Earlier this year Glastonbury Festival made headlines by announcing that it will implement a site-wide ban on plastic bottles starting in 2019. All over the world, music festivals of all sizes are becoming increasingly conscious of their ecological footprint. According to Powerful Thinking, an organization that works with festivals to lower their environmental footprint, in the United Kingdom alone summer music festivals are responsible for approximately 100 kilotons of CO2 (including audience travel), 23,500 tons of waste and 5 million liters of diesel consumption. But it doesn’t have to be this way. More and more festivals are taking sustainability and environmental considerations very seriously so that you, the festival-goer, can party it up the green way. One such festival is Budapest’s Sziget Festival, which has won Best Line-Up and Best Major Festival at the European Festival Awards several times. We sat down with Akos Dominus, Sziget’s Sustainability Manager … [Read more...] about Green festival: partying consciously at Sziget Festival
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Duke of Sussex hands green berets to newly-qualified marines
News / UK and world by Press Association February 20, 2019, 7:26 pm Updated: February 20, 2019, 7:28 pm Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Duke of Sussex has handed out coveted green berets to newly-qualified Royal Marines as they completed their final gruelling test. Harry, who assumed the role of Captain General Royal Marines from the Duke of Edinburgh in December 2017, visited the base of 42 Commando in Bickleigh, Devon, on Wednesday. He was driven to nearby Dartmoor, where he saluted and clapped as two recruit troops finished their final Commando Test. The newly-qualified Marines jogged past Harry on the final stretch of their 30-mile march, carrying loads of 45lbs plus their rifles. Harry presented the Marines with their green berets, which symbolically mark the end of commando training, before posing for a photograph with the group. He told them: “This is an enormous privilege for yourselves to get the green beret. “I am fully … [Read more...] about Duke of Sussex hands green berets to newly-qualified marines
Statue of Revolutionary War general vandalized with “googly eyes”
The city of Savannah, Georgia, has its eyes out for a vandal who put "googly eyes" on a statue of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene in a prank that has Facebook users rolling with laughter. The city government posted a call for answers to Facebook on Thursday, including photos showing the Greene statue with the expressive eyes. "Who did this?! Someone placed googly eyes on our historic #NathanaelGreene statue in #JohnsonSquare," the post said. "It may look funny but harming our historic monuments and public property is no laughing matter, in fact, it's a crime." The city urged anyone with information to contact the Savannah Police Department. The department has made no arrests and identified no suspects, spokeswoman Keturah Greene — no relation — told CBS News. But the city is already seeing plenty of gags about the googly eyes. Since the Facebook post on Thursday, dozens of users have been posting other googly eyes photos in comments on the city's page. … [Read more...] about Statue of Revolutionary War general vandalized with “googly eyes”
Holocaust survivor who became US Army major general has died
A man who survived the holocaust as a child, fought in Vietnam and went on to serve as a major general in the U.S. Army has died. Sidney Shachnow's wife said by phone Wednesday that he passed away Sept. 27 at a hospital in Pinehurst, North Carolina. He was 83. Shachnow endured the horrors of Nazi-controlled Europe. He then spent more than 30 years as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army Special Forces. His life came full circle when he commanded American forces in West Berlin during the Cold War. He said he lived in a house that was once owned by Hitler's finance minister. Shachnow was 6 or 7 years old when the Nazis forced Lithuanian Jews into a concentration camp. The vast majority of its prisoners died. … [Read more...] about Holocaust survivor who became US Army major general has died
Yoder’s Green-Card Giveaway Will Expand Bias Against U.S. College-Grads, Say American Professionals
American college-graduates are urging the House Committee on Rules to block GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder’s “country caps” appropriations legislation, saying it will widen discrimination against Americans and expand the outsourcing of U.S. college-grad jobs to Indian visa-workers. “Today we have [workplaces] all across the country that are virtually 100 percent Indian,” said Robert Heath, a software professional who now runs the H1BFacts.com website. Yoder’s amendment “would be worse — it would be ethnic cleansing of U.S. workers from the [science and technology] professions.”“We’re all scared because if H.R. 392 passes, if they get green cards, the discrimination will become rampant,” said Stephen Pushor, a retired programmer in Virginia. The anti-American bias is already widespread in the software sector, and it sidelines many younger and middle-aged American professionals, he said. Yoder’s country cap … [Read more...] about Yoder’s Green-Card Giveaway Will Expand Bias Against U.S. College-Grads, Say American Professionals