Two of the Seven Things to improve outdoor lighting at your home and in our community – 1 amber light and 2 shielding – can preserve the Milky Way at your home and even bring it back in large urban areas. Just these two simple strategies can darken skies by 90%, quadrupling the number of stars visible in your night sky, at the same time that it improves lighting and visibility on the ground!
With support from Creative Flagstaff and the City of Flagstaff BBB Revenues, Mountain Sports and Dark Sky Brewing Company, the Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition is providing a limited number of FREE night-friendly amber light bulbs, light fixtures, string lighting and string lighting shields to upgrade lighting at homes in the Flagstaff region.
Make the lighting at your home night-friendly, and welcome the Milky Way back to your home!
How Can You Get Yours?
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Light Bulbs – FREE FDSC AA-grade amber LED light bulbs, up to four per household, are available just for asking at
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Shielded porch lights – a limited number of FREE fully shielded porch lights is available, up to two per household. They can be used as a porch light, or any wall-mounted exterior light on your home. |
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Shielded String Lights – a limited number of FREE shielded LED string lights with 10 lamps each (6 W total) are available on a first-come first-served basis, limited one per household. Obtaining these will require trading in an unshielded string from your home. If you’re interested please contact info@flagstaffdarkskies.org. |
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Shields for existing unshielded string lights – these shields can be added to most unshielded light strings. A limited number of free shields, up to 24 per household, are available. If you are interested please contact info@flagstaffdarkskies.org |