One of the wonders of the modern world is the ability to create artificial light. At the same time, our ability to produce more of it, every more inexpensively, has come at a cost: That of not only our need for darkness for restful sleep, but the entire ecosystem of creatures and plants around us that need darkness too. 

Did you know? Fully 60% of animals are nocturnal. These animals actually require darkness to live and thrive - and we, as the beneficiaries of plant and animal foods at the top of the food chain, need that system to remain in proper working order. We have, instead, disrupted it with too much artificial light.  ​

Improving night. Improving health.

The yin and yang symbol of eastern culture is a perfect representation of what life needs - balance. And in thinking of day and night in that regard, we need not only sufficient brightness in the day to produce the necessary hormones to be alert and awake, we also need sufficient darkness and lack of certain wavelengths of light in order for our sleeping hormones to be fully present. Even low levels of light harm our ability to sleep - and when sleep is compromised, so is our ability to have a healthy body and immune system.