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I've never thought in terms of "green flag" but really like that concept.
I'm going to go with Levar Burton. Reading Rainbow ran for like 35 years and encouraged millions of children to read.
It's not really here or there, but when I was a young child, I saw Star Trek: The Next Generation before Reading Rainbow, so my parents had to explain how actors worked when I was baffled how the blind man was teaching me how to read.
I did love Reading Rainbow, though, and still read regularly, probably in part thanks to Levar Burton.
Man I loved the episode of reading rainbow where it showed behind the scenes of TNG
Found it
https://youtu.be/PaG6evVcd-w
That's a great story! I was...maybe...11...when STTNG came out, so I had already seen RR prior. I was super excited to see an actor I knew appear on the show.
Oh that's a great one!
He's still doing stuff trying to get more books and reading to children.
So he's a wonderful answer.
Thinking of star trek would gene Rodenberry's philosophy be considered a green flag
I personally think it is