Pages related to the efforts of the KW-RASC Light Abatement Committee and other light related issues.
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| Light pollution success story runs in local newspaper |
The lights off when stores are closed at The Boardwalk megamall success story runs in The Record, Monday edition. |
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| Lowes in Waterloo adopts new overnight lighitng practice | Walmart, Lowes and Empire Theatre at The Boardwalk megamall are turning lights off over night. | ||
| Globe at Night Campaign 2011 | International star-hunting campaign, GLOBE at Night, helps to address the light pollution issue locally as well as globally. | ||
| Empire Theatre in Waterloo changes overnight lighting | The new Empire Theatre within the Boardwalk mall along Ira Needles Blvd., adopts new overnight lighting practices. | ||
| Grade 8 student measures light pollution | Stacy Glasburg, 13, started to document light levels in the city of Ottawa as part of a science fair project at her school called "The Dark Side of Light." | ||
| BBC show on Light Pollution | A docu-investigative show on the BBC network called Inside Out, did a segment on light pollution in the south of England as well as paid a visit to Calgary, Alberta, Canada to look at that city's 8 year retro-fit program of all street lights to full cut off. | ||
| LPA on 570 News K-W |
The KW RASC is in the news again. For the BBC video on Light Pollution in the south of England and what Calgary did, please contact our LPA committee at: lpa(at)kw.rasc.ca |
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| What You Can Do |
One minute videos on what you
can to help reduce light pollution. |
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| Ira Needles Street Lighting Kitchener |
Our LPA detected improper installed street lighting. **UPDATE TO THIS STORY AVAILABLE** |
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| City of Waterloo Development Planner at Club Meeting | Mr. Ryan Mounsey speaks at the January Club Meeting. | ||
| Green Laser Pointers | The uses
and missuses of the green laser pointer. |