Save the Night | Be the Solution, Stop Light Pollution
Save the Night | Be the Solution, Stop Light Pollution
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New Lighting Bylaw Brings Nantucket Closer to Dark Skies (Nantucket HOME Magazine, Autumn 2023)
https://issuu.com/yi-online/docs/web_nantucket_home_iss4_2023 (starting on p. 5)
Combatting light pollution on Nantucket (Radio Boston, Sept. 8, 2023)
You can see the Milky Way from Nantucket. Residents want to keep it that way (WBUR, Aug. 25, 2023) (Radio and Web Story)
PROFILES: Interview with Nantucket Lights founder Gail Walker (NCTV, Aug. 5, 2023)
“Darkness Manifesto” an ode to the night sky (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, July 6, 2023)
https://www.ack.net/stories/darkness-manifesto-an-ode-to-the-night-sky,32602
"Even with the naked eye, the night sky on Nantucket in clear weather is remarkably full of stars and other celestial bodies. Also visible, from everywhere, all the time, is the dull glow of artificial light from town, and increasingly well-lit subdivisions that are being built. To protect the island’s night skies, voters at the 2023 Town Meeting adopted new regulations proposed by Nantucket Lights, a grass-roots organization dedicated to that purpose. With the recent public discussion in mind, when I came across “The Darkness Manifesto” among the new releases at the Atheneum, it piqued my interest."
National Honor Society members speak out on important island issues (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, May 18, 2023)
"It can be difficult to know where you can start to help with [light pollution], but luckily Nantucket already has a group fighting to protect our island’s dark night skies. Nantucket Lights is a nonprofit group of Nantucket locals and regular visitors who advocate for the prevention of light pollution, energy waste and environmental disruption that results from poor outdoor lighting. Nantucket’s chapter of the National Honor Society fully supports this organization and stands by their mission."
Town Meeting strengthens outdoor lighting code (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, May 9 2023)
Current Sky: Nantucket's Dark Skies (Nantucket Current, May 7, 2023)
Article 76 would overhaul lighting code (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, Apr. 20, 2023)
Here and There Column (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, Mar. 2023)
https://nantucketinquirer-ma.newsmemory.com/?publink=03d3097b7_134aad0
“Those of us who grew up on the island take our dark skies for granted. But seasonal residents and visitors from the mainland, where light pollution is common, know what a special gift we have with an evening environment that’s pretty darn good for stargazing. Some people can also see the threats to our dark skies with all the new building going on, especially the construction of these huge houses and compounds with pools and spas that are lit up all night long, whether the properties are occupied or not.
One of those people cognizant of what we stand to lose is Gail Walker, who with her husband, the author John Lancaster, has been coming to the island every summer for almost 40 years. Off-season they live in Washington, D.C.
Walker is the sponsor of Article 76, which will be considered by voters at Town Meeting on Saturday, May 6 and addresses regulations for outdoor lighting. It is well worth our consideration. In the face of the rampant building and development, we need to be vigilant and aware of unintended consequences and work hard to keep what we can of what has always been special about Nantucket.”
Can’t See The Stars? Night Skies Are Becoming ‘Rapidly Brighter’ As Light Pollution Intensifies, Study Finds (Forbes, Jan. 19, 2023)
"Even on Nantucket, 30 miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, light pollution has increased by more than 20% over the past 10 years, according to an April, 2022 study by Nantucket Lights, a group of islanders that formed to preserve the island’s view of an unobscured night sky."
"Nantucket Residents Study Night Sky For Potential Light Pollution Increase" (WBZ Radio, April 2022)
"'Preserve our dark skies': Nantucketers asked to count stars to combat light pollution" (Cape Cod Times, April 2022)
"Night Life" (Nantucket Magazine, April 2022)
"Select Board votes to celebrate the night" (DayBreak Nantucket, April 2022)
"International Dark Sky Week On Nantucket Set For April 22-30" (Nantucket Current, April 2022)
"Nantucket Lights promotes dark sky events" (DayBreak Nantucket, April 2022)
"Why light pollution is a solvable environmental crisis" (featuring Nantucket Lights) (PBS NOVA, April 2022)
"Outdoor lighting at Elementary School comes under scrutiny" (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, March 2022)
"Is The Outdoor Lighting At Nantucket Elementary School Excessive?" (Nantucket Current, February 2022)
"Lighting the way on ACK" (DayBreak Nantucket, February 2022)
"Dark Sky Art Contest For Nantucket Students" (Nantucket Current, Oct. 2022)
Dark Skies 101(Nantucket Current, September 2021)
Input on light pollution sought (DayBreak Nantucket, September 2021)
Saving the Night Skies (DayBreak Nantucket, August 2021)
'A view to stir the soul': Nantucket Lights group strives to preserve island's dark skies (Cape Cod Times, August 2021)
New effort launched to curb light pollution (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, July 2021)
Light Pollution on Nantucket (DayBeak Nantucket, July 2021)
Magic of Dark Skies (Yesterday's Island, July 2021)
Group Forms to Preserve Nantucket's Dark Skies (Nantucket Current, June 2021)
Protecting Our Night Skies (DayBreak Nantucket, June 2021)
Loss of island's dark skies feared (Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, Feb. 2021)
State-Protected Dark Skies Could Change Astrotourism Forever: From New England to Nevada, new "dark sky" bills are aiming to protect and promote astrotourism (Conde Nast Traveler, Mar. 2021)
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