Grand Valley Dark Sky Initiative
ABOUT US
The Grand Valley Dark Sky Initiative was formed in 2024. The dark skies of the Grand Valley and surrounding areas are disappearing at an ever-increasing pace. If care and actions are not taken, the Grand Valley will suffer the same fate as the Front Range and other urban areas. It is GVDSI’s goal, along with other dark sky advocacy organizations, to create awareness about light pollution, educate the public and local decision makers, and provide solutions to prevent new light pollution and abolish existing light pollution.
ABOUT DARK SKIES
Dark skies are a natural resource akin to our water and open lands and need to be protected accordingly. Natural, dark skies are essential to both human health as well as wildlife. Light pollution disrupts physiological cycles in humans, animals, and plants and can cause adverse health effects in animals and in humans (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, obesity, depression, sleep disorders, increased stress levels, anxiety, mood swings, and more).
ABOUT SOLUTIONS
Did you ever look at bright floodlights or exterior lights glaring away on a neighbor’s house or nearby business and wonder “what are they lighting up?” Constructive conversations with neighbor’s can be had using the guidelines on this website “Principles of Neighbor-Friendly Lighting”. If “good fences make good neighbors”, then “shielded property lights make good neighbors” and help maintain positive relationships between neighbors.