[DSLF] Digest Number 1814

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There are 3 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. Re: Political manpower and lighting ords
           From: Patrice Scattolin <scattol@videotron...>
      2. Tenerife
           From: Jack Liebenthal <jackl@tetontel...>
      3. NMHPA Winter Issue - several night sky articles
           From: "David Penasa" <dpenasa@unm...>


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Message: 1         
   Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:01:51 -0500
   From: Patrice Scattolin <scattol@videotron...>
Subject: Re: Political manpower and lighting ords

Eric S. Johansson wrote:

>I think Patrice and I are closer than it may appear at first glance.  We 
>both agree that you have to have an informed and active constituency. 
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That's correct. A LPA friendly consituency will naturally drag the 
politicians into the LPA direction. That is, by far, the greatest 
challenge LPA faces. But once conquered, it will also give the strongest 
and longest lasting victory.  While I am it, I want to congratulate the 
IDA for it's night sky friendly lighth logo program. Hopefully it's a 
good step that will increase general awareness in the community.

What will make large fraction of any country's population turn in favor 
of LPA is the million dollar question. It's not going to be astronomy. 
More likely it will be a combination of energy costs and green house gas 
emission controls.

-- 
Patrice Scattolin

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. - Peter F. Drucker




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Message: 2         
   Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:40:27 -0700
   From: Jack Liebenthal <jackl@tetontel...>
Subject: Tenerife

In the Canary Islands, with a lighting law since 1988 and economic 
reasons not to have lights, the people's lighting-bug-lust to flash 
every night persists.

http://www.tenerifenews.com/cms/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=8&idart=2889

Jack Liebenthal
Cedron, Teton Valley, Idaho






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Message: 3         
   Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 11:04:56 -0700
   From: "David Penasa" <dpenasa@unm...>
Subject: NMHPA Winter Issue - several night sky articles

The Winter 2005 issue of the New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance
(NMHPA) is out and contains several articles related to protecting dark
skies, including the following:
- article "Protecting Dark Night Skies" (reprinted by permission from Chad
Moore, NPS Night Sky Team)
- Night Sky Survey Program (outdoor lighting evaluation survey program)
- 2005 Awards (includes several awards for night sky friending lighting)
- Night Sky Program (summary of recent activities)

http://www.nmheritage.org/files/nmhpa_nwsltr_winter_05_web_version.pdf






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