Low-Carbon Diet & Lights Out: good for environment

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January-February 2009 issue of Audubon features The Low-Carbon Diet by

Mike Tidwell, who explains how a vegetarian diet can fight global

warming at http://www.audubonmagazine.org/features0901/viewpoint.html

& vegetarian resource page at

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/web/vegetarian/

 

In addition to going meat-free, turning off unnecessary lights in high-

rise buildings at night can reduce greenhouse gas emissions & conserve

resources. Lights Out can reduce bird/building collisions (as birds

may confuse lighted skyscrapers with stars as navigational cues) &

increase the visibility of the night sky. Learn more about Lights Out

at

http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/html/thegull/current/TheGull1208.pdf.

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Thanks Carmen,

 

Lights Out for Birds is a great project!

 

But there is far more that our society should do in terms of reducing energy

waste and improving wildlife and human health as relates to night time light

use.

 

Please read this in-depth article about the negative effects of outdoor lighting

on human and animal health.

-> http://www.ehponline.org/members/2009/117-1/focus.html

 

If you have outdoor lighting at your home or business, please do your part.

Obviously, turn off outdoor lights when they are not being used or needed.

Also, be sure that your outdoor lights are aimed to shine ALL light down, not

upward and not sideways. The color of the light helps too; lightbulbs that

produce " warm white " or " warm glow " colored light are better for the night time

environment than " daylight " -colored light.

 

I invite you to join Citizens for Smart Lighting SF to stay informed about the

effort to reduce light pollution locally.

smartlighting-sf/

 

 

> In addition to going meat-free, turning off unnecessary lights in high-

> rise buildings at night can reduce greenhouse gas emissions & conserve

> resources. Lights Out can reduce bird/building collisions (as birds

> may confuse lighted skyscrapers with stars as navigational cues) &

> increase the visibility of the night sky. Learn more about Lights Out

> at http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/html/thegull/current/TheGull1208.pdf