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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