I am called upon to speak about Light Pollution Abatement, Scotobiology and
Dark Sky Preserves. However, travel time and the presentation can require the
commitment of three days. So when travel is involved, I now email my presentation
slides before hand and present over the telephone or, more recently, using
Skype.
If you would like to take advantage of this economical lecture format, contact me.
Scotobiology
The following presentations were to promote the study of scotobiology.
The Land Between - Annual General Meeting (Bobcaygeon, ON, Aug. 24, 2017)
- The Ecology of the Night
Public Meeting on Outdoor Lighting (Westmount, QC, Oct. 27, 2016)
- The Ecology of the Night - How Light Changes the Night
St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences (Dec. 7, 2016)
- Preserving Canada's Night Sky - How Light Changes the Night
Action Chelsea for the Respect for the Environment (ACRE) (Chelsea, QC, Sept. 14, 2016)
- The Ecology of the Night
Queens U. Biological Station (Elgin, ON, July 13, 2016)
- The Biological Impact of Artificial Light at Night
Parks Canada (Gatineau, QC, June 9, 2016)
- Impacting the Night - A preventative Policy
Action Chelsea for Respect of the Environment (ACRE, Feb. 16, 2010)
- The Unnatural Night
Spruce Woods Provincial Park, Manitoba (Aug. 22, 2009)
- Scotobiology and Dark Sky Preserves
The Lands Between Conference (May 2009)
- Scotobiology and Dark Sky Preserves
Ministry of Nat'l Resources Ontario, Nat'l Capital Commission (March 2009)
- Scotobiology and Alternatives to Lighting
Bruce Peninsula Dark Sky Preserve (June 2009)
- Award Ceremony
Cube Gallery, Ottawa (May 2009)
- Impact on Night Lighting on Nature
Lake Links Conference (October 2008)
- Introduction to Scotobiology and Stewardship
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, Joint Advisory Board. Meeting. (June 19, 2008)
- Can Outdoor Lighting Harm the Environment?
Light Pollution Abatement
Here is a selection of presentations I have made
to promote the reduction of light pollution.
Environmental Assessment Policy Review (Ottawa, ON, Nov. 1, 2016)
- Outdoor Lighting
Whitewater Township Council Meeting (Cobden, ON, Aug. 17, 2016)
- LED Lighting - The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
IEEE Workshop (Ottawa, ON, June 3, 2016)
- Lighting up a Town
Institute of Engineering and Technology, (Ottawa, ON, Feb. 25, 2016)
- The LED Revolution
IEEE, (Ottawa, ON, Jan. 13, 2016)
- Unintentional Impacts of LED Lighting
Nocturne Lecture Series, Cube Gallery (Ottawa, ON, July 14 2013)
- The New Age of Lighting
Muskoka Conservation Foundation (Huntsville, ON, June 8 2014)
- The Value of Darkness, Muskoka, ON
Kelowna Centre, RASC (Nov. 17, 2010)
- LED Luminaires?
Nuit Noire Lecture Series, Cube Gallery (Ottawa, ON July 7 2011)
- Thief of the Night
Kamloops Astronomical Association (June 8, 2011)
- Why Keep your Dark Skies?
Building Sustainable Communities (Nov. 17, 2010)
- Urban Lighting with Less Environmental Impact
Ecology of the Night Conference (Sept. 2003)
- RASC Light Pollution Abatement Program
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (June 2008)
- Limiting Light Pollution with Municipal Lighting Policies
Mont-Megantic Observatory (Oct. 2007)
- Dark Sky Preserves: Lobbying a Moving Target
Dark Sky Preserves
I have also produced a few presentations about the Canadian Dark Sky Preserve Program.
Parks Canada - National Asset and Environmental Management Community (Feb. 15, 2017)
- Dark-Sky Preserves
Parks Ontario (Peterborough, ON, Sept. 4, 2015)
- Low-Impact Lighting for Ontario Parks
4th International Dark Sky Park Symposium (June 29, 2011)
- Jasper and Bruce Dark Sky Preserves
Sources of Knowledge Conference (April 29-30, 2011)
- Reducing Light Pollution Across Canada: Efforts of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
3rd Int'l Symp. on Dark-sky Parks, Lastovo, Croatia (Sept. 7, 2010)
- Canadian DSP Program - Lesson's Learned
Int'l Conference on Conservation Biology, Edmonton (July 2010)
- Dark Sky Preserve Program in Canada
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Sept. 23, 2009)
- Lighting Policy Presentation
2nd UNESCO International Symp. on Dark-sky Parks, Lastovo, Croatia (Sept. 16 2009)
- Scotobiology and Canadian Dark Sky Preserves