Light pollution or who stole the night? (Free Astronomy Public Lectures)
Free Astronomy Public Lectures
English - May 14, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsEducation categories csv swinburne commons level3 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Presented by Dr Nick Lomb on 16th May 2014.
Melbourne is brightly lit at night. Some lighting is needed for safety, security and to make the city centre an attractive place, but is it all necessary? Why are we lighting the sky when no one lives there? In this talk we will discuss good and bad lighting and consider the effects of night-time lighting on safety, on the environment, on nocturnal animals and, most importantly, on our health. We will end by discussing what we can do individually and collectively to improve the night-time environment.