To make our cities smarter, let’s embrace the darkness
The relationship between light and safety isn’t as simple as we might assume
The other night, my boyfriend and I were walking home from the grocery store. “Do you hear that?” he asked. “Bats.”
I stopped and listened hard. Then I heard the faint sound of bats echolocating. I love when I catch glimpses of bats, but I’d never thought to listen for this sound before.
The next day, I happened to listen to a podcast about the impact of increased light pollution caused by cities ...
