Periodically they flashed the beams, filtered through translucent green paper, against the walls of the U.N. Assembly building. In Europe, green is a symbol for hope.

Marta Alanis, founder of Catholics for the Right to Decide, proposed wearing a green scarf as a "symbol of hope, health, life" at the 18th National Women's Meeting in Argentina in 2003.

Kent has a long history with the infinity symbol. Mathematician John Wallis, who was born in Ashford in 1616, is credited with its creation in 1655.