Skip to content

Get involved

You are an important force for protecting the night. There are plenty of ways to help fight light pollution!

Illustration of a group of friends together.

DarkSky e-news updates

Sign up now for DarkSky updates, news, and action alerts.

Name(Required)
Address
If you provide your address, we can send you relevant location action alerts!
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Get involved

Join us!

If you’re not one already, become a DarkSky member and receive our periodic action alerts giving you the opportunity to have your voice heard on late-breaking issues. And let us know what’s happening in your area as new threats and opportunities to protect the night skies arise. You are our eyes and ears on the ground.

Illustration of a home with a shielded outdoor light pointing down toward the ground.
Get involved

Assess your home’s lighting

Poor lighting not only creates glare and light pollution but also wastes enormous amounts of energy and money. Take a few moments to inspect your property for inefficient, poorly installed, and unnecessary outdoor lighting. Then replace any outdated light fixtures with DarkSky Approved ones.

Get involved

Use DarkSky Approved lighting at your home and business

Look for the DarkSky Approved seal on any outdoor lighting you purchase. Use our searchable database of lighting products certified to minimize glare, light trespass, and sky glow. These products are recommended when replacing outdated or inappropriate light fixtures.

Get involved

Talk to your friends, family, and neighbors

You can be a powerful dark sky advocate for your neighborhood, your city, and even your state or province and country. Solving the light pollution problem involves raising awareness of the issue so that people are empowered to make better decisions as consumers, voters, and community members. Use some of our resources, like our General Brochure, Losing the Dark film, or mobile apps to help spread the word.

Get involved

Spread the word online

Engage your online community about the issues, and explain why to support DarkSky. Also, be sure to let them know about joining our email list to receive our monthly e-newsletter and other timely information. They — and you — can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Get involved

Become a community scientist

Be part of a global community that is helping scientists measure and study light pollution. There are several ways to help. No experience necessary!

Get involved

Join the Advocates Network

The DarkSky Advocates Network is a global community united in its efforts to protect the night from light pollution. Check out the work of some of our Advocates and learn more about how you can get involved here.

Get involved

Shop DarkSky

Show your support for dark skies with DarkSky-branded T-shirts and other merchandise in our online Bonfire shop.

Illustration of a group of friends talking.
Get involved

Set up an outreach table at a local event

We have public outreach materials that you can use to educate your community about light pollution and protecting the night skies.

Get involved

Start a DarkSky chapter

DarkSky chapters are made up of members organized within defined geographic boundaries. See if there’s one near you, and if not, learn how to start one!

Get involved

Advocate for a lighting ordinance in your town

Local lighting ordinances ensure that your municipality is addressing nighttime lighting. Find out whether your town has a lighting ordinance. If not, try working with them to pass one. If your town does have an ordinance, make sure that it’s being enforced.

Get involved

Visit an International Dark Sky Place

Our Dark Sky Places program recognizes locations with exceptionally dark skies and local efforts to keep them that way. Many of these places are state or national parks. By visiting these locations, your tourism expenditures help sustain and protect these rare and fragile locales for the benefit of future generations. Find a Dark Sky Place.