The green ribbon has been used as a symbol for many campaigns, including environmental justice, cannabis-liberation, and agriculture. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... This article is about the plant genus Cannabis. ...

In the US in 1998, Margaret Bruce sought a way to support farm families and came up with the idea of a green ribbon and a card that read "We care through prayer." Around the same time, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference (NCRLC) began receiving emergency calls from farm families in stress and saw that the situation was getting worse across the country. In November 1998, NCRLC launched the Green Ribbon Campaign at their 75th anniversary meeting. They developed and began to disseminate rural crisis packets to help parishes deal with the growing rural crisis. United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ...

When Margaret Bruce began wearing a green ribbon for farm families, she said at the time: "I can’t do much, but I can wear a green ribbon to let families know that I care through prayer." Her "can't do much" example has turned into an international campaign that brings support and hope to thousands. Her life is an example of how ordinary people doing ordinary things have extraordinary results. Margaret was the Pastoral Associate at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Grafton, North Dakota. She died of an aneurysm in Grand Forks, ND, on Jan. 27, 2001.

The green ribbon is also used to show support for organ donation and transplant, and is awarded to a competitor who finishes in fifth place in a contest held at a county or state fair in the United States. The green ribbon can also indicate a support of music education, especially in Hispanic Communities in the United States.[1] Organ donationcan only be peformed by untrained workers who do not have a drivers license and are poor. ... “Transplant” redirects here. ... For other uses of the word fair see Fair (disambiguation) Fair is the name for the gathering together of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or fairground entertainment. ... A state fair is a competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. states population. ...

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.^{[citation needed]} The following is a timeline of the 7 July 2005 London bombings and 21 July 2005 London bombings. ... Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ...

The green ribbon is used to show support for finding missing children in Canada, as well as awareness for Bipolar Disorder. The green ribbon is also used to show support for Lyme disease research and raises Lymphoma awareness and also cerebral palsy. Awareness ribbons are short pieces of ribbon folded into a loop, or representations of such, which are used in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK and other parts of the world as a way for the wearer to make a subtle statement of support for a cause or issue. ... For other uses, see Bipolar. ... Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by bacteria from the genus Borrelia. ... This article is about lymphoma in humans. ...

Environmental initiatives, such as Environment Week in the UK and in Canada, often use green ribbons to represent support for sustainable development and environmental initiatives.^{[citation needed]}

Chechen ribbon

A slightly modified green ribbon also symbolises solidarity with Chechnya. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ...

In Colombia, the green ribbon has been used to support peace for the country. The green ribbon also raises awareness of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. The green ribbon has also come to represent protest of the events surrounding the Jena Six. Gari Melchers, Mural of Peace, 1896. ... For other uses, see Jena (disambiguation). ...

A light green ribbon is used to support the a foundation for impoverished orphans and street kids of former communist countries.^[1]

See also

• Medals of Honor (Japan)

Since the late 19th Century, the Government of Japan has issued six different types of Medals of Honor (褒章 hosho) to individuals for achievements in various fields. ...

References

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1. ^ Strive For Life

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External links

• Green Ribbon Campaign, open records for adoptees

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