Helpful Articles & Handouts

These NELPAG resources can be freely downloaded and distributed.

• Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting is a two-page PDF developed by NELPAG that describes good-lighting practices in simple terms.

• Introduction to Light Pollution is a four-page PDF, one of the IDA's Practical Guides, that describes in general terms the causes of light pollution and how it can be remedied.

• Good Lighting Handout is a one-page PDF showing many examples of good and bad lighting fixtures.

• IDA's Wildlife Brochure is an introductory two-page PDF designed to be printed on both sides of a single sheet.

• Light Pollution and Wildlife, an IDA Practical Guide, is a five-page PDF with more detail about the effects of light pollution on the environment; includes key literature citations.

• The Lockley Letter, authored by Steven Lockley, a sleep specialist at Harvard Medical School, details the role that light plays in disrupting humans' circadian rhythm.

(If you have suggestions for other resources that should be included here, please let us know about them.)