I'm seeing a level of organized activity in West Texas to protect dark skies and foster economic development related to dark skies that goes beyond anything I have seen in either New Mexico or Arizona

Each year Valentine has a party that is underwritten by Big Bend Brewing in Alpine. Mahala Guevara, vice president of Big Bend Brewing, is the contact guy for it. He might be worth giving a call.

Fantastic location, south of Santa Fe and super close to the Southwest Chief Amtrak station. Way out of my price range, and not enough land for a dark-sky community of any kind, so just an FYI for any

Hereford, AZ, is a rural subdivision. Not sure if Hereford has outdoor lighting restrictions, but Cochise County does have light pollution regulations. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8484-S-Coyote

I am a native of New England now living in New Mexico. My wife is from Wisconsin but spent time in New England. Among the things we like about the American Southwest are-- --the big, open sky that is

Has anyone had experience with Earthship homes? Something for us to consider for a dark-sky community? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship I received this interesting note last night from a retire

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved new rules that will allow small drones to fly over people and at night in the US. https://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=2

It rarely happens that a new community forms nowadays, and even though Freedom, Georgia is not a dark-sky community, their story is inspiring and might give us some good ideas. https://thefreedomgeorg

Given the rapid advancement of outdoor lighting technology and security systems in recent years, I would like to submit for your consideration that the time has come for a demonstration project where

Mirador Astronomy Village (https://miradorastrovillage.org/) will be a residential community that does public outreach. A nonprofit will be created to facilitate the public outreach and educational ac

Jim McCathren shared this video with me, and even though it is 30 minutes long, it is well worth watching for anyone thinking of developing an astronomy residential community that provides astronomy p

There have been interesting conversations going on over in Cohousing-L about affordable housing and all the things that can add cost to a project (like customizations), but a good rule of thumb is tha

Wanted to give you all an update on where we are currently with the Mirador Astronomy Village project. #1 We are in the process of forming an LLC whose members/owners would be anyone who invests at le

This is an interesting project. Sonal Asgotraa in India gave a presentation on Astrostays during the IDA virtual conference this past weekend. I was unable to attend since her presentation was at 3:30

Mirador Astronomy Village LLC will be forming within the next few days. We are currently looking for Founding Members. A Member of the LLC needs to invest at least $1000. As an investor, your investme

A way to get started and provide affordable housing: Co-Living Meets Van Life at Kibbo Kibbo gives your van a place to call home. https://www.treehugger.com/co-living-meets-van-life-kibbo-5082665 A ni

Wanted to share with you a press release (see attached) from a new company called Terran Robotics that is developing the capability to build adobe homes and other adobe structures at substantially low

For any dark-sky communities (like Mirador) considering establishing in West Texas, there is an organization in the process of forming that will be a great ally: the West Texas Friends of the Night Sk

There were some earlier messages on consensus that I also wanted to respond to and didn’t have time. This one as notes from a workshop so it raises all the points. I’ve been using consensus decision-m

Dust is an ever-present concern in a desert environment, and there can be many days between rain events. Many rain events will be spotty in addition to the occasional gully-washers. There will be a si