{"id":10792,"date":"2013-03-01T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2013-03-01T15:52:50","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:52:50","slug":"green-action-limit-light-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/10792\/green-action-limit-light-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Action – Limit Light Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBe more green!<\/strong>
\nYou can make a difference today!
\nMake many small changes to make one big change!
\nAnd you\u2019ll save a lot!
\nTake action now!
\nHere\u2019s one idea.<\/strong>
\nLimit Light Pollution<\/strong>
\nDid you know that we could save electricity,live healthier and save wildlife by just flicking a switch?
\nNew studies have suggested that light pollution has started changing the behavior of many nocturnal animals.\u00a0 Many birds not only navigate by the magnetic north but they also find their way by following the night stars during their nocturnal migrations.\u00a0 Unfortunately with so much outdoor lighting in any of the worlds countries – these bird groups are\u00a0 becoming increasingly confused and flying into tall buildings and towers. in\u00a0\u00a0 In 1981,the light drenched smokestacks at the Hydrox Generating plant in Ontario, Canada. caused the deaths of 10,000.00 birds.\u00a0 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 4 million to 5 million birds die this way every year.
\nThis environmental danger is not just restricted to wildlife.\u00a0 It has been discovered that many people\u00a0 suffering with sleep disorders, depression, insomnia, cardiovascular disease, and cancers stem developed their diseases from the alteration of the circadian clock caused by night-time lighting.\u00a0 Other studies including two that were done in Israel have concluded that there is a correlation between breast cancer and outdoor lighting. these showed that women living in highly lite areas had a 73% higher risk of developing cancer then women from living in less outdoor artificial lighting areas.
\nSo what happens when we start limiting our outdoor lighting?\u00a0 Starting this July the French Government will become the world leader in preventing light pollution. With the hope of saving approximately two terawatt\/hours of electricity per year the country will be mandating all commercial interior lighting to be turned off one hour after the last worker leaves. This, in conjunction with the turning off of all storefront and window lighting by 1am should save enough of electricity to light 750,000 homes.
\nRead more about the health effects of light Pollution here.<\/a><\/strong>
\nRead more about the wildlife toll of light pollution here.<\/a><\/strong>
\nFind more resources that will help you take action now here.<\/strong> <\/a>
\nFind environmental organizations to support here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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