Highlights from this episode:
- Federal Precedents
- Dark Sky Week 2024
- Digital Planning
- International Dark Skies Programs
Sponsored by Evluma
https://evluma.com/dark-sky-friendly-lighting/
Intro and outro music by Doctor Turtle
Headlines and Sources:
March 23rd was Earth Hour
https://www.dogonews.com/2024/3/20/earth-hour-2024-shines-a-spotlight-on-the-health-of-our-planet
Dark Sky Week is April 2-8
https://lightedmag.com/darksky-international-celebrates-international-dark-sky-week-2024/
PLAN-B Endorses Light Pollution Manifesto
https://plan-b-project.eu/2024/03/13/plan-b-manifesto/
Royal Society: “Changing streetlighting schemes and the ecological availability of darkness”
Blue-Yellow Opponency For Circadian Entrainment
https://www.lightnowblog.com/2024/03/alternative-circadian-theory-of-blue-yellow-opponency/
Radiotherapy Results Improve if Matched to Circadian Rhythm
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/6/1/14
Meal Timing linked with Sleep Quality and Anxiety (in Young Adults)
https://www.mdpi.com/2624-5175/6/1/11
Chronoworking Might Fix Your Sleep
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-news/can-the-rise-of-chronoworking-help-fix-our-sleep
Urban Moths React to Light Pollution By Evolving Smaller Wings
Sleep Deprivation Alters Estrus Cycle (in Rats)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56392-9
Federal Court of Appeals: Lighting Bylaws Are Not Religious Discrimination
Gantrisch is Switzerland’s First Dark Sky Park
https://darksky.org/news/gantrisch-becomes-first-international-dark-sky-park-in-switzerland/
Lake County, OR is the Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary
Kaikoura, NZ Alters Lighting Rules
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/350208724/tougher-lighting-rules-aim-protect-kaikouras-night-sky
Kūaotunu Prepares Plan for ‘Dark Sky’ status
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/kuaotunu-prepares-plan-for-dark-sky-status/
The Danish Island of Mandø becomes Denmark’s fourth International Dark Sky Place
Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust in NH Offers Lighting Assessments for Private Homes
St. Germain, WI Tables Lighting Ordinance Proposal Indefinitely
Burnaby, BC Condo Tower Strobe Lights the Neighborhood
Dark Skies Presentation in Newburyport