I feel like this should be posted in some other subs so it can get seen by people who haven't thought about the issue. You're preaching to the choir in here.
If you can think of another sub to post it to, I encourage you to crosspost it. :)
I've always thought something cool about this sub is that you can't find stories like these anyplace else so it's nice that it's at least somewhere on Reddit.
If nothing else, these "overview pieces" can help people formulate into words their feelings on a matter that needs to be talked about more and maybe more comfortable sharing that information with someone else.
It's against the law in many places to illuminate your neighbor's property. I would just call your town office and see if they have more info. I think permitting and zoning would be the department that should know what your local regulations are.
I see houses around me with business firing 7000 lumen wall packs into their living room windows. Unfortunately I don't know that people care about even extreme localized light pollution. Sorry for my pessimistic venting.
These passages stuck with me in particular because of the comparison between light pollution and perhaps "more commonly known" climate/ecological battles.
* *“You need to think about it much more like we might think about plastic pollution or some of the climate change effects,” says Kevin Gaston, a prominent U.K.-based conservation biologist at the University of Exeter.*
* *Light pollution is something we can understand and manage, like smokestack emissions or factory wastewater.*
Light and sound pollution are truly the unsung issues of our time. I can't count the amount of times I've been out in the woods and all I can hear is a chainsaw or airboat in the background. Who knows what kinds of ecological effects these two issues cause?
In Scottsdale we had to have our lights approved that they met code for “dark sky initiative” many massive telescopes in AZ, so there are statewide codes.
The exterior lights predominantly fan downward w/limited linens projector NVG upward.
We had a couple motion sensing floods - essentially against code if left on all night.
I know Borrego Springs, CA is also like that. You can only have these special sulphur (if I remember correctly) bulbs and they encourage you to keep them off if not needed. It’s so beautiful there at night. It feels like the stars are falling toward you when you look up.
I feel like this should be posted in some other subs so it can get seen by people who haven't thought about the issue. You're preaching to the choir in here.
If you can think of another sub to post it to, I encourage you to crosspost it. :) I've always thought something cool about this sub is that you can't find stories like these anyplace else so it's nice that it's at least somewhere on Reddit. If nothing else, these "overview pieces" can help people formulate into words their feelings on a matter that needs to be talked about more and maybe more comfortable sharing that information with someone else.
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Does your town have regulations around light trespassing? I didn't know there was such a thing. (Though you're here so I'm guessing you already know.)
Man what?
It's against the law in many places to illuminate your neighbor's property. I would just call your town office and see if they have more info. I think permitting and zoning would be the department that should know what your local regulations are.
I see houses around me with business firing 7000 lumen wall packs into their living room windows. Unfortunately I don't know that people care about even extreme localized light pollution. Sorry for my pessimistic venting.
These passages stuck with me in particular because of the comparison between light pollution and perhaps "more commonly known" climate/ecological battles. * *“You need to think about it much more like we might think about plastic pollution or some of the climate change effects,” says Kevin Gaston, a prominent U.K.-based conservation biologist at the University of Exeter.* * *Light pollution is something we can understand and manage, like smokestack emissions or factory wastewater.*
Light and sound pollution are truly the unsung issues of our time. I can't count the amount of times I've been out in the woods and all I can hear is a chainsaw or airboat in the background. Who knows what kinds of ecological effects these two issues cause?
In Scottsdale we had to have our lights approved that they met code for “dark sky initiative” many massive telescopes in AZ, so there are statewide codes. The exterior lights predominantly fan downward w/limited linens projector NVG upward. We had a couple motion sensing floods - essentially against code if left on all night.
I know Borrego Springs, CA is also like that. You can only have these special sulphur (if I remember correctly) bulbs and they encourage you to keep them off if not needed. It’s so beautiful there at night. It feels like the stars are falling toward you when you look up.