North Sea coast with a port and articfical light in the distance beneath a night sky

DARKER SKY

Protecting nature with new lighting solutions

Reducing light pollution and increasing biodiversity and ecological connectivity in the North Sea Region

photo: Peter Tulnermelkweg/Waddenagenda

Welcome to the DARKER SKY website!

DARKER SKY is an Interreg North Sea project (ERDF funding) which aims at reducing light pollution and increasing biodiversity and ecological connectivity in the North Sea Region (France, Germany, Netherlands & Denmark) by providing municipalities and ports with innovative measuring, monitoring and co-design methods for the implementation of environmentally sound and energy-efficient light reduction.

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07/09/2023

DARKER SKY Kick-off Meeting in Brest

The very first DARKER SKY project meeting recently took place in the charming city of Brest, France, and was hosted kindly by our lead partner, the Université de Bretagne Occidentale. This meeting brought together members from various project partner organisations. Over two days, we embarked on the...