{"id":955,"date":"2023-01-30T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/?p=955"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T10:20:35","slug":"mayo-dark-sky-champion-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/ga\/news\/mayo-dark-sky-champion-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo Dark Sky Champion Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Dark Sky Champions Poster\" class=\"wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.mayodarkskypark.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/dark-sky-champions.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a really exciting programme organised for the 2023 Dark Sky Champion training course for our tourism and hospitality businesses in County Mayo. Two guest speakers have kindly agreed to join us and we will host workshops in Westport and in Ballycroy (approx 2 hours per event, repeated in both locations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Duncan Wise of Northumberland Dark Sky Park<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Duncan will present a talk on his work as Dark Skies Lead officer and the success of dark sky tourism in the Northumberland area. T<a href=\"https:\/\/mayodarkskypark.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=80af0f2c61c89f3c6cef54f03&amp;id=59d1c27a9f&amp;e=14bd376726\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his is estimated to be worth approximately \u00a325m to the local economy annually.<\/a>&nbsp;Duncan has led many of the initiatives for developing dark sky tourism and will bring some of his insights and ideas to his talk as part of the training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Tony Johnston of TUS Midlands Midwest\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Tony will present his work on a new European project specifically focused on Dark Sky Ecotourism with the aim of providing guides and education for tourism business and building a suite of tools and resources for areas seeking to promote sustainable dark sky tourism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To register for this free course,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mayodarkskypark.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=80af0f2c61c89f3c6cef54f03&amp;id=6997d7ed8d&amp;e=14bd376726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please complete the application form in this link<\/a>. We will ask all participants to commit to one action for dark skies as a result of Mayo and, as places are limited, we ask that you do not reserve places unless you can confirm attendance. We would like to thank F\u00e1ilte Ireland for their support in hosting this event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Georgia MacMillan<br>Mayo Dark Sky Park Development Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tel: 086 859 5166<br>IRC Employment Based PhD Scholar in partnership with NPWS and University of Galway<br>#HalftheParkisAfterDark&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/mayodarkskypark.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=80af0f2c61c89f3c6cef54f03&amp;id=187d850a69&amp;e=14bd376726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.MayoDarkSkyPark.ie<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a really exciting programme organised for the 2023 Dark Sky Champion training course for our tourism and hospitality businesses in County Mayo. Two guest speakers have kindly agreed to join us and we will host workshops in Westport and in Ballycroy (approx 2 hours per event, repeated in both locations). 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