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A Light Proposal: Restore the Nights of Evanston

The title is Evanston, but truly many communities face the same issue: how and whether to regulate outdoor lighting at night. As the cost of lighting has become cheap, our nights are paying the price. We are generating an ever-brightening world while failing to grasp the dramatic ramifications of turning night into day has on our lives and our world. Thankfully, there is hope. The simple act of awareness is the first step to meaningful change. And awareness is growing. Still, one of the greatest hurdles to a solution remains: how to achieve it. Join me in an exploration of the importance of natural nights and learn actionable ways you can preserve this vital resource. Ken Walczak is the Senior Manager of Far Horizons at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago – a research and engineering program engaging students, volunteers, and the public in hands-on, participatory science. He has worked on the design and implementation of innovative instruments for light pollution research and has authored numerous papers on the subject. He helped lead the successful international designation of the world’s largest Urban Night Sky Place, The Palos Preserves, southwest of Chicago. He owned a lighting and furniture design company, is a trained photographer, an avid public policy advocate, as well as an experienced science and astronomy communicator. He is a board member of Dark Sky International, co-found the DarkSky Chicago chapter and an associate member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).