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Starry Nights Are Disappearing – Eos

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2023
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Stars dim as the sky gets brighter, a result of expanding cities and bright LEDs. Simple low-tech changes can help preserve dark night skies. Source: Starry Nights Are Disappearing – Eos

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Turn your lights down low, City of London tells skyscrapers | Financial Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2023
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Proposal to hit the off switch in Square Mile’s empty offices aims to cut visual pollution and save energy Source: Turn your lights down low, City of London tells skyscrapers | Financial Times

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Lyon rallume ses lampadaires : « En trois mois, nous avons économisé 130 000 kWh, soit 40 000 euros » – Le Parisien

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Lancée début novembre, l’expérimentation sur l’éclairage public la nuit a pris fin le 6 février en raison d’un réseau électrique trop comple Source: Lyon rallume ses lampadaires : « En trois mois, nous avons économisé 130 000 kWh, soit 40 000 euros » […]

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Want to Protect Local Nightlife? Learn From These Three North American Cities · Feature ⟋ RA

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2023
  • Uncategorized

In the first of our new series, we asked activists in Chicago, Montreal and Dallas about how to take action and get your voice heard. Source: Want to Protect Local Nightlife? Learn From These Three […]

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France, Chambéry: Extinction de l’éclairage public nocturne : des adaptations à l’issue de l’expérimentation – Transition énergétique

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2023
  • Uncategorized

La Ville de Chambéry a opéré un premier bilan du dispositif d’extinction de l’éclairage public nocturne lancé le 15 octobre 2022. Après consultation des professionnels concernés et traitement des contributions reçues sur la plateforme participative, […]

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France, Boulogne-sur-Mer: Charte de vie nocturne

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Bienvenue sur le site officiel de la ville de Boulogne-sur-Mer Source: Charte de vie nocturne

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Montreal: Ça changerait quoi si les bars restaient ouverts toute la nuit? – Quatre95

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Premièrement, ça rapporterait beaucoup d’argent! Source: Ça changerait quoi si les bars restaient ouverts toute la nuit? – Quatre95

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Annie Mac’s Before Midnight: A Dance Party With an Early Bedtime – The New York Times

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2023
  • Uncategorized
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UK: Nottingham celebrates retaining Purple Flag status | Nottinghamshire Police

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 9, 2023
  • Uncategorized

Source: Nottingham celebrates retaining Purple Flag status | Nottinghamshire Police

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Un grupo de mujeres de la India realiza caminatas nocturnas para reclamar el derecho a salir de noche

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 7, 2023
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El nuevo proyecto Women Walk at Midnight promueve la seguridad de las mujeres por la noche en Nueva Delhi, la ciudad más peligrosa de India Source: Un grupo de mujeres de la India realiza caminatas […]

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Media Links

  • ‘It’s not just about the stars:’ International Dark Sky Week in San Diego is a celebration of the night sky – San Diego Union-Tribune

    April 13, 2026
  • France: Comment l’éclairage public est devenu une question politique : pourquoi ces villes rallument la nuit ? – L’Écho Républicain

    April 12, 2026
  • France: Metz. Charte, dialogue… Quelle méthode pour encadrer la vie nocturne ?

    April 11, 2026
  • Ireland: Pilot grant scheme launched to boost night time economy – Donegal Daily

    April 10, 2026
  • Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

    April 10, 2026
  • Ants on show at nocturnal City Nature Challenge : Newsline

    April 10, 2026
  • Scientists Want to Light Our Cities With Plants to Glow in the Dark

    April 10, 2026
  • The world is getting brighter at night but some places are going dark | ScienceDaily

    April 10, 2026
  • Montreal: Vie nocturne : le Plateau-Mont-Royal dévoile son nouveau règlement sur le bruit | Radio-Canada

    April 9, 2026
  • Une vie nocturne 2025 réussie à Ottawa, selon le maire de nuit | Radio-Canada

    April 8, 2026
  • Le rythme nocturne d’Hanoi dans le cœur des touristes internationaux.

    April 8, 2026
  • France: Réclamé par les habitants, l’éclairage public nocturne fait son retour dans cette ville de l’Oise

    April 8, 2026
  • La Rue des livres de Hô Chi Minh-Ville, un souffle discret pour la lecture à l’ère numérique

    April 5, 2026
  • France: Les jours de la nuit : Saint-Pierre adapte ses éclairages pour protéger la biodiversité nocturne

    April 4, 2026
  • Spain: Alejandro Zamarro, nuevo presidente de Noche Madrid en un momento de liderazgo internacional del ocio nocturno madrileño – Gaceta del Turismo

    April 3, 2026
  • France: La nouvelle municipalité de Clermont-Ferrand rétablit l’éclairage nocturne dès ce vendredi – La Montagne

    April 3, 2026
  • La oscuridad como herramienta de proyecto

    April 1, 2026
  • France: L’éclairage public rétablit la nuit dans cette ville de Seine-et-Marne, une décision qui divise

    March 31, 2026
  • Chinese cities redefine urban culture in a time of global uncertainty – CGTN

    March 30, 2026
  • Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar | The Seattle Times

    March 30, 2026

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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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