e-petition - stargazing

[zainraza]

Done it.

Just wish they did big switch offs in all over the country

[Ant]

I had to have three attempts before my e-mail address was accepted.

BTW great idea by the Mods to flag this up.

Not my idea it was DazC's idea <link>

Cheers

Ant

[Sp@ce_d]

I'm on..

[SteveWxm]

Signed and shared to Facebook

[Orange Haze]

Signed. The more people who share this on Facebook the better. (other social networks are available)

[huggiebear]

Signed and shared.

[Philip.]

done

[Mr Spock]

Hopefully we'll have enough members sign to make a difference.

[Catweazel]

Ok, done! Thanks

[OliverP]

Just signed it

[dav1d]

"and grant the night sky the status of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and/or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)"

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

SSSI's are designated as the best examples of wildlife habitats, geological features and landforms. The SSSI designation applies throughout Great Britain. Sites are chosen to be representative of British habitats with each site seen as an integral part of the national set. The aim being to maintain the present diversity of animals and plants.

AONBs need to be physically located within the UK.

If this petition actually makes it to parliament, it'll be either given a pat on the head and words of how worthy the cause is (not likely), or laughed out and you'll have wasted 100k sigs.

Formulate a petition with realistic aims, leave out the flowery prose and mentions of SSSI and AONB and grab 100k names for something which is actually achievable.

Not signed.

[Macavity]

Not yet... Was the banner headline *particularly* targeted at me or was my username substituted

via some script variable? Fun though! <G> It would be nice to be considered so... pivotal too!

[kiffy]

ive just signed it.. dont know what good it'll do but if we dont try it'll never do any good

[Alan_B]

Signed up a few weeks ago - come on the rest of you

[Celtic Deacon]

Signed this a few weeks ago.

[Avo]

Singed

[Ant]

"and grant the night sky the status of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and/or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)"

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

AONBs need to be physically located within the UK.

If this petition actually makes it to parliament, it'll be either given a pat on the head and words of how worthy the cause is (not likely), or laughed out and you'll have wasted 100k sigs.

Formulate a petition with realistic aims, leave out the flowery prose and mentions of SSSI and AONB and grab 100k names for something which is actually achievable.

Not signed.

Woah - nice post!

Maybe you could do something then if your so knowledgeable? Instead you criticise someone that has actually done something even if there are faults with their wording.

Ant

[lulu57]

sorted

[valleyman]

Done

[kharga]

Signed!

[Doughzer]

my wife has signed it, I will just go and tell her!

[Treeden]

"Sign the petition Treeden - you know you want to :)"

I signed it a while back, but thanks for giving it a boost and keeping it alive.

[Armsoft]

Signed, the counts up to 2,304 so a bit of a way to go, but in the words of my most disliked supermarket "Every Little Helps!"

[E621Keith]

Just signed it. The banner is a great idea

[Karlos]

Its a shame it is so difficult to get the required figures, although I think a pilot test showing the amount of energy/money wasted with and without the stringent lighting standards might make councils and government give the due attention in terms of £s. I guess circulating the address and raising awareness would help get to 100,000 sigs, but its getting the message out there to them. I wonder if with the help of all astro related people, retailers, astronomy societies etc. in the UK we could make it

I've signed it