Links

Dark Skies vs.  Light Pollution

• The 2007 La Palma Declaration (International Initiative in Defence of the Quality of the Night Sky as Mankind’s Scientific, Cultural and Environmental Right)

• International Dark Skies Association (IDA)

• IDA's International Dark Sky Community Program

• Citizens for Responsible Lighting (CRL)

• Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) - Light Levels

• IESNA Lighting Education Fundamentals

• The New England Light Pollution Advisory Group (NELPAG)

• Sensible Shoreland Lighting (follow this link, then click "View this PDF")

• Pennsylvania's first "dark skies" state park, Cherry Springs

• Utah’s Natural Bridges National Monument Becomes First International Dark Sky Park

Lighting Ordinances from Other Communities

• Blount County, Tennessee

• Outdoor Lighting Ordinances in Pennsylvania

• Wisconsin Light Pollution Ordinances

• IDA Model Lighting Ordinance recommendations and resources

Educators' Resources

• From the "Paper Plate Education" website:  how a full shield over a bare light bulb can improve ground lighting while reducing wasted light.

• Teachers' Domain online interactive teaching tool on light pollution.

• IDA educational resources page, which includes links to lots of non-IDA educational sites.

• These are links to information sheets from the IDA that suggest educational activities for schoolteachers and homeschoolers.

  • http://www.darksky.org/resources/information-sheets/pdf/is188.pdf 

  • http://www.darksky.org/resources/information-sheets/pdf/is189.pdf

Human Health Effects

• The Starry Night Lights website has links to numerous, disturbing articles on excessive night lighting and its effects on human health, particularly cancer in women.  

Effects on Wildlife

• Intrusive lighting -- the threat to mammals, birds, insects, and trees (BAA)

• Environmental effects of light (IDA)

• Light Pollution Taking Toll on Wildlife... (National Geographic News)

• Artificial lighting causes thousands of sea turtle hatchling deaths annually in Florida

• Light Pollution is Increasing Threat to Migratory Wildlife (CMS) 

Other Sites of Interest

• Roane State Community College's Tamke-Allan Observatory

• Oak Ridge Isochronus Observation Network (ORION) Astronomy Group

• Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society (SMAS)

• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

Click below for Clear Dark Sky forecast for RSCC Tamke-Allan Observatory