pollution affects human safety and crime. Learn how to keep yourself safe in the dark.
Light Pollution & Lighting Codes
Published by C. Luginbuhl in January 2013
An Analysis of the Light Pollution Control Effectiveness of the IDA-IES Model Lighting Ordinance and the IDA Pattern Outdoor Lighting Code U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station (External link)
Losing the Dark
To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association has created a 6.5-minute "public service announcement" called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding light pollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.