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A starry night is one of Nature's most magical wonders. Yet our artificially lit world deprives people of the experience of true darkness, with adverse effects on birds and other wildlife. In this talk based on his critically acclaimed book, The End of Night, Paul Bogard seeks to restore our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced our experience of everything from science to art. Using a blend of personal narrative, natural history, science and astronomy, Bogard shares the importance of darkness to humans and wildlife—what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain—and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight to benefit not only ourselves, but birds and other animals as well.
Paul Bogard is the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light and The Ground Beneath Us: From the Oldest Cities to the Last Wilderness, What Dirt Tells Us About Who We Are. His most recent works are the coffee table book To Know a Starry Night and the children’s book What if Night? Paul is an associate professor of English at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA, where he teaches environmental literature and writing. Find him at paul-bogard.com