We Can Reverse Light Pollution
By Chris Clark and Betsy York [from the Commercial Record, April 28, 2022] For the past six weeks, you have been reading about light pollution and all of its negative consequences. Well, the problem is spreading twice as fast as the population is growing; it now affects 83% of our planet! The situation may seem hopeless,…
Light Pollution Wastes Energy and Money
By Brad Hopkins and Chris Clark [from the Commercial Record, April 21, 2022] Lighting that is too bright or shines when and where it’s not needed is wasteful, and energy waste has huge consequences for our economy and the environment. The amount of energy our country uses in one year to light streets and parking lots…
Nighttime Lights Threaten Human Health
By Brad Hopkins and Chris Clark [from the Commercial Record, April 14, 2022] Light pollution has a negative effect on human health. It interrupts our 24-hour clock and causes sleep disorders as well as other health issues. The human day/night cycle, known as the circadian clock, affects how our bodies work. Among other things it affects…
Bad Lighting Makes Us LESS Safe
By Brad Hopkins and Chris Clark [from the Commercial Record, April 7, 2022] There is no clear evidence that using more outdoor lighting leads to less crime. It may make us feel safer, but we are probably not really safer. The truth is that bad outdoor lighting can decrease safety by making victims and property easier…
Light Pollution Hurts Plants and Animals
By Chris Clark, Brad Hopkins, and Betsy York [from the Commercial Record, March 31, 2022] Light pollution kills millions of birds every year because artificial lights disrupt their migration “calendar.” The light causes the birds to start out too early or too late, thereby missing the best conditions for nesting. Birds that navigate by moonlight…
Visually Disturbing the Peace
By Chris Clark, Brad Hopkins, and Betsy York (Appeared in the Commercial Record on March 24, 2022) Most places have laws that protect citizens from disturbingly loud noise. If you have politely asked your neighbor to keep the noise down but their pool party is still keeping you awake at two o’clock in the morning,…
Light Pollution: Why You Should Care
(Appeared in the Commercial Record on March 17, 2022) Not long ago, anyone could look up at night and see thousands of stars. Today, artificial lighting has made the night sky too bright for us to see very many stars; only one in five Americans can see the Milky Way from their home. For millions…
Humans Need the Natural Day and Night Cycle
Our Biological Clocks Help Keep Us Healthy In fewer than 100 years, humans have radically altered our nighttime environment, putting our health at risk. Due to the rapid growth of artificial light at night, most of us spend our nights bathed in light. But basking in all this light at night is not natural and…
Life on Earth Needs both Light and Dark to Survive
For billions of years, life has evolved with Earth’s predictable rhythm of light and dark controlled by the length of the day. In fact, it’s encoded in the DNA of all plants, animals and humans. But our growth and technology have radically disrupted this cycle by lighting up the nighttime sky. It used to be…
Community Book Read: The End of Night, by Paul Bogard
Did you know that outdoor lighting that emits too much light or shines when and where it’s not needed wastes energy, cost billions of dollars and increases carbon emissions? Did you know that artificial light at night has been cited as a factor in health concerns ranging from poor sleep to some cancers? Did you…
Please Join Us for our Beach Cleanup, Sept 18, 9am to 12pm, Oval Beach
Please join the Creation Justice Team, working in partnership with the Alliance of the Great Lakes, on Saturday, September 18, for the Beach Clean-Up of Oval Beach to Douglas Beach. Spread the word! Bring family and friends! We’ll gather at Oval Beach’s parking lot, working from 9am to 12pm. If you can help, please sign up…
Three Sisters Recipes
Last fall, the Creation Justice Team sponsored a community reading of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. Readers enjoyed the book’s description of “The Three Sisters,” an indigenous practice where corn, beans and squash are grown in the same space. The corn stalks create a structure for the beans to climb, the beans provide the soil…
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