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The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution.The advantages of reducing light pollution include an increased number of stars visible at night, reducing the effects of electric lighting on the environment, improving the well-being, [1] health [2] and safety [3] of people and wildlife, [4] and cutting down on energy usage.
Dark infrastructure refers to interconnected networks of natural, semi-natural and urbanized spaces, characterized by low levels of artificial light at night (ALAN), that create ecological continuities in order to provide benefits such as ecological restoration, wildlife conservation, and human health. Dark infrastructure aims to recognize the ...
DarkSky International, formerly the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), [1] is a United States–based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician and amateur astronomer. The mission of DarkSky is "to preserve and protect the night time environment and our ...
A dark-sky preserve status enables high-quality astronomical observation in Paranal Observatory. [1]A dark-sky preserve (DSP) is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts or reduces light pollution or maintains and protects naturally dark night skies.
International Dark Sky Week (formerly the National Dark Sky Week) is held during the week of the new moon in April, [1] [2] when people worldwide may turn off their lights to observe the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This event was founded in 2003 by high school student Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia. [3]
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Commission for Dark Skies logo. The Commission for Dark Skies (CfDS) (formerly the Campaign for Dark Skies; the name was changed on March 29, 2015) is the United Kingdom's largest anti-light-pollution campaign group forming part of the international dark-sky movement.
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