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National Mall Trashed After Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day Concert
Townhall.com ^ | April 19, 2015 | Christine Rousselle

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: climatechangehoax; earthday; einhorn; environment; gangreen; globalwarminghoax; hypocrisy; iraeinhorn; lenin; leninsbirthday; vladimirlenin
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To: caww

At least they piled the stuff near the trash cans. Organizers need to arrange better trash collection ...


21 posted on 04/19/2015 2:50:06 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: dowcaet
I thought they oppose plastic containers????


22 posted on 04/19/2015 2:51:13 PM PDT by caww
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To: dowcaet

Remember the Obama inauguration aftermath photos, that was even worse


23 posted on 04/19/2015 2:52:20 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: NorthMountain

How about what you carry in you carry out.....Been doing that for years at public events. There’s no reason for that happening.


24 posted on 04/19/2015 2:55:07 PM PDT by caww
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To: Slyfox

Sure. And maybe “earth day “ really is all about keeping things clean.


25 posted on 04/19/2015 2:55:20 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: dowcaet

It sure is


26 posted on 04/19/2015 2:55:25 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin
National Mall Trashed After Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day Concert

Of course they did .... same people who attended the 0bama inauguration .... same result ...


27 posted on 04/19/2015 2:56:10 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: left that other site

Lefties are nothing but filth


28 posted on 04/19/2015 2:56:27 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: dowcaet

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 .


29 posted on 04/19/2015 2:57:09 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Kaslin

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

30 posted on 04/19/2015 3:00:22 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

It could be your server. I clicked on all the links and they all work for me


31 posted on 04/19/2015 3:02:43 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

Leftists are slobs


32 posted on 04/19/2015 3:04:15 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Menehune56

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


33 posted on 04/19/2015 3:08:56 PM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him, and he got them. Now we all have to pay the consequenses)
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To: Kaslin

34 posted on 04/19/2015 3:22:14 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Slyfox

Leftist apologists are as destructive as leftists are. Light headed for the record books, too.


35 posted on 04/19/2015 3:25:01 PM PDT by Fry Panny
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Trash makes Italian guys cry.


36 posted on 04/19/2015 3:27:51 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: Kaslin

Leftists claim to be compassionate and caring, but they are the most selfish self-centered people on the planet.


37 posted on 04/19/2015 3:28:32 PM PDT by Rocky (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwel)
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To: Kaslin

Wow, they show such “concern” for mother earth (/s).


38 posted on 04/19/2015 3:33:24 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: caww

Just the one you want to use.


39 posted on 04/19/2015 3:33:27 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor born in Louisiana. Going by the name of Iron Eyes Cody, he portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films.[1] In 1996, his 100 percent Italian ancestry was confirmed by his half-sister.

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.

40 posted on 04/19/2015 3:37:00 PM PDT by mc5cents
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