Cities and communities across Connecticut are campaigning for better lighting laws, to protect human health, the night sky, and the many different bird species, insects, and plant life that rely on darkness and the dark sky as habitat. Below is a summary of some of these local efforts.
Greenwich, CT
In a major victory for the night sky, in March 2024 the Town of Greenwich adopted the most comprehensive outdoor lighting law in the state of Connecticut. Greenwich is now Connecticut's first Lights Out community!!
The effort to amend in the Town Zoning Code to strengthen the lighting rules for commercial, industrial, residential, and town-owned buildings and limit light pollution was led by local leaders Myra Klockenbrink, Cynthia Ehrlinger, and others from Lights Out Greenwich and the Greenwich Sustainability Committee. Lights Out Greenwich was formed in March 2022. This active group set an ambitious goal of writing clear, new lighting rules for the town with standards that are easy to understand and easy to follow.
Download Greenwich's new lighting regulations.
Download & share the LightsOutGreenwich Flyer.
Watch the LightsOutGreenwich Presentation, held at the Perrot Library on April 26, 2023.
Bridgeport, CT
A Lights Out Bridgeport initiative was formed in summer 2023. This group is working to convince Bridgeport city officials to shut off the unnecessary lights in Mary’s-by-the-Sea Park after 11 p.m. They have put together a strong campaign, backed by the Ash Creek Conservation Association, Aspetuck Land Trust, the CT chapter of DarkSky, and Lights Out CT.
Read the OpEd published in the CT Post, on 12/28/23.
Local Leaders: Donna Curran and Pete Spain.
Please let us know if you’re working to limit light pollution in your town/city or if you would like to partner with Lights Out CT. E-mail us at contact@lightsoutct.org.