New Zealand's response to AS4282 - Light Trespass -draft
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marnie0
- Aug 5
- 1 min
ADSA's response to the draft Australian Standards for lighting.
Your chance to have your say As the peak body representing night conservation, the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance Technical Committee...
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marnie0
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Artificial light at night can change the behaviour of all animals, not just humans
(With thanks to the Conversation) Written by Dr Theresa Jones and Dr Kathryn McNamara As the Moon rises on a warm evening in early...
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landonbannister
- Jul 22
- 1 min
WE-EF Lighting launch the Beauty in Darkness Outdoor Lighting Awards
WE-EF Lighting have launched the Beauty in Darkness Outdoor Lighting Awards for Australia and New Zealand. As a company with a long...
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marnie0
- Jul 18
- 1 min
Phillip Island - Dark Sky Ark?
Have you signed up for our webinar this coming Thursday? 21 July - 6pm AEST Phillip Island Nature Parks (the Nature Parks) is a unique...
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marnie0
- Jun 16
- 1 min
ASNZ4282 Open for comment
HOW ANIMALS PERCEIVE THE WORLD "....We have changed the climate and acidified the oceans. We have shuffled wildlife across continents,...
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marnie0
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Our disappearing night skies: Why this matters
Webinar Sharolyn Anderson Tuesday 7th June, 6.30pm - 7.30pm AEST credit - River Murray Dark Sky Reserve Dark skies are essential for...
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marnie0
- May 23
- 1 min
After Dark - and hopefully not in the mud!
For all our Sydney-based members and supporters, Almost inevitably, the day you mention you're going to do an outdoor activity with...
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marnie0
- May 5
- 1 min
ALAN meets ROLAN
The Australasian Dark Sky Alliance is delighted to be a supporter of the inaugural - Responsible Outdoor Lighting at Night Conference...
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marnie0
- Apr 28
- 2 min
Queensland pushing dark sky horizons... by Dr Ken Wishaw
Queensland E-petition Andrew Wallace MP, state member for Glasshouse is sponsoring a Queensland Government e-petition, to change the...
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marnie0
- Apr 22
- 1 min
1 minute for light pollution
It's International Dark Sky Week #IDSW22 and here's what our Youth Ambassadors for 2022 have to say about light pollution Tell us what...
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marnie0
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Survey for Dark Skies
(Written by ALGA) Federal Government efforts to mitigate the impacts of light pollution on nocturnal wildlife are being extended to...
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gallegretto
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Impacts of LEDs on human health
UPCOMING WEBINAR 24 February - 11 am We are delighted to announce that our first speaker for ADSA’s 2022 webinar series is Dr Maya Babu....
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marnie0
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
2022 - Dark Skies and You!!
Share your dark sky deeds for 2022!
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marnie0
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Dark and Quiet - Starlight Constellations?
credit from Australia's Astronomer-at-large (from the Astronomy in Australia Newsletter) Starlink satellites as of 13 December 2021....
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marnie0
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Christmas lights & Murray River Reserve's Big News
Hanging Christmas lights? We're not about to tell you not to get into the festive spirit and forget the lights, but as you choose between...
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marnie0
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
LIGHTING REGULATIONS, BATS & AMBASSADORSHIPS
ADSA YOUTH AMBASSADORSHIPS Aged between 18 - 25 years? Keen to make a difference? Involved in the arts, science, law, human health? Then...
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marnie0
- Oct 15, 2021
- 6 min
CULTURAL CONNECTION - TURTLE POWER - DARK SKY GRANTS - HELSINKI REPORT
CALL OUT FOR DARK SKY ARTISTS Images: Barkly Regional Arts Southern Sky call-out for new digital works Call for Expressions of Interest...
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marnie0
- Oct 5, 2021
- 2 min
ONLINE EVENTS
Safeguarding astronomical heritage from the erasure of light pollution A/Prof Duane Hamacher 20 OCTOBER - 6pm AEDT FREE emu artwork by...
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marnie0
- Sep 10, 2021
- 1 min
Bits and Bytes
Light Pollution - ABC Podcast At 30 mins - did you know that 'the light pollution produced by street lamps, advertising boards,...
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