Please Sign the Dark Skies E-Petition

[Flyingpig]

Hi all I came across this UK E-petition and I thought I would circulate it on the forum since we all want to see the government take some action to rescue our dark skies. https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/27603

Cheers people, Phil

[Steve777]

Done

[faulksy]

as above done. lets hope everyone does theres enough of us

[paul schofield]

Done also I was 1834 th. Wonder how many they need to think about it?

[telesto]

hi,there has to be 20,000 signatures for a E-petition to be looked at by the government so theres enough of us on sgl

[Mike73]

Signed and supported

[faulksy]

hi,there has to be 20,000 signatures for a E-petition to be looked at by the government so theres enough of us on sgl

just been on the goverment site and it states 100 thousand signatures and then it goes to house of commons. so come on sign up:D

[Hobbes]

Done

[Gottzi]

All signed

David

[Gra]

If any of you are on twitter, post a link and ask them to retweet it. I have signed it and also got the family involved.

[Holderness]

Can this thread be made sticky and highlighted to encourage members to sign the petition?

[Flyingpig]

Wonder if we could get Brian Cox on board; if he was to quote it on TV we'd have 100,000 signatures before the end of the month!

[Flyingpig]

Can this thread be made sticky and highlighted to encourage members to sign the petition?

Yes Please....

[faulksy]

good idea. this should be made mandatory for all new members

[SeedyF]

Done too

Solidarity brothers and sisters, power to the people of the SGL Popular Front

[White230]

Signed

[Charon]

And me.

[KatieM]

Done! But will they listen!!!

[Flyingpig]

Done! But will they listen!!!

If there are enough signatures then they will have to listen!

[Marki]

Done

[acey]

Obviously I agree with the sentiment but the wording of the petition is totally unrealistic:

"This petition calls on government to... grant the night sky the status of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and/or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)".

SSSI and AONB are terms applicable to designated areas of land/water, not the sky. And what about Scotland? They don't have AONB there, they have National Scenic Areas.

Even if it were to get as far as being officially considered this petition could be tossed out at the first hurdle, simply for requesting something that is patently impossible.

There was a previous e-petition that was sensibly worded: I signed that.

[pgwenlan]

Done

[sevs23]

Done. Even if it's badly worded, something like this can only raise awareness - which is a good thing.

Got my missus to put on her Facebook account.

[Simon 666]

signed and posted on facebook so hopefully more ppl will sign up its a shame there wasnt something done along time ago go back 200yrs and they would think you are crazy that in the future you have to sign a document to save the natural night sky its a joke.

[starnut]

done