Probably the youngest person in the audience last night for the presentation by Marc Deshowitz was Lily Williams. She is eight years old and is Marc’s granddaughter.
Lily was interested in attending last night’s presentation, “Preserving one of our most precious resource… our night sky.” She had watched Marc work on parts of his presentation at home and wanted to see the whole presentation.
In fact, she was so interested that she created a painting for Marc and then went on to create her own presentation about sea turtles. Here is her interpretation of the night sky.
Lily is fortunate to live in a place where she can see the night sky and be inspired to paint it. Will future generations be so fortunate?
The population of Ivins doubled since 2000 and is expected to double again in just over 20 years. What will our night sky look like with twice the light pollution we have today?
Will there be nothing left to see for our children to be inspired by, marvel at, and cherish? Will the wonderment of the night sky be just a distant faded memory for those of us who were once lucky enough to gaze upon it?
We can’t let that become our fate. That’s why we are taking action now to improve, preserve, and protect the night sky over Ivins. We’re fortunate that the Mayor of Ivins agrees.
Contact us to tell us you support our efforts and/or to volunteer to help improve, preserve, and protect the night sky over Ivins. We have a lot of work to do and need all the help and expertise we can get.
Now that’s a proud grandfather!