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Dim the Lights for Nature: A conversation about light pollution, wildlife, people and sustainable cities

May 5, 2022, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

CMOA Theater

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Join the conversation and learn more about the impact of light pollution on the Pittsburgh area, what you can do to reduce light pollution at your home and in your neighborhood and why it matters. Associate curator of Anthropocene Studies, Nicole Heller will moderate a discussion with local experts Jon Rice, Urban Bird Conservation Coordinator, Diane Turnshek, Lecturer in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, and Nick Liadis, local architect and bird conservationist. The group will discuss research related Lights Out Pittsburgh, Bird Safe Pittsburgh and the Dark Skies Initiative. This Interdisciplinary discussion will share insights and resources to take action, and welcome comments and questions from the audience.

Please note: Event will take place in the CMOA theater. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.
Pre-registration is preferred, but walk-up registrations at time of event are welcome.

Dim the Lights

Thursday May 5, 6 p.m.

 

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Date:
May 5, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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CMOA Theater

Event Navigation

  • « Moriarty Science Seminar: Working the Face: Integrative Evolutionary Morphology & Physiology in the Mammalian Face
  • Revenge of the Fifth: Star Wars Trivia Night »

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