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06-07-2013, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Kinglake West
Posts: 717
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 Done
As you say, if one changes the rest might follow.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by MLParkinson
It is very important for one of the big three eastern sea board states (Vic, NSW, Qld) to take the lead and implement progressive light pollution ordinances. All it will take is one major victory with one of the big three and the rest will follow. The other states will look backwards if they don't follow. The big challenge is finding a powerful state leader with the understanding and vision to initiate change for the better. Unfortunately, federal politicians are presently too distracted and it might be a long time before they can shift their focus back to some of the more important issues like light pollution.
I think it is wonderful that people from other states are happy to sign the NSW petition.
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06-07-2013, 04:42 PM
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Politically incorrect.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Tasmania (South end)
Posts: 2,315
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Signed that petition with Glee. Had to deal with that disgusting beacon over Hobart and someone needs to take a stand.
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06-07-2013, 05:42 PM
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Spam Hunter
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Oberon NSW
Posts: 14,438
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Done
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06-07-2013, 05:56 PM
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Seeing Stars
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Adelaide Australia
Posts: 610
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I'm in! Signed
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06-07-2013, 08:31 PM
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Learning fast
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 197
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Done!
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06-07-2013, 09:05 PM
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Dazed and confused
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3,506
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Done from Melbourne
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06-07-2013, 09:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Salisbury Downs, Adelaide
Posts: 33
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Please sign this light pollution petition
Done.
I hope this will spread to South Australia too. We need something like this to combat the runaway waste of the night sky. Where I live, we can see only about 6 stars, and that is on a good night.
Y/O (Yogie-One)
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07-07-2013, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Heathcote, Sydney
Posts: 209
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Some people don't think that Australia has a problem with light pollution because the central desert is one vast dark sky park (she'll be right mate). For the vast majority of Australian citizens, the light pollution problem is as bad as in the Northern Hemisphere because our population is one of the most urbanized on the planet. I live in Sydney and it is a 5 hour drive to reach a true dark sky location. Most of our friends in the Northern Hemisphere have to travel similar distances to find a reasonable approximation to pristine night. Australia has a very serious light pollution problem.
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Originally Posted by Yogie-One
Done.
I hope this will spread to South Australia too. We need something like this to combat the runaway waste of the night sky. Where I live, we can see only about 6 stars, and that is on a good night.
Y/O (Yogie-One)
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07-07-2013, 05:24 PM
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Make it so! - Capt.Picard
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,982
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Done!
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07-07-2013, 05:43 PM
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Interstellar Introvert
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Blue Mountains
Posts: 643
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Done here.
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07-07-2013, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 13
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Count me in with bells on. Wayne Patterson in Melbourne pollution.
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08-07-2013, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Colyton, NSW, Australia
Posts: 26
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Done!
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09-07-2013, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Heathcote, Sydney
Posts: 209
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Does anyone know Steve Fletcher? I think he is the guy who created the petition. I hope we are not wasting our time.
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09-07-2013, 09:41 PM
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Lost in Namibia
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Albury NSW
Posts: 3,134
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Done!
Cheers Petra d.
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09-07-2013, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 150
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Me too!
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10-07-2013, 12:30 AM
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Contact light!
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Perth
Posts: 52
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Done!
Luke D in perth 
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10-07-2013, 03:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Para Hills, South Australia
Posts: 3,622
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I in Perth as well. I got mail from Steve Fletcher too, appear legit as a way to host a site specifically for partitioning or making changes.
The next step once gathered is forwarding onto the correct authorities.
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10-07-2013, 03:41 PM
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The sky is Messier here!
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Darwin
Posts: 2,587
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Done, thanks for the heads up.
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11-07-2013, 12:24 AM
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Mark
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Perth
Posts: 102
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Done!
Too many kids growing up now have no idea what a dark sky looks like, very sad
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12-07-2013, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Heathcote, Sydney
Posts: 209
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Thanks to all of those people who have taken their time to sign the petition. It is reassuring to know that a large fraction of the IceInSpace community actually cares about the issue – well, at least enough to sign a form anyway. But will anyone do anything more than that? I have spoken to many astronomers over the years about light pollution and it saddens me deeply when I discover that many of them are comfortable with the exponential growth in the use of the electric light bulb. I guess at the end of the day they are more concerned with their own social status and fear of the dark than preservation of the natural world. Changing that aspect of human culture is at the heart of the problem. How can we create a culture whereby people gain a sense of status by eliminating artificial light, rather than buying it at ever-increasing levels of intensity? Use of the electric light bulb has gone far beyond just eliminating fear of the dark - it has become largely a way of asserting affluence and status.
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