{"id":37249,"date":"2023-03-22T15:26:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T15:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/?p=37249"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:29:43","slug":"carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Carandini will be present at II Slowlight Thinking Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up and see a spectacular starry night sky. Nowadays, millions of children across the globe will never experience the Milky Way where they live.<\/p>\n<p>Data on <strong>light pollution and its consequences for biodiversity, our health and the health of the planet and animals are worrying<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the latest recent studies show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than <strong>80% of the world lives under light polluted skies<\/strong>, a figure that rises to over 99% for European and US populations, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20210719-why-light-pollution-is-harming-our-wildlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Light pollution is growing at twice the rate of global population increase<\/li>\n<li><strong>Night sky got brighter by 10% per year<\/strong>, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abq7781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> by the journal Science<\/li>\n<li>The planet&#8217;s biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate: approximately <strong>40% of the world&#8217;s insect species are at risk<\/strong>, according to a study published in<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0006320718313636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science Direct<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lighting pollution is not only affecting animals, it has <strong>adversely bad consequences for our health<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although light pollution is caused by several factors, lighting is one of the most important. Every day, new light points are installed around the world, altering the natural light of our planet. &#8220;The sun is basically like a clock,&#8221; tells BBC Future Brett Seymoure, a behavioural ecologist at Washington University in St Louis. <strong>By creating artificial light, we alter the rhythm of day and night<\/strong>, affecting the natural cycles of plants and animals, their orientation, feeding&#8230;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>RESPONSIBLE USE OF LIGHT<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]Aware of the importance and responsibility we have with this problem, <strong>Xavier Traver\u00eda, Carandini&#8217;s technical and R&amp;D director, will participate next Friday 24th March in the II Slowlight thinking meeting<\/strong>, organised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slowlight.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slowlight<\/a> foundation. The event will take place in Galdakao, in Basque Country, and will be a<strong> space for dialogue, thought and urban lighting networking on the present and future of urban lighting<\/strong>, which aims to underpin the ideas and fundamental principles of a new lighting culture and a responsible use of lighting.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]The recyclability of the materials used, as well as <strong>energy efficiency<\/strong>, are other actors to be considered.\u00a0 The link between energy and sustainability is more important than ever due to the <strong>climate and energy crisis<\/strong> we are experiencing worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>This and other topics will be discussed by <strong>Xavier Traver\u00eda together with Pilar V\u00e1zquez<\/strong>, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecolum.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECOLUM<\/a> (Foundation for the management of lighting waste), in the round table on <strong>recyclability and circular economy<\/strong> scheduled as part of the II Slowlight Thinking Meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Slowlight has been working for three years to promote a <strong>responsible use of light<\/strong>, through the creation of a new lighting culture and a change of focus towards global sustainability that allows the <strong>recovery of the night in cities, while respecting the environment<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 100 years ago, everyone could look up and see a spectacular starry night sky. Nowadays, millions of children across the globe will never experience the Milky Way where they live. Aware of the importance and responsibility we have with this problem, Xavier Traver\u00eda, Carandini\u2019s technical and R&#038;D director, will participate next Friday 24th March in the II Slowlight thinking meeting, a space for dialogue, thought and urban lighting networking on the present and future of urban lighting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":37252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CARANDINI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1104\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"692\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"irene comorera\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"irene comorera\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"irene comorera\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b\"},\"headline\":\"Carandini will be present at II Slowlight Thinking Meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\"},\"wordCount\":707,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\",\"name\":\"Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b\"},\"description\":\"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png\",\"width\":1104,\"height\":692},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Carandini will be present at II Slowlight Thinking Meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"CARANDINI\",\"description\":\"Web Oficial de Carandini\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b\",\"name\":\"irene comorera\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/author\/irenecomorera\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini","description":"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini","og_description":"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.","og_url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/","og_site_name":"CARANDINI","article_published_time":"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1104,"height":692,"url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"irene comorera","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"irene comorera","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/"},"author":{"name":"irene comorera","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b"},"headline":"Carandini will be present at II Slowlight Thinking Meeting","datePublished":"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/"},"wordCount":707,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/","url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/","name":"Responsible lighting to protect dark sky - Carandini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png","datePublished":"2023-03-22T15:26:36+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-31T14:29:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b"},"description":"How to fight light pollution to protect the dark sky and the environment. II urban lighting thinking and networking meeting.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Participacion-simposium-slowlight-noche-nocturna.png","width":1104,"height":692},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/carandini-will-be-present-at-ii-slowlight-thinking-meeting\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Carandini will be present at II Slowlight Thinking Meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/","name":"CARANDINI","description":"Web Oficial de Carandini","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/cd8a419f69cd55d05b58a686cc91822b","name":"irene comorera","url":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/author\/irenecomorera\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38889,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37249\/revisions\/38889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carandini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}