Green ribbon

The green ribbon can have a variety of symbolic meanings.

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Mitochondrial disease

Mitochondrial disease awareness is represented by a green ribbon.[1] Mitochondrial disease (mito) is a debilitating genetic disorder that robs the body’s cells of energy, causing multiple organ dysfunction or failure and potentially death. There are many forms of mitochondrial disease; it is highly complex and can affect anyone of any age. Mitochondrial disease can cause any symptom in any organ at any age. There are currently no cures and few effective treatments.

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy (CP) awareness is represented by a green ribbon.[2] CP is one of the most common childhood disabilities and represents a wide range of fine and gross motor function impairment, mental delay and other combinations caused by injury to the brain through trauma, lack of oxygen at birth or another cause.

Mental health

Mental health awareness is represented by a green ribbon.[2] In the 1800s, green was the colour used to label people who were considered insane.

Kidney disease

Kidney disease and kidney cancer awareness are another cause represented by the Green Ribbon.[3][2] People who have kidney disease, are on dialysis, have received a kidney transplant,[4] or who are living kidney donors wear the Green Ribbon to help raise awareness about the condition. March is kidney awareness month and those who are affected by the kidney disease or would like to support the cause and raise awareness, are encouraged to wear the ribbon all month long.

Levellers and early Whig radicals

In 17th century England during and after the English Civil War the wearing of a sea-green ribbon symbolized affiliation with the ideals of the Levellers and later in the century with radical Whiggism.[5] The green ribbon and sprigs of rosemary were symbols of support for the Levellers during the English Civil War and English Interregnum. At the funeral of Thomas Rainsborough (a Member of Parliament and also a Leveller leader who had spoken at the Putney Debates) there were thousands of mourners wearing the Levellers' ribbons of sea-green and bunches of rosemary for remembrance in their hats, as there were the next year, 1649, at the funeral of Robert Lockyer a New Model Army Agitator hanged by Oliver Cromwell for mutiny.

The Green Ribbon Club was one of the earliest of the loosely combined associations which met from time to time in London taverns or coffee-houses for political purposes in the 17th century. It had its meeting place at the King's Head tavern at Chancery Lane End, so was known as the King's Head Club. It seems to have been founded about the year 1675 as a resort for members of the political party hostile to the court. As these associates were in the habit of wearing in their hats a bow, or bob, of green ribbon, as a distinguishing badge useful for the purpose of mutual recognition in street brawls, the name of the club was changed, about 1679, to the Green Ribbon Club. The 'Green Ribbon' was the badge of The Levellers in the English Civil Wars in which many of the members had fought and was an overt reminder of their radical origins.[5]

Support of farm families

In 1998, Margaret Bruce, a Pastoral Associate at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in North Dakota, 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.[6]

HIV virus

In the UK, in November 2008,[7] a Manchester-based support group for people living with or being affected by the HIV-virus; launched a campaign called Body Positive North West,[8] using a green ribbon as their symbol. The aim is to raise awareness of 60 second HIV testing and encourage more people to get themselves screened for HIV, as research suggests that over a third of all HIV-infected people in Britain, are themselves unaware of this.[9]

Awareness of other political and cultural issues

  • 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.[10]
  • A green ribbon draped around the symbol for the game Quake was used to raise awareness of sexual discrimination against female players.[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • Centrist group and supporter which don't associate with pro-democracy camp and pro-Beijing camp in Hong Kong

Awareness of health and safety issues

Green ribbons have been used to promote awareness for many diseases and causes.[1][13][14]

Other shades of green ribbons

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See also

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: McNeill, Ronald John (1911). "Green Ribbon Club". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 550, 551.
  1. 1 2 Becker, Doreen (2016-05-13). Color Trends and Selection for Product Design: Every Color Sells A Story. William Andrew. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-323-39406-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Friedman, Megan (2015-09-21). "Why Is Everyone Wearing Green Ribbons at the Emmys?". ELLE. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. ↑ Laws of the State of Illinois Enacted by the ... General Assembly at the Extra Session ... University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Illinois State Journal Company, State Printers. 2004. p. 3556. in April 2004, the Kidney Cancer Association in the United States and Kidney Cancer United Kingdom adopted a green ribbon campaign to raise awareness of kidney cancer;
  4. ↑ "Green Ribbon Champions". Midwest Transplant Network. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  5. 1 2 McNeill 1911, pp. 550, 551.
  6. ↑ Bovée, David S. (2010). The Church and the Land: The National Catholic Rural Life Conference and American Society, 1923-2007. CUA Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-8132-1720-8.
  7. ↑ Body Positive North West Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Bpnw.org
  9. ↑ Health Protection Agency - Testing Times - HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United Kingdom: 2007 Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Helen Carter (2005-08-13). "Police chief's green ribbons for Muslims | UK news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  11. ↑ "Quake Green Ribbon Campaign History". 2002-08-02. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  12. ↑ Fathi, Nazila (May 30, 2009). "Iranian Candidate Taps Student Woes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ribbons for a reason | Ribbon color meaning | awareness meanings". www.ribbonsforareason.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Awareness Ribbons Chart: Color & Meaning of Awareness Ribbon Causes". Disabled World. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
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