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Lunarpunk is a subgenre of solarpunk with a darker aesthetic. It portrays the nightlife, spirituality, and more introspective side of solarpunk utopias. It can be defined as "Witchy Solarpunk." Aesthetically, lunarpunk usually is presented with pinks, purples, blues, black, and silver with an almost omnipresence of bioluminescent plants and especially mushrooms

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Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back (theconversation.com)

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Shielding of lights is an important aspect. Instead of having an open light, flat lights or shielded lights that prevent spill upward are crucial. They direct light to the ground, and not up into the sky.

In Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory government and light operator Omexom have been changing streetlights to do exactly this – no upward spill, and controllable lights.

In doing so, Canberra has reduced its light pollution by about 30% in only a few years, as my colleagues and I report in a forthcoming paper.

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[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is something that always saddens me.

I'm almost 30 and I've literally never seen the starry sky. There's not a single speck of land in my country without light pollution.

Nobody cares enough, so it's been this way forever, and there's no sign that things will change.

[–] frankPodmore 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Same here. I was in the countryside recently, thought I'd be able to see the Perseid meteor shower but it was impossible: even the little village I was in had bright white streetlights on all night along every road, even the ones with no houses! This is a village where you rarely see anyone walking, even during the day. So why the streetlights at 2 in the morning?

[–] keepthepace 2 points 3 months ago

Contact the city hall. I was pleasantly surprised to see that here in France, many people are thinking the same, and that a lot of small towns switch off light after 2 am. It saves energy, and it helps night life.

I must say however that it is pretty spooky walking or even driving in a totally dark street in the middle of a small town!

[–] CounselingTechie 5 points 3 months ago

This would be something I would love to see more places implement. Lights of a different frequency that is less destructive for wildlife, and is properly shielded to mitigate the damage. I should not be able to from 10 miles (16 Kilometers) see a massive lightshow that is the town I live in.

[–] gandalf_der_12te 2 points 2 months ago

Wait a minute, I thought the milky way is only visible from the southern pole? Or was it the center of the milky way?