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Find your local chapter

Local chapters are at the forefront of the dark sky movement. Regional volunteers can help you pass an ordinance, provide support, and more.

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2,000+

Advocates

100+

Delegates

70+

Chapters


Chapter

Website

Contact

Email

Argentina

DarkSky Argentina

Alejandro Sommer

Australia

DarkSky Tasmania

Landon Bannister

DarkSky Victoria

Judith Bailey

Austria

DarkSky Austria

Stefan Wallner

Belgium

Leve(n)de Nacht

Friedel Pas and Yana Yakushina

Brazil

DarkSky Rio de Janeiro

Marcelo de Oliveira Souza

Canada

DarkSky Québec

Maxime Chouinard

DarkSky Southern Alberta

Jennifer Howse

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

 Geoff Robertson

Cyprus

DarkSky Cyprus

Demetra Chasikou

Czech Republic

DarkSky Czech Republic

Jan Hollan

France

DarkSky France

Jean-Francois Graffand

Germany

DarkSky Germany

Andreas Hänel

Greece

DarkSky Greece

Andreas Papalambrou

Hungary

DarkSky Hungary

Zoltán Kolláth

India

DarkSky Punjab

Jaskaran Singh

Ireland

DarkSky Ireland

Albert White

DarkSky Mayo

Georgia MacMillan

Italy

DarkSky Italy

Dr. Mario Di Sora

Sideralis / DarkSky Western Alps

Federico Pellegrino

Japan

DarkSky Japan

Nobuaki Ochi

Kenya

DarkSky Kenya

Zach Kolp

Malta

DarkSky Malta / Light Pollution Awareness Group

Alexei Pace

México

DarkSky México

Fernando Ávila Castro

Nepal

DarkSky Nepal

Suresh Bhattarai

Pakistan

DarkSky Pakistan

Rayan Khan

South Korea

DarkSky Daegu Gyeongbuk

Wonkil Jeong

Switzerland

DarkSky Switzerland

Lukas Schuler

Tanzania

DarkSky Tanzania

Ladislaus Batinoluho

United Kingdom

DarkSky UK

Roy Alexander

United States

Arizona

DarkSky Phoenix

Christa Sadler

DarkSky Pinal County

Keith Krueger

DarkSky Southern Arizona

Emilio Falco

Arkansas

Arkansas Natural Sky Association

Bruce McMath

Alabama

Starry Skies South

Michelle Wooten

California

DarkSky California

Jack Sales

DarkSky Joshua Tree

Tom O’Key

DarkSky LA County

Anna Josenhans & Ziz Knight

DarkSky San Diego County

Cathy Handzel

DarkSky Central Coast

Nancy Emerson

DarkSky Santa Cruz

Mark Buxbaum

DarkSky San Bernardino County

Tom O’Key

Colorado

DarkSky Colorado

Dani Robben

Connecticut

DarkSky Connecticut

Leo Smith

District of Columbia

DarkSky Washington, D.C.

Milt Roney

Florida

DarkSky Florida

Diana Umpierre, AICP, GISP

DarkSky Lake Worth

Richard Stowe & Alice McCall

DarkSky Central Florida

Steven Miller & Marty Proctor

DarkSky South Florida

Bryan Bodie & Eric Vandernoot

Hawai‘i

DarkSky Hawai‘i

Howard Wiig & Dr. Richard Wainscoat

Illinois

DarkSky Central Illinois

Jesse Hoover

DarkSky Chicago

Adam Kreuzer

DarkSky Northwest Illinois

Zoran Perovanovich

Indiana

DarkSky Erie and Crawford County

Susan Campbell

Kentucky

DarkSky South Central Kentucky

Christine Humphrey

Massachusetts

DarkSky Massachusetts

James Lowenthal

Michigan

DarkSky Michigan

Robyn Porteen

Minnesota

Starry Skies North

Todd Burlet

Missouri

DarkSky Missouri

Vayujeet Gokhale, Ph.D.

Montana

DarkSky Montana

Lee Rademaker

New Jersey

DarkSky New Jersey

Jim Webster

New Mexico

New Mexico DarkSky

Jon Holtzman

New York

DarkSky New York

Susan Harder

DarkSky Westchester County

Charles Fulco

North Carolina

DarkSky North Carolina

Prof. Daniel B. Caton

DarkSky Triangle

Ladye Jane Vickers

Ohio

Oregon

DarkSky Oregon

Michael McKeag

Pennsylvania

DarkSky Pennsylvania

Mark Grosz

DarkSky Pittsburgh

Diane Turnshek

South Dakota

DarkSky South Dakota

Diane Knutson

Tennessee

DarkSky Tennessee

Rebecca Love

Texas

DarkSky Texas

Cindy Cassidy

Utah

DarkSky Utah

Alan Eastman

Virginia

DarkSky NOVA

Tom Reinert

DarkSky Virginia

Laura Greenleaf

Washington

DarkSky Washington

David Ingram & Linda Kahananui

West Virginia

DarkSky Bolivar-Harpers Ferry

Karen Sagisi

Wisconsin

DarkSky Geneva Lake / Geneva Lake Dark Sky Initiative

Colin Griffith

Uruguay

DarkSky Uruguay

Fernando Fabbiani


DarkSky Affiliates

Affiliate Name / Location

Website

Contact

Email

Wyoming Stargazing
Wyoming, U.S.

Samuel Singer

Texas Night Sky Festival® Association
Texas, U.S

Cindy Cassidy

Start a chapter

DarkSky chapters do amazing work to protect the night, from enacting national light pollution laws, to tabling at events and spreading the word.

What better way to raise awareness about the importance of dark skies than with a group of like-minded peers?

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78

Chapters

24

Countries

6

Continents

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