Megan Eaves-Egenes

Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too,
The world’s heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east
The faithful beauty of the stars.
Sara Teasdale

We live in a universe driven by cycles and spectra, and darkness as much as day is an important part of our world. However, we have filled our planet with electric light and bleached the night, in some places almost entirely. The United States and Europe are now so lit up that 99% of people cannot see the Milky Way or stars.

The repercussions of this are only just beginning to be understood. Humans are generally diurnal (awake during the day), and we forget that huge swathes of life on Earth are nocturnal, depending on darkness to survive. Every time we flick on a porch light or drown the darkness with street lamps, headlights and always-on office blocks, we are slowly destroying the rhythms of our world in unimaginable ways.

This is a quickly reversible form of pollution that we can do something about right now. In addition to making our lives more poetic and beautiful, reducing light pollution also saves a lot of money and natural resources.

Nocturnal Conservationist, Dark Sky Writer

I use my passion for the natural night as a consultant, writer and speaker on dark skies, stargazing, light pollution and astrotourism. My background as a writer, tourism professional and amateur astronomer has given me a unique perspective that combines accessible science with cultures, philosophy, poetry and the arts.

My forthcoming book (2026) is a philosophical travel and nature memoir about darkness, stargazing and human nature.

Nocturnal Conservation

Journalism

Building dark sky connections with Michelle Wooten | DarkSky, Mar 2025
Darkness for Well-Being | DarkSky, Aug 2024
How Starry Night Skies are Transforming Travel | Citizen Femme, Jan 2024
Land of the Long Dark Nights | Nightscape, Mar 2023
10 Hotels Where You Can Sleep Under the World’s Clearest, Darkest Skies | AFAR, Feb 2023
Why Northumberland is the best county for seeing the Milky Way and nocturnal wildlife | Metro, Jan 2023
Starry, starry night: why Exmoor’s new dark sky walking trail is midwinter magic | The Independent, Dec 2021
Who owns the night sky? The threat of satellites | Nightscape, Issue 106, Dec 2021
Fefo Bouvier: Soul of a Stargazer | IDA Monthly STAR, Dec 2021
Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel: Light Pollution Researcher and Space Pirate | IDA Monthly STAR, Oct 2021
Playing the long game | Nightscape, Issue 105, Sep 2021
A Dark Sky Mission in Argentina | IDA Monthly STAR, July 2021
Speed of Night: Racing to Protect Britain’s Dark | Nightscape, Spring 2021
Wild Atlantic Skies in Ireland’s County Mayo | IDA Monthly STAR, May 2021
Astrotourism as a Force for Good | IDA Monthly STAR, Mar 2021
Under the Desert Sky: Darkening the Way in Bahrain | IDA Monthly STAR, Nov 2020

Interviews

Aug 2025: Appeared on Starless | Astroholic Podcast – Episode 1 & Episode 3
Jul 2025: Appeared on the High-Yield Tourism Podcast
Dec 2024: Quoted by Euronews on astrotourism
Feb 2024: Quoted by Euronews on best places to travel to see aurora
Dec 2023: Quoted by Citizen Femme on the dark sky travel trend for 2024
Oct 2023: Video for the UN World Tourism Organization’s General Assembly
Sep 2023: PBS NewsHour segment on light pollution in the UK
Jul 2023: Radio interview on Manx Radio about dark skies on the Isle of Man
May 2023: Quoted in the Wall Street Journal on dark sky travel
Mar 2023: Quoted in Readers Digest on dark sky places in the UK
Dec 2021: TV interview with City University Journalism about light pollution in London
Nov 2021: Quoted by Energy Live News about Westminster’s historic gas lamps
Jul 2021: Interviewed by the BBC about light pollution
Jun 2021: In-depth video interview on Welcome to My World podcast
Mar 2021: Interviewed by the Travel Magazine about astrotourism
Feb 2021: Quoted in The Telegraph‘s feature on dark sky stargazing
Feb 2021: Quoted in Weekend Magazine on British stargazing and Dark Sky London
Sept 2020: Mentioned in the Washington Post‘s guide to urban stargazing
August 2020: Quoted in the Evening Standard about stargazing in London
August 2020: International Dark-Sky Association feature about my dark-skies advocacy work
April 2020: Conde Nast Traveler España feature on lockdown stargazing
April 2020: StyleBlueprint feature on new quarantine hobbies
March 2020: CNN article about my lockdown stargazing sessions

Work With Me

I offer consulting, media work, interviews, content, training, presentations and evening events that help draw awareness to the beauty and importance of the natural night.

Please get in touch.