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Learn how Light Pollution Threatens Your Health as well as the wildlife that we share the planet with. Sea Turtles are at particular risk.

Checkout our new Outdoor Lighting Blog for news you can use on lights, lighting and light pollution

Preserving The Rural Mountain Environment - That was the goal of county leaders 10 years ago when they enacted outdoor lighting ordinances. Why are there so fewer stars in the night sky now?
Dark Skies Are Green - With all the interest in green building these days, its odd to me that many people don't realize that night sky friendly outdoor lighting is a very green building technology.

Bright Lights Come To Pinebrook - When most people think of light pollution, they think of big cities and mile upon glaring mile of bright, glaring lights. They certainly don't have images of Pinebrook in their mind's eye.

What's Your Excuse? - It seems there are as many reasons for contributing to light pollution as there are light polluters. Every light polluter has a "special" reason why what they're doing is "ok" or at least should be overlooked.

Motion Sensors Make More Sense - We’ve all seen homes and business with their exterior lights on from dusk to dawn. It’s (unfortunately) a very common practice. The first thought that comes to my mind is… what a terrible waste :-\ A waste of money…. a waste of valuable natural resources… a waste of the night.

A Beginners Guide To Light Pollution - Light pollution is a problem that affects much of the world’s population. In a nutshell, light pollution is misdirected or misused light generally resulting from an inappropriate application of outdoor lighting.

10 Easy Steps to Reduce Light Pollution - Light pollution is a growing worldwide problem. Fortunately, it is also one of the easiest pollutions to clean up. The following are a few easy steps that you can take to help reduce the effects of light pollution on our planet.

6 Reasons Why You Need To Help Me Fight Light Pollution - Light pollution is a wasteful habit that provides nothing positive to society all while it threatens us on a number of very fundamental levels.
An Explosion of Light - It happened so slowly that we didn’t really even notice it. It’s been a part of our lives for so long that we’ve taken it for granted. Little by little, light by light, we have virtually eliminated the night from large portions of the globe. Find out how improper nighttime lighting is robbing us of star-filled skies...

Why Does The Sky Glow At Night? - Have you ever noticed that the night sky is no longer inky black and full of stars like it used to be? Have you noticed the strange orangish glow that's replaced it? The strange orangy glow is a form of light pollution referred to as sky glow.

Turtle Friendly Outdoor Lighting Solutions - Starry Night Lights is proud to announce the expansion of our turtle friendly outdoor lighting solutions. Turtle Friendly Lighting.

The Continuing Spread of Light Pollution - Its unfortunate that so many people just don’t get it. We seem to feel the need to over light everything...

Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting - Its amazing how common un-neighborly lighting has become, especially considering how easy its become to get neighbor friendly lights for your home or business.

What Exactly Is Good Neighbor Lighting - Good neighbor lighting is simply outdoor lighting that is respectful of the rights and privacy of ones neighbors.

If you're familiar with dark sky lighting requirements, you're halfway there. Turtle Friendly Lighting goes beyond "dark sky" lighting requirements however, in that it also speaks to the type of light produced by your fixture as well as the way your fixture is mounted.
Turtle Friendly Lighting has 3 principles:

Keep It Shielded - Also a dark sky principle - All light is directed down to the ground
Keep It Long - Use only long wavelength "turtle friendly" light bulbs
Keep It Low - Lower mounting heights are less likely to invade critical turtle nesting areas

All of the full cutoff lights featured in our Turtle Friendly Lighting section may be combined with special turtle friendly bulbs for the ultimate in turtle friendly lighting. The combination of full cutoff optics and "turtle friendly" light output has been proven to be the least disruptive outdoor lighting solution for sensitive turtle nesting areas.

Improper outdoor lighting is probably one of the greatest issues affecting sea turtles - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Let's face it... light pollution and sea turtles just don't go together. Many species are on the verge of extinction... and improper outdoor lighting is a major cause.

There are two aspects to turtle friendly lighting:

Light Control - This is where turtle friendly lighting and night sky friendly lighting are one in the same. By putting light only on the ground, we keep it away from turtle nesting areas.
Light Spectrum - This is where the two diverge a bit. Turtle friendly lamps are monochromatic.. .ie... emit light within a very narrow range of the spectrum. Starry Night Lights now carries Turtle Safe Coated Lamps which filter out all but a very narrow band of light... in a range that is not harmful to sea turtles.

Checkout Our Newly Expanded Turtle Friendly Lighting Section!

The odd looking light pictured at right is a Turtle Safe Lamp. It is a typical compact fluorescent bulb with a special filtered coating applied to it. This coating limits the light output of this bulb to a very narrow range of the visible spectrum... thereby greatly reducing the impact on nearby sea turtles. As you'd expect, you can find this light in our turtle friendly lighting section.

Here's another seriously turtle friendly light fixture from the folks over at AC Lighting Design. This is the ACL-DSF-120. It wears its support for turtles on the outside. Click on the image... there are cute little turtles on the fixture :) But, don't let its good looks fool you. This is one turtle friendly fixture. With the bulb tucked up nicely inside, this full cutoff light fixture won't glare upon potential turtle nesting grounds.

Here's another great idea from the folks at Progress Lighting. This Sea Turtle friendly outdoor light shade provides additional shielding of the light source to achieve "turtle-friendly" illumination.

Light pollution from local communities is threatening large segments of the sea turtle population. In fact, all sea turtles in Florida are either classified as threatened or endangered. For more information about the danger of lighting to turtles, checkout FloridaToday.com

By insisting on turtle friendly outdoor lighting, you can help these and many other species cope with human encroachment of their habitats.

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