Dear colleagues,
<br>please help us spread our world-wide online survey on the issue of
<br>"light pollution" (see invitation letter below). It addresses anyone
<br>with an expertise in lighting and/or light pollution, including light
<br>manufacturers, urban planners, experts for night-time urbanism/tourism,
<br>environmentalists, chronobiologists, energy infrastructure providers, ...
<br>Thanks and best regards,
<br>Nona
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>Dear lighting experts and light pollution experts,
<br>
<br>We would like to*invite you to participate in a world-wide expert
<br>survey* and thereby become part of our research and book project “*Light
<br>Pollution – a **Global Discussion*”
<br>. We have noticed a rising
<br>interest in the topic in the scientific world, in environmental contexts
<br>and in the world of applied lighting. This survey is unique by bringing
<br>experts of these fields together.
<br>
<br>*T**o begin with the **online-survey**, click here:
<br>**https://www.soscisurvey.de/LightPollutionGlobalDiscussion/.
<br>
<br>**The survey
<br>link **will
<br>be active until April 30, 2018. Please, feel free to forward it to
<br>colleagues with an expertise in lighting and light pollution in all
<br>parts of the world!*
<br>
<br>This surveyaims to engage experts for lighting and light pollution from
<br>around the world in a *debate about key problems, possib**le
<br>solutions as well as transdisciplinary collaborations* in the field.The
<br>aggregated results will feed into a policy report and will be given back
<br>to the public in the form of a book publication (available online as a
<br>free e-book in fall 2018). For the book, we will also invite some survey
<br>participants to take part in moderated group discussions (conference
<br>calls) in May/June 2018.
<br>
<br>For more information, see *“*Light Pollution – a **Global Discussion*”
<br>*
<br>
<br>Thank you in advance for your contribution to our discussion!
<br>
<br>Best regards,
<br>Etta Dannemann, Josiane Meier and Nona Schulte-Römer
<br>
<br>Dr. Nona Schulte-Römer ,
<br>Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
<br>Dipl.-Ing. Etta Dannemann , Studio
<br>Dannemann - Light and Innovation, Berlin, Germany
<br>Dipl.-Ing. Josiane Meier
<br>,
<br>Independent researcher, PhD Candidate at Technical University Berlin,
<br>Germany
<br>
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<br>**
<br>
<br>*
<br>Relevance: light pollution – a global public concern?*
<br>
<br>Light pollution can be described as the inappropriate or excessive use
<br>of artificial light at night (see
<br>http://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/). In recent years, public
<br>concern about the environmental and health effects of light pollution
<br>has increased, particularly in North America, Europe and some Asian
<br>cities. These concerns are intensified by scientific insights about the
<br>negative ecological effects of light emissions on wildlife and the
<br>introduction of LED lighting, which can be bright and disturbing. So
<br>far, light pollution has been discussed mainly as a
<br>problem of industrialized countries, where illumination levels are
<br>already high. Yet, light levels are increasing rapidly in developing
<br>countries as light poverty is being combatted. Therefore, we think that
<br>it is timely to initiate a global expert discussion that explores the
<br>roles of lighting specifiers, researchers, activists, politicians and
<br>other experts and actors within the public realm. We hope to discover
<br>opinions and knowledge from many different countries in order to learn
<br>from dark places as well as very dynamic lighting developments.
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