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May 1, 2005

Dark-Sky Association Begins Certifying Products

Heather Winters, owner and president of AC Lighting Design in Coolidge, Arizona, is passionate about cleaning up light pollution. “It just makes sense, even for people who are not astronomers,” she told EBN. “These are things that the average Joe can connect with: ‘Hey, my neighbor’s lights are blazing into my window,’ or ‘I’d like to go out and do some stargazing.’” Truly dark skies are becoming increasingly rare. But, with the help of the green building movement, the general public and designers like Winters are beginning to learn why dark skies are important and how to protect them. For more on light pollution, see EBN Vol. 7, No. 8.
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