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Multimedia Links
These links provide access to a compilation of multimedia discussing the topic of light pollution. IDA has attempted to provide credit for the works cited below.
If you would like to add your PSA, video, book, or other form of multimedia please contact our webmaster. Please note that IDA will NOT accept media with inappropriate or vulgar topics and/or language. Inclusion of media on this page is at the discretion of the IDA staff.
Interactive Programs New!!
Become a lighting designer and see how lamp choice makes a difference in nighttime viewing through this interactive simulation from need-less.org
Click here for more size options.
The need-less campaign reduces light pollution through a variety of innovative media. Visit the need-less site for more outstanding concepts, including posters and photography.
Recently the need-less "help lower light pollution" interactive display won the British Sky Broadcasting Ltd "Green Award" for ecological excellence at the "New Designers" exhibition, the foremost showcase of graduate design. Read more > >
Tour the galaxy through the WorldWide Telescope project.
Videos & Movies
Maine Watch with Jennifer Brooks, MPBN Television, 03 April, 2009 (26:45) IDA Maine Section Leader Martha Sheils and member Robert Burgess were interviewed in depth on Maine Public Broadcast TV in an extended segment on light pollution.
Op-Ed: In the Dark by Ian Cheney and Emily Bolevice, The New York Times, 19 November, 2008.
Europarltv's Your Voice "How We Do It: Energy Conservation through More Efficient Public Lighting." Sweden and the Czech Republic are pioneering schemes for more energy-saving lights on the motorway and in public hearings. 28 October, 2008
Nighttime Lights from the International Space Station
City Lights Cancel Out the Stars The Wall Street Journal, Video narrated by columnist Robert Lee Hotz
How to Reduce Light Pollution on GreenerBusiness Show featuring Starry Night Lights
Light Pollution produced by Vail Plum TV and narrated by IDA Colorado Section Leader Dr. Robert Stencel
Full Length Feature Films
The City Dark by Wicked Delicate Films slated for release in 2009
Outside In by SV2 Studios
Earth Day Network Interview
Watch all of Managing Director Pete Strasser's interview with Earth Day Network under the Greener Living tab >>
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YouTube Videos
By IDA Sections & Affiliates
Light Pollution and Night Sky Quality (3:55) IDA member Francesco Giubbilini illustrates limiting magnitude classifications in a short, easy to understand slideshow.
Sky Glow and the Missing Milky Way: Darkness with Audrey Fischer (13:00) by "The Little Green People Show" in affiliation with the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Chicago Academy of Sciences
Fundamentals of Better Lighting from Dark Skies Northwest
Sidewalk Astronomy & Light Pollution from starwalk33 Produced by IDA Chicago
Aktion «Licht aus» - Lichtverschmutzung from Jetdroid. Produced by Dark Sky Switzerland
New!! Retro Video by IDA Protecting the Night (10:32) Produced by IDA Staff, Narrated by Jay Shadler
By Others
Midnight Movie: Does Las Vegas Care about their Light Pollution? KCET's 'Social Connected' asks Dan Duriscoe about Las Vegas lights in Death Valley, NV (10 March, 2009)
Accendiamo le stelle! (Let's light up the stars) an experiment of light shields by frazube (in Italian with English subtitles)
International Year of Astronomy 2009
Light Pollution: The Problem... from pjholl
light pollution - full quality from ArtOtaku
Light Pollution from meskigirly
Light Pollution - Effecting the Night Sky from tessalia87
Ant: Light Pollution from pinkyshow
Light Pollution - bleah! from kwakhed23
Wasteful Lighting from LightingPolice
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Radio Shows and Podcasts
KERA Radio: Think - Light Pollution - "The End of Night" (10 November, 2008) Pete Strasser discusses good lighting, good neighbors, and good ecological practices in an hour-long interview with Krys Boyd.
IDA's Pete Strasser discusses quality lighting on WNYC Radio.
Chemical Heritage Foundation: Distillations Radio Show (13 June, 2008) Segment shines the light on skyglow from HPS and LPS luminaires.
National Public Radio (NPR): Marketplace (20 June, 2008)
IDA Technical Advisor Pete Strasser discusses light pollution problems and solutions on National Public Radio with Here & Now host Robin Young.
Astronomy Magazine: Podcast Interview (16 August, 2007) Former IDA Board President Bob Gent discusses how to fight light pollution at home. News & Talk Show Videos
Fines Aim to Clean Light Pollution from Night Sky - KOB TV New Mexico 03 April, 2009 (2:09) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation giving the Night Sky Protection Act some new teeth--in the form of fines for people who violate it. Read the Act >>
Dark Sky - VVHTV (14 March, 2008) 30 minute documentary style production featuring Susan Harder, Section leader of IDA New York
Measuring Light Pollution in Skies Around Boston - WBZ TV Boston, Reported by Mish Michaels, 31 October, 2008 (2:26) IDA member Bernie Kosicki of Acton, MA, USA and board member Kelly Beatty offer their insights on light pollution in a local news segment
Public Service Announcements
KOLD News 13 Go Green
Commercial Against Light Pollution from skymanfede. Produced by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
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Books & Literature
Featured: Paul Bogard's "Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark" 2008 University of Nevada Press
"There Once Was A Sky Full of Stars" by Bob Crelin and illustrated by Amie Ziner, 2007 Sky Publishing
"At Day's Close: Night in Times Past" by A. Roger Ekirch, 2006 W. W. Norton
"Acquainted with the Night: Excursions Through the World After Dark" by Christopher Dewdney, 2005 Bloomsbury USA. Read the review in Nightscape Issue 68/69. (Must be a member and logged in to view this).
"Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting" edited by C. Rich & T. Longcore, 2005 Island Press.
"The Outermost House; A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod" by Henry Beston, 2003 Holt Paperbacks. Read the IDA review in Nightscape Issue 70. (Must be a member and logged in to view this).
"Light Pollution: Responses and Remedies" by Bob Mizon, 2001 Springer.
Also visit the IDA Reports & Studies page if you are interested in more scientific literature.
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Social Networking Sites
International Dark-Sky Association's Facebook Page
International Dark-Sky Association on MySpace.com
International Year of Astronomy 2009 on MySpace.com
International Year of Astronomy 2009 on Facebook
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