Can a lighting retrofit in a growing metropolitan city save energy, maintain safety standards, and protect the starry night sky? __ Tucson, Arizona, is a major metropolitan city in the southwest United States. The city [...]
NIGHTS OVER TUCSON: How the Tucson, Arizona, LED Conversion Improved the Quality of the Night
November 14, 2019
The International Dark-Sky Association is pleased to support the creation of the Journal of Dark Sky Studies (JDSS). Housed at the University of Utah’s Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, the online journal is dedicated to…
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Each month IDA features an IDA advocate from the worldwide network of volunteers who are working to protect the night. We call them our S.T.A.R.s (Super Talented Advocacy Reports) Leo Smith, Chair of the IDA…
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The 14th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night & the International Dark-Sky Association AGM & Conference An Intercontinental Partnership We are delighted to announce that the 14th European Symposium for the Protection of…
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August 13, 2019 For Immediate Release Peter Densmore (435) 834-4744 Bryce Canyon celebrates 50 years of night sky outreach and support BRYCE, UT – The National Park Service and the International Dark-Sky Association are pleased…
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WE’RE LESS THAN $10,000 AWAY FROM OUR GOAL! We are so close to meeting our fundraising goal for the Protect the Night Matching Gifts Challenge. As of today, we are less than $10,000 away from closing the match…
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Original text has been translated from Mandarin to English Hehuan Mountain becomes the first designated International Dark Sky Park in Taiwan. In the congratulatory letter from the International Dark-Sky Association’s Executive Director Ruskin K. Hartley…
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Nancy Calderon is a Toronto-based musician with a passion for dark skies. She became an IDA Delegate last November, with plans to use music and art to reach new audiences and convince more people to…
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The UBarU Camp and Retreat Center is a 144-acre property located in Texas Hill Country. Owned and operated by the Unitarian Universalist Friends Retreat Foundation, UBarU was designated as an International Dark Sky Park in…
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Southeast Utah Group News Release Release date: July 5, 2019 Contact(s): Kate Cannon 435-719-2101, Nathan Ament 435-719-2227 MOAB, UT— The National Park Service and the International Dark-Sky Association are pleased to announce Arches National Park as an…
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IDA supporters are people who understand the sense of awe and the connection to something bigger found in pristine, starry skies. Sadly, because of light pollution, only a handful of the 5,000 stars visible in…
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