As a 44 year old amateur astronomer, Jamie Flinn of Brampton, Ontario Canada, intends to commemorate cities from around the globe that have taken the initiative to reduce light pollution. For instance, lets examine the city of Calgary, Alberta. Calgary has saves “$3 million per year” and “has greatly reduced its energy consumption through the use of full cutoff shields and low power bulbs in city lighting.” Overall reaction from the Calgary public has been quite favourable: clearer skies and reduced energy consumption. Calgary isn’t alone though:
“Other cities and regions such as Phoenix, Boulder, Denver, Veneto (Italy), Wales, New Hampshire, etc have enacted ordinances that do the following:
• reduce lighting costs;
• improve safety and security;
• improve quality of life;
• stop disruption of wildlife.”
It’s clear that many cities and regions around the world do not follow these aforementioned cities. Light pollution causes detrimental damage to Earth’s ecosystem. As Jamie Flinn put it:
“On the next clear night … look up.
You will see next to no stars but a lot of orange glow. All of that light is wasted power and money being used to light … nothing.”
