Embracing the Night I: Basics of natural darkness and light pollution
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Embracing the Night I:
Basics of natural darkness and light pollution
Embracing the Night -study module explores the concept of light pollution, providing a detailed explanation of what it is, its main causes, and its effects. You will learn how to observe, measure, and document light pollution, as well as discover practical ways to reduce, prevent, or reverse its impact. By completing this module, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of light pollution, including its appearance, its impact on the natural darkness and benefits of dark skies, and how individuals can contribute to preserving and improving these conditions.
The first part of this module gives you definitions of darkness of nature and its attached values for tourism. You will learn about the meaning of light pollution and its impact on the darkness values and benefits. This course is best done in a clear night.
The module consists of three micro studies:
- Embracing the Night I: Basics of natural darkness and light pollution
- Embracing the Night II: Benefits for Tourism TBA
- Embracing the Night III: Conserving natural darkness
Who is this course for: SMEs and any tourism operators interested in utilising darkness in their offerings.
Hours of study: 2-3
Language: English
Availability: 2033
More about the subject: https://www.interreg-npa.eu/projects/glow20/home/
See also other micro-studies related to Dark Sky Tourism:
- Introduction to Dark Sky Tourism covers the basics of dark sky tourism, light pollution and its impacts, and the potential of darkness in tourism.
- Service Design for Dark Sky Tourism helps you create your own Dark Sky Tourism product with user-centric methods.
- Immersive technology in tourism tells you all you need to know to get started with utilising immersive technologies.
This study module has been created by NPA GLOW2.0 Green energy technologies for tourism growth. The project's goal is to support enterprises and public organisations in developing tourism flow during the dark autumn and winter months. GLOW2.0 is funded by the Interreg NPA program.
