While lighting has many advantages for humans, there are many unseen ways it changes the world we live in that are not positive. In this article I am going to cover some of the main areas in which lighting damages the environment around us. In particular I am going to focus on the damage being done to bats, although this is an issue that also affects insects, plants, river life, birds and other mammals. Of course, there is an initial question here for lighting designers: 'why should we care?'.
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