Education, outreach, and community engagement
Education on dark skies is a critical component of making progress. Many people are not aware of the multiple benefits of dark skies, some of the problems with poor lighting, and information about best practices in lighting. New Mexico DarkSky strives to improve understanding about the issues, problems, and solutions.
Goals
- Develop, distribute, and present educational materials related to dark skies
- Staff tabling events to provide information on dark skies
- Make presentations on dark skies and supply material for others to do the same
- Press: provide information for articles related to dark skies. Compose and submit op-eds, letters to the editor, etc
- Website: provide useful information on dark skies on Chapter website