228) Ruskin Hartley: Addressing light pollution to protect our dark night skies
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
Kaméa Chayne
4.8 • 694 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Ruskin Hartley has spent over 20 years working in conservation and is now the Executive Director of the International Dark Sky Association, which is the recognized authority on light pollution that's leading the way in the mission to preserve the night globally.
In this podcast episode, Ruskin sheds light on why artificial light is a form of pollution—just like air pollution and water pollution; how light pollution impacts our health and the health and natural behaviors of wildlife, such as migratory birds that navigate by moonlight and starlight; and more.
Featured music: Mission to Earth by NYADO
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| 1:37.6 | Light pollution affects us all whether we know it or not. It has impacts on all wildlife species. It wastes energy. |
| 1:46.0 | And it impacts and impairs our human health, leave aside our ability to view the cosmos. |
| 1:53.0 | Have you ever thought of artificial light as a pollutant? |
| 1:59.0 | It's definitely the least discussed form of pollution |
| 2:01.8 | in comparison to other things like air pollution and water pollution. But it's such an important |
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