Green Ribbon - Awareness of Political and Cultural Issues

Awareness of Political and Cultural Issues

  • In Islamic culture it is the sign of children of Mohammad the prophet that named Sayyids.
  • Following the July 2005 London bombings, British police in Nottinghamshire distributed green ribbons as part of a Good Faith campaign to show support for Muslim communities.
  • In Canada, the green ribbon is used to show support of legalized forms of pornography (not exploitation), sexual content, nudity and free unsuppressed expression of the human body.
  • In Colombia, the green ribbon has been used to support peace for the country.
  • The green ribbon is used to support cannabis legalization.
  • The green ribbon is also used to support the Troops in Pakistan
  • The green ribbon also raises awareness of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
  • The green ribbon is used to support Irish Freedom from Britain .
  • The green ribbon was used to protest the events surrounding the Jena Six.
  • A slightly modified green ribbon also symbolises solidarity with Chechnya.
  • The green ribbon was used to raise awareness of the earthquake in China in May 2008
  • A light green ribbon is used to support a foundation for impoverished orphans and street kids of former communist countries.
  • A green ribbon is used to support the residents in a rural area of Tennessee, named Greenhaw, in Franklin County, where their agriculturally zoned agraian lifestyle is under threat from companies attempting to build a rock quarry and deface nearly 200 acres (0.81 km2) of Cumberland Mountains area lands against the will of the residents.
  • A green ribbon draped around the symbol for the game Quake was used to raise awareness of sexual discrimination against female players.
  • In Iran the green ribbon was used as a sign of support for Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 2009 Iranian presidential election, a color which has since become pervasive in Iran.
  • In Greenland the NGO Meeqqat Inuunerissut/Bedre Børneliv uses the green ribbon to increase awareness of the campaign for better lives for children in Greenland
  • In Douglas County, Colorado the green ribbon is used by pro-union supporters to support the campaign for "Support our Public School Students and Teachers"

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