Light Pollution News

The path to neighborhood friendly starry night solutions begin with being a more informed you!

Ever wish you could see the stars at night? Well, here's your chance to join the conversation around how we can create a sustainable and equitable night that benefits people as much as it does ecology.

Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!

Each month, Bill McGeeney is joined by upwards of three guests to help walk you through the news around this broad topic of light pollution/the sustainable night.

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Guest

Babak Tafreshi

Babak Tafreshi is an Iranian-American photojournalist and night sky explorer for National Geographic who merges art and science through visual stories. Since the 1990s, he has documented night scenes on all continents, in stills, videos, and 360 immersive media. His night sky imagery aims to reconnect humanity with the natural world, to reveal the wonders of science to the public, and to connect cultures through common interest to the night sky. He created The World at Night (TWAN) program in 2007 and has been directing a growing team of photographers in about 25 countries. His current project, Life at Night Atlas, reveals the values of natural dark nights and the global impact of light pollution on biodiversity.
He received the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award, the 2022 Royal Photography Society Award, and the National Geographic Wayfinder Award.

Guest appearance on:

July 2025: Identity.