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Light Pollution NewsAugust 2025: Keep Knocking!This episode's guests:Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope.Kerem Asfuroglu, Dark Source.David Smith, BugLife.Bill's News Picks:Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat: Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?, Max Chesnes, Phys.org. A183 Coast Road cycleway to get new street lighting to boost safety despite wildlife and dark skies fears, Nic Marko, Shields Gazette. Lunar cycle and moonlight intensity influence nocturnal migration patterns in a small songbird, Scientific Reports. Bogong moths use a stellar compass for long-distance navigation at night, Nature.Sub...
2025-08-1852 min
Light Pollution NewsAugust 2025: Establishing PrecedentThis episode's guests:Kelly Beatty, Sky and Telescope.Kerem Asfuroglu, Dark Source.David Smith, BugLife.Bill's News Picks:Citizen science illuminates the nature of city lights, Nature Cities. Does darkness increase the risk of certain types of crime? A registered report article, Plos.org. To Determine if Changing to White Light Street Lamps Reduces Crime: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis of Crime Occurrence during the Relighting of Leeds, a UK City, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. Lipid metabolic adaptations during inflammation are controlled by the circadian clock and impair...
2025-08-041h 02
Light Pollution News PodcastKeep Knocking!You do not want to miss this one! We dive into all things ecology with BugLife’s own David Smith! Also, where do we balance nighttime conservation with societal progress?
I welcome back Kelly Beatty, of Sky and Telescope, lighting designer, Kerem Asfuroglu of Dark Source, and Buglife’s David Smith!
Find a bogong moth and listen in for an invertebrate driven show this month! And be sure to check out Buglife’s new ‘Don’t Neglect the Night’ campaign!
2025-08-0300 minLight Pollution News PodcastKeep Knocking!You do not want to miss this one! We dive into all things ecology with BugLife’s own David Smith! Also, where do we balance nighttime conservation with societal progress?
I welcome back Kelly Beatty, of Sky and Telescope, lighting designer, Kerem Asfuroglu of Dark Source, and Buglife’s David Smith!
Find a bogong moth and listen in for an invertebrate driven show this month! And be sure to check out Buglife’s new ‘Don’t Neglect the Night’ campaign!
2025-08-0300 minLight Pollution News PodcastEstablishing PrecedentOn this episode, a new crime study tells us that maybe streetlights aren’t as impactful as public officials claim they are; also this episode – do streetlights get a bad rap, and, what if a protective coating could drop satellite brightness by half!
All this and much more engaging conversation to be had! With me this month are Sky and Telescope’s Kelly Beatty, fresh off of his recent cruise ship engagement, Dark Source’s Kerem Asfuroglu, and David Smith...who comes bearing a new campaign!
You’ll certainly want to stick around for this one! All this is next!
2025-08-0300 minLight Pollution News PodcastEstablishing PrecedentOn this episode, a new crime study tells us that maybe streetlights aren’t as impactful as public officials claim they are; also this episode – do streetlights get a bad rap, and, what if a protective coating could drop satellite brightness by half!
All this and much more engaging conversation to be had! With me this month are Sky and Telescope’s Kelly Beatty, fresh off of his recent cruise ship engagement, Dark Source’s Kerem Asfuroglu, and David Smith...who comes bearing a new campaign!
You’ll certainly want to stick around for this one! All this is next!
2025-08-0300 min
In Your NatureIn Your Nature Ep 60 - Dark SkiesSend us a textIn Your Nature returns with a luminous new episode exploring the theme of Dark Skies, featuring a guest interview with Kerem Asfuroglu of Dark Source (lighting design consultancy) and Dark Skies Ireland. As artificial light increasingly disrupts ecosystems and obscures our view of the stars, this episode sheds light on the growing movement to preserve natural darkness for the benefit of wildlife, human health, and cultural heritage.Kerem shares his unique perspective as a lighting designer and advocate for sustainable lighting practices, discussing how thoughtful design can reduce light pollution...
