Posted on 04/19/2015 2:30:16 PM PDT by Kaslin
Oh, the delicious, delicious irony.
Yesterday was Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day, which was celebrated with a concert and other festivities on the National Mall. While the concert itself was powered by solar energy, the attendees could have learned a lesson or two about taking care of planet Earth.
For instance, check out these trash and recycling cans I spotted near the National Mall, close to the Washington Monument:
scenes from the Earth Day concert on the Mall pic.twitter.com/3kKQOe2qax— Christine Rousselle (@crousselle) April 18, 2015
Disgusting. Granted, there should have been more attention to detail/park workers actually emptying the trash cans, but this is just gross. This is the National Mall, not a dumpster. There was a definite failure to plan for the estimated hundreds of thousands of people who would be coming in to the area for the concert, and that is concerning.
I was hardly the only person to notice the disgusting state of the Mall:
Earth day concert. #GlobalCitizenEarthDay
A photo posted by Eric Kmetz (@erickmetz) on Apr 18, 2015 at 6:43pm PDT
Trash left over from #EarthDay2015 celebrations and concert at National Mall #ironyatitsfinest pic.twitter.com/MgK12Z9tiY— Tom Hebert (@TomHebert96) April 19, 2015
While I think it's fine that the concert itself was powered by solar energy, there were dozens of incidental factors to the concert that essentially wiped out any benefit to the planet the solar power provided. People traveled to get to the concert in non-"green" ways, and when they got to the show, there were dozens of food trucks (which are not solar-powered) there to sell food that was packaged in styrofoam. None of that is particularly "good" for the environment. Plus, trash was everywhere.
It's great to care about the environment (and people probably should), but it's incredibly hypocritical to go to a concert celebrating the environment and leave the area a trash-strewn mess. Simply going to a concert is not an indulgence to litter in the future.
At least they piled the stuff near the trash cans. Organizers need to arrange better trash collection ...
Remember the Obama inauguration aftermath photos, that was even worse
How about what you carry in you carry out.....Been doing that for years at public events. There’s no reason for that happening.
Sure. And maybe “earth day “ really is all about keeping things clean.
It sure is
Of course they did .... same people who attended the 0bama inauguration .... same result ...
Lefties are nothing but filth
contrast when Beck had his rally. Liberals are such hypocrites and the worst are the ones who have tolerance stickers and yet are the most intolerant .
1) Stay Home
2) Don't Breathe
3) Don't Eat Anything
4) Don't Go to the Bathroom
5) Don't use make-up
It could be your server. I clicked on all the links and they all work for me
Leftists are slobs
I hate when that happens and Townhall is famous for that. I did not need to click on the link again, that’s why I did not notice it
Leftist apologists are as destructive as leftists are. Light headed for the record books, too.
Trash makes Italian guys cry.
Leftists claim to be compassionate and caring, but they are the most selfish self-centered people on the planet.
Wow, they show such “concern” for mother earth (/s).
Just the one you want to use.
More phoniness from the left. That crying "Indian" was a full blooded Italian! The more things change the more they stay the same. At least with the commie left.
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