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Bexar County Citizens for Effective Outdoor Lighting |
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Our Mission: To Preserve the Night Sky
"The night sky is the world's largest national park with its stark beauty available to anyone who steps outside and looks up."- US Naval Observatory
Light Pollution: The loss of the night sky due to the ill effects of ineffective outdoor lighting
This issue effects all of us and involves the international community. Since wasted light is wasted energy, billions of dollars in energy is being wasted across the globe, but there is something that can be done to stop this atrocity. Learn, explore, and find solutions about light pollution as we explore what causes it and what can be done to stop it. With your help we can win this war.
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