2025-07-2745 min
Light Pollution NewsJan 2024: Walking in a Freakily Large Planetarium.Host Bill McGeeney is joined by AstroBackyard's Ashley Northcotte, lighting designer and founder of Dark Source, Kerem Asfuroglu, and educator and advocate, Diane Turnshek.See Full Show Notes, Lighting Tips and more at LightPollutionNews.com. Like this episode, share it with a friend!Bill's Picks:God’s Promises Are Clearest When We Turn Out the Lights, Cort Gatliff, Christianity Today. Stays in Vegas: London mayor rejects plan for Stratford Sphere venue, Robert Booth, The Guardian. Heber Valley Utah Temple approved. See why the church agreed to dim the lighting, Tad Walc...
2024-01-031h 56
Light Pollution News PodcastWalking in a Freakily Large Planetarium.This month, from AstroBackyard, we have Ashley Northcotte! Diane Turnshek joins us and details some fun news about a video game you cannot win!
And Dark Sourced, Mr. Kerem Asfuroglu joins us all the way from Ireland!
We’re putting the pedal down to start the New Year! Astrotourism may be at risk for Ely, Nevada! Is there a balance between art and the night sky? And the EU releases a 75 paged All-Things-Environmental Brief for mitigating light pollution!
All this including some truly enlightening conversations! There’s a lot in this one! Let’s jump in to the first Light Pollut...
2024-01-0200 minLight Pollution News PodcastWalking in a Freakily Large Planetarium.This month, from AstroBackyard, we have Ashley Northcotte! Diane Turnshek joins us and details some fun news about a video game you cannot win!
And Dark Sourced, Mr. Kerem Asfuroglu joins us all the way from Ireland!
We’re putting the pedal down to start the New Year! Astrotourism may be at risk for Ely, Nevada! Is there a balance between art and the night sky? And the EU releases a 75 paged All-Things-Environmental Brief for mitigating light pollution!
All this including some truly enlightening conversations! There’s a lot in this one! Let’s jump in to the first Light Pollut...
2024-01-0200 min
Restoring DarknessThe Night is a Realm with Kerem AsfurogluMichael Colligan was inspired to be a Dark Sky advocate by William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” The stars have inspired countless poets. Kerem considers the night to be a “realm” and he specializes in dark sky friendly lighting design for what he likes to call, “the urban and rural public realm.” Kerem Asfuroglu is the founder of Dark Source, a London-based lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University – Architectural Lighting Design MA, Kerem has worked at Speirs + Major as a senior member of the creative team for 8 years. Throughout his career, he h...
2022-12-0758 min
Get A Grip On Lighting PodcastRestoring Darkness #56 - The Night is a RealmMichael Colligan was inspired to be a Dark Sky advocate by William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” The stars have inspired countless poets. Kerem considers the night to be a “realm” and he specializes in dark sky friendly lighting design for what he likes to call, “the urban and rural public realm.” Kerem Asfuroglu is the founder of Dark Source, a London-based lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values. Following his graduation from Wismar University – Architectural Lighting Design MA, Kerem has worked at Speirs + Major as a senior member of the creative team for 8 years. Throughout his career, he h...
2022-12-0758 min
Subtext and Discourse | Art World PodcastKerem Asfuroglu, lighting designer & graphic artist | EP44 Subtext & DiscourseKerem Asfuroglu is a lighting designer, graphic artist and the founder of Dark Source - a lighting design studio driven by social and environmental values.
Following his graduation from Wismar University - Architectural Lighting Design MA in 2010, Asfuroglu has worked at Speirs+Major as a senior member of the creative team for almost 8 years. He worked on a diverse range of projects which include Battersea Power Station and Covent Garden Masterplans, Shakespeare's New Place, Medius House and City Point.
He won several awards including Red Dot, Vox Juventa, PLDC, LAMP and Future of Urban Lighting...
2022-05-2647 min