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Lighting Expert Michael Colligan joins in conversation with guests to discuss the issues of light pollution and potential solutions to this drastically overlooked form of climate change.
Scott Wachter presents the latest news in the world of light pollution.
Insecurity Lighting
Roland is from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, but he speaks proficiently, beyond the perspective of astronomy, on many of the other aspects of light pollution.
Read MoreCutting Through the Jargon with Art
Rayan talks with Michael and John about our lack of connection with the cosmos and the technical jargon and language barriers preventing that connection.
Read MoreGet the Darkness Out of the Shadows
Johan talks to Michael Colligan and John Bullock about the impact of light pollution on flora and fauna around the world, not to mention the impact on human health.
Read MorePainting the Night Sky
Valerie reveals to us how knowledge gained in astronomy and cosmology influenced art and architecture. WATCH this episode, if you can.
Read MoreKeeping the Urban Out of Rural
How do we deal with light pollution? As Georgia says, “with the flick of a switch!” It’s that easy.
Read MoreDesigning Darkness
Camilla has an interesting way of looking at lighting design. Rather than a lighting designer, she calls herself a “darkness designer.”
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What We’ve Learned
In this special year-end episode, Michael and John discuss issues that have come up over the past year in the Darkness Restoration and Preservation movement.
Read MoreDe-Illumination of the Night Sky
Sabine is a full time Dark Sky Officer for the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sternenpark Rhön.
Read MoreThe Night is a Realm
Kerem considers the night to be a “realm” and he specializes in dark sky friendly lighting design for what he likes to call, “the urban and rural public realm.”
Read MoreWell Lit, Not Brightly Lit
Michael discusses with Mark how we have lost much of our understanding of the value of darkness as lights have gotten cheaper and more efficient.
Read MoreDark Skies vs. Skis
Bernd is an astrophotographer based out of Cologne, Germany. Bernd tells Michael how hard it is to find dark skies for his astrophotography.
Read MoreThe Pilot Project for Pilots
Thomas Herrholz and Dark Sky GmbH from Germany is a company that has been developing techniques to activate obstacle lighting only when it is really needed for air traffic.
Read MoreZen and the Art of the Night Sky
Mark Westmoquette discusses with Michael practicing mindfulness when under the night sky
Read MoreThe Guided Dark Sky Experience
Michael and John discuss with Etta how to engage people with Dark Skies so as to bring them back.
Read MoreThe Legal Recognition of Light Pollution
There’s air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution. Why hasn’t light pollution been recognised the same way?
Read MoreLight Pollution Cannot Be Measured…Yet
Ken Walczak is the Senior Manager of Far Horizons at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago – a hands-on science, engineering and research program
Read MoreLight Pollution is Real
Michael discusses with Catherine Pérez Vega the question: Is light a pollutant?
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Humans Are Not a Nocturnal Species
Michael and John are thrilled to have Professor Foster on the podcast. He brings his deep scientific knowledge and understanding of circadian photobiology.
Read MoreWhat is Perception? What is Safety?
In this episode you get three unique perspectives on urban lighting. Co-host Michael Colligan in Canada, co-host John Bullock in the U.K and guest Kate Hickcox from The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Read MoreLight Hygiene
As Bastian Groiss says, people see light as an enabler for vision. But light – sunlight in particular – is so much more. It triggers hormonal reactions, allows your immune system to recharge and gives the mitochondria the energy to repair your eyes.
Read MoreThe Invisible Infrastructure
John Bullock, guest co-host on this episode, asks the question, “How do we shift the argument so that we can start to talk about the reality of what we experience rather than the propaganda of what people tell us is a problem”
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