TD Go Green Challenge - Save the Earth & Preserve Astronomy

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The discussion emphasizes the importance of addressing light pollution, which negatively impacts both astronomy and the natural behaviors of people and animals. An amateur astronomer advocates for voting on a grant proposal aimed at reducing light pollution on a campus, highlighting that increased votes could lead to funding for improvements. There is some confusion about the voting process, with participants clarifying that clicking the link requires email confirmation to register a vote. The conversation also touches on the benefits of directional lighting, which minimizes unnecessary light spill while maintaining adequate illumination in necessary areas. Overall, the thread underscores the need for community engagement in combating light pollution and its broader implications.
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This isn't even for the campus where I go to school, but as an amateur astronomer, I feel that this message should be spread everywhere.

http://www.tdgogreenchallenge.com/video/p/1/playid/149/id/149/

Light pollution is something more than a nuisance to astronomers, it is also something that is fundamentally changing the way people and animals live their lives, for the worse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-illumination

If people can vote for this, and give us a couple more votes, we're in second place, we could get the grant money to change this campus then more could follow with that momentum.
 
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Clicking on this link registers a vote for the team?

That's a bit rude, considering I clicked on it to find information about the campus and whether they had answered any considerations such as crime and violence in a light less campus.
 
Zryn said:
Clicking on this link registers a vote for the team?

That's a bit rude, considering I clicked on it to find information about the campus and whether they had answered any considerations such as crime and violence in a light less campus.

No, you need to click on the vote link on the page, then confirm the vote in your email. I wouldn't post a link like that.

The thing with directional lighting, is that they produce as much light in the needed areas as the older lights did, they just don't have any of the spillover that is unnecessary.
 
Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but this picture shows what I originally saw. The link takes me to a different page now.
 

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Perhaps I am misunderstanding, but this picture shows what I originally saw. The link takes me to a different page now.

Yea, the original link I posted was broken, you never actually voted, it's fixed now.
 
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