The Importance of Light in the Night Sky

Until a little over a hundred years ago, Newcastle was one of the first cities in the world to be lit with public streetlights outside the world at night. 83% of people around the world live under night, light-polluted skies and 99% in Europe and North America have lost that connection to the night sky because they live under light-polluting skies. Are you getting traction when you put your arguments to people who are policymakers, decision-makers, are they receptive? Or do people say, look, this is a first world problem, we're grateful we've got some lighting?" I mean, it's always hard to answer those broad brush questions, we can answer it with