[2] Green was the 1996 recipient of UBC's Great Trekker Award, given by the students to an alumnus who has achieved distinction in their career.

[9] Green was chair of Four Corners Community Savings, which was closed by the Gordon Campbell led BC Government.

[citation needed] Green co-founded the Portland Hotel Society which operates Insite, the first legal safe injection site in North America.

[13] Some blamed voter confusion for his loss,[14] as there was an unknown candidate named "James Green" who received 4,273 votes.

[citation needed] Six years later, Green again faced Campbell, this time in the 1996 provincial election for the MLA seat in Vancouver-Point Grey.