Author Craig Childs on Why Darker Skies Are Worth It — SkimNews
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- Living on Earth aired an interview by Jenni Doering with author Craig Childs about vanishing dark skies and experiences like seeing the Milky Way and starlight casting shadows.
- Craig Childs argues these primal dark-sky experiences are becoming rare in a world flooded with artificial light, framing a darker future as a positive outcome.
Why it matters: Childs recasts light pollution as the quiet erasure of a universal natural experience—most people alive today have never seen a truly dark sky—and argues that preserving darkness is itself an environmental and cultural good.
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