Lights Out
Saving the Night Sky
By: Marnie Ogg
Get enlightened about light pollution, its impacts and what we can do to help save our night sky.
You might know about air, water and plastic pollution, but did you know that light can be a pollutant too? In fact, it is the fastest growing pollution problem in the world! Lights Out explores our night skies and the impacts of light pollution. + Full description
Once, everyone could see a sky full of stars, but the bright lights we now use to illuminate our cities are making the stars much harder to see. This light pollution negatively affects our wildlife as well as the health and wellbeing of people.
Lights Out: Saving the Night Sky helps us understand how our actions are changing our once dark skies, and the simple steps that we can all take to reverse light pollution.
So, let’s get enlightened and save our night sky!
Reading level varies from child to child, but we recommend this book for ages 9 to 12.
- Short descriptionDetails
Paperback | October 2026 | $ 34.99ISBN: 9781486319558 | 96 pages | 250 x 215 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs
Features
- Explores the impact of light pollution – the fastest growing pollutant in the world.
- Examines how light pollution affects wildlife, ecosystems, human health and our connections with the night sky.
- Describes the different causes of light pollution, both natural and artificial, and what we can do to minimise the impacts.
- Written by a dedicated dark sky advocate and founder of the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance.
Contents
About the authorIntroduction
1 What is light?
2 Natural sources of light
3 Discovering the night's secrets
4 The first astronomers
5 Artificial sources of light
6 Wildlife at night
7 Plants, insects and light
8 What's the light pollution solution?
Conclusion
Glossary
Index
Authors
Marnie Ogg is a dedicated dark sky advocate, raising awareness on light pollution's impact on wildlife, human health and the environment. Founder of the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance, her efforts helped create Australia’s first Dark Sky Park and Urban Night Sky Place. Twice honoured by Dark Sky International, Marnie also successfully led a Guinness World Records campaign to measure light pollution globally.
For Teachers
We have created these Teacher Notes as a free PDF download to support the use of this book in the classroom.
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