Happy International Dark Sky Week: April 2026

International Dark Sky Week

Celebrate International Dark Sky Week, a global event inspiring people to discover the night, reduce light pollution, and take action to protect dark skies worldwide.

Greetings!

This event this coming Friday night looks interesting and is sponsored by Dark Sky International. Shall we go?

I also just stumbled across Michael Calhoun's work on Dark Sky related content in Oregon I'm just going to link to his podcasts and you can see some of work that he's done and also a lot of the resources that he's compiled. Enjoy.

Mark Baker also sent some information that then I forwarded on to Portland City Council. But I feel stressed too Get this event above out to you right now so I will have to save that for the next newsletter. I hope you're doing well.

Albert Kaufman

Want to tell the City what's wrong with this picture?

Mayor’s Email: Mayor@portlandoregon.gov

City Councilor Emails:

District 1:

councilor.avalos@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.smith@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.dunphy@portlandoregon.gov

District 2:

councilor.ryan@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.pirtle-guiney@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.kanal@portlandoregon.gov

District 3:

councilor.novick@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.koyamalane@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.morillo@portlandoregon.gov

District 4:

councilor.zimmerman@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov

councilor.clark@portlandoregon.gov

Or, all at once:

Mayor@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.avalos@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.smith@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.dunphy@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.ryan@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.pirtle-guiney@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.kanal@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.novick@portlandoregon.gov,

councilor.koyamalane@portlandoregon.gov,

councilor.morillo@portlandoregon.gov, councilor.zimmerman@portlandoregon.gov,

councilor.green@portlandoregon.gov,

councilor.clark@portlandoregon.gov

Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars

The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what's best for the auto industry better than the auto industry itself?

Light pollution: The silent threat to the planet that's easily solved

New research has revealed for the first time the full extent of how "Artificial Light At Night" (ALAN) is increasing carbon released by plants and animals across continents-without any increase in the carbon they absorb. The result is reduced carbon storage in ecosystems-which has major implications for climate models and global carbon budgets.

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