Volunteer with DarkSky Oregon

Engage with your neighbor, your city council or county commissioner or other officials regarding the importance of preserving dark skies and developing lighting ordinances that support them.

Introduce others to the best lighting fixtures that preserve dark skies throughout our neighborhoods, communities and businesses.

Assist communities, parks, and other pristine sites in Oregon to obtain international certification as a dark sky place.

Help staff community festivals and outreach events across Oregon through tabling and spreading the word about the effects of light pollution and benefits of proper outdoor lighting.

Raise awareness regarding how improper outdoor lighting can harm human health, wildlife and migrating birds and insects. Support efforts to reverse these trends.

Inform the public about DarkSky Oregon’s mission through various marketing efforts, including the development of new media and maintenance of a robust website and ongoing social media presence.

Support individual and group efforts to obtain accurate data for dark sky places across Oregon through the use of sky quality meters to measure sky glow, light trespass and changes over time. Activities include installation, teaching others, downloading and reporting data and taking nighttime photographs.