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Green is thought to be an unlucky color in British and British-derived cultures,[33] where green cars, wedding dresses, and theater costumes are all the objects of superstition.[34]
In high schools in the United States during the 1960s, it was widely believed that if someone wore green on Thursdays, it meant that they were homosexual.[35]
In some Asian cultures the color green is often used as a symbol of sickness and/or nausea;[37] however, in China, green is associated with the east, with sunrise, and with life and growth.[38]
Green Parties, now active in over one hundred countries, are more broadly included in the green movement, and most are members of the Global Green Network.[42]
The association of green with advocates of the environment has extended to other circles as well, as is the case with Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who is often referred to as the “Green Patriarch” because the new environmental focus which he brought about within the Ecumenical Patriarchate.[43]