We are excited to highlight the newest published Green Map projects from different parts of the world. From the uniquely designed local Green Maps to interactive mapmaking experiences using the recently launched Open Green Map, each project has an amazing impact on the people who created as well as the community they have charted.

In addition to the first 60 or so Open Green Maps celebrated at our launch celebration on June 5th, recently published printed Green Maps chart a university campus in China, a youth initiative in Brazil, a cultural heritage site in Indonesia, a highland community in Canada, and a new cycling-oriented Green Map of Beijing's Shichahhai district. Many others are in progress! read more »

Green Map System has initiated a Summer 2009 Semi-Virtual Student Internship Program involving high school and university students. The program includes training in the Green Map office, mentoring and interaction with Andrew Fenster, our Education Trainee, concluding with a presentation/exchange in mid-August. Follow the action at youthgreenmapping.blogspot.com/.

The goal of the program is for students to create themed Green Maps of their home neighborhoods, with a specific focus of their choice, such as green businesses, climate change, potential open spaces for green development, spiritual centers, etc. read more »

Why Making Maps Guides Us to Be Greener: http://bit.ly/ke1Me

The Cape Town Green Map - www.capetowngreenmap.co.za isn’t just a bunch of intersecting lines and street names. Rather it is the heart of the city, a green life-force, which sends out information via the numerous vessels and networks of the internet.

As with all maps, it provides direction – but with a difference.

No other map has attempted to chart and detail the city of Cape Town from a green angle before. The map can be used to make greener lifestyle choices, and help people to make more informed decisions on how to live sustainably. It is also different because it is on-going, evolving and constantly being updated.read more »

Green Maps highlight local natural, cultural and green living sites to promote personal and community well-being. Transforming local information into global interaction, the new Open Green Map social mapping platform spurs healthy participation as it shares diverse public viewpoints. Preview our platform in progress here!

Updated: view the Launch Report here!

Open Green Map's global launch celebration will take place on Friday, June 5 - World Environment Day! On the same day, special events are being planned all over the world: Cape Town, Geneva, Jakarta, Stockholm, Baltimore, Pereira Colombia, the UK towns of Swansea, Clackmannanshire, Neath Port Talbot and other places!read more »

From Green TV-Seeking developing country journalists
The CCMP 2009 fellowships will run over a nine month period starting this July. Fellows will build and strengthen their skills in climate change reporting by drawing on a range of training resources provided by the CCMP, including expert editorial mentoring by senior environment editors, networking with other environmental journalists from around the world, a matchmaking service with hundreds of key climate experts and the opportunity to attend and report on the critical international climate negotiations in Copenhagen.
Women journalists are particularly encouraged to apply. Journalists may apply for only one of the two types of fellowship. If you know appropriate journalists, please let them know this program. read more »

We're very pleased to announce that the Open Green Map was selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Index Award, the prestigious Danish social design prize!

Our entry was shortlisted in the Community category. Click this link to see our entry online and to find out about the global traveling exhibit that started its journey in Copenhagen in August. We're very pleased that our social mapping platform is featured in this exhibit and the Index Prize book.read more »

Baltimore has a consortium of campuses involved in various collaborative efforts under the Baltimore Collegetown Network. Most local campuses have Sustainability Commissions these days, so we have launched the Baltimore Collegetown Green Map Challenge with a fabulous pilot project at Towson University. Print maps were the focus. The students are eloquent in speaking of the benefits they realized from doing this project in their Graphic Design Studio. Their professor, Jessica Ring, was a wonderful collaborator.read more »

As an experiment, we created the Baltimore Green Week 2009 map on the OGM. It used icons to describe the topic content of events rather than to describe places, then illustrated the geographic distribution of those events. The organization Baltimore Green Works used it on their website along with a traditional Calendar of Events. Seemed successful and now is a record to refer to when planning next year's events. And we'll be able to offer it with tour routes for 2010.
http://www.opengreenmap.org/en/greenmap/baltimore-green-week-2009

(or winter if you are southern hemisphere....)
Is anyone planning any youth mapping projects this summer and interested in doing an info exchange with some Baltimore 8-14 year-olds?
I think it would be cool to exchange experiences and images with young folks from an entirely different environment as we do a neighborhood mapping project here.
Thanks.
Janet
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

各位夥伴：
　大家好，本校綠活圖團隊，經過近半年的努力，在每位夥伴分工合作下，我們已於去年底完成屬於我們在地綠活圖的製作並完成出版，我們的主題是「田頭田尾八塊厝，燕尾串起八德情」。
　我們將陸續發表我們的成果及心得，請各位夥伴拭目以待，謝謝。
　
　
　

The website - www.capetowngreenmap.co.za goes live in beta version on 30 March. The team is happy with its progress, although there are still a few things to iron out before the official launch of the site, such as the slide show, which remains static but will function as a dynamic slide show featuring pictures from the map and Cape Town.

In the meantime there is synergy between Cape Town's green map and the official launch of the Open Green Map system. Both are set to launch on 5 June 2009, World Environment Day!

The Cape Town Green map team begin actively sourcing and approaching partners and sponsors, who are overwhelmingly positive about the map, particularly as there is a focus on South Africa for 2010. This despite the current downward trend of the economy. It appears that whilst business is feeling the squeeze, the effort to green (or blue) our planet is still a priority.read more »

I'm just getting started and familiarizing myself with the tools and advice in the Mapmaker's Greenhouse. A little overwhelmed at this point, but I am still inspired by to potential for this project to illustrate the interconnection of separate community activities.

On Thursday 23rd April Jerusalem will celebrate Earth Day with a major joint event coordinated by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel and the Municipality.
At the event there will be stools, workshops, information booths and of course presenation of the Jerusalem Green Map.
Details and pictures post-event to follow.
The event takes place adjacent to the Old City Walls between 4-8pm
At 8.10pm Jerusalem and Tel Aviv will celebrate Lights Out Hour, where all city lights will be turned off for an hour.

2009’GYSD Come on, Together!
Invitation of Global Youth Service Day

Hello everyone，

Love Without Borders Beijing invites you to join our annual party “Global Youth Service Day”!

Global Youth Service Day, (GYSD) was established in 2000 in the States, which has been dedicated to serving communities and making the world a better place. GYSD is an annual celebration to celebrate the passion of young volunteers, encourage young people to join in the service, care the neighborhood, and share our responsibilities in the society. Presently young people from more than 110 countries and areas have joined in this activity, and it has been promoted by more than 223 local and international organizations.read more »

The online giving program Global Giving has selected our 2 project profiles for April's Give a Little Green Campaign!

This means your online donations of $10 or more will be matched by 50% until their pool of money runs out. If we have the most donations, we could win up to $5,000 more. Wow! Please take action today!

Boost your support of the Green Map movement by 50%! Donate $10 or more online – it's matched by Global Giving today! Click http://tinyurl.com/gg1965read more »

The student groups are meeting tonight to plan their Easton Green Maps. We have four groups. One group will map the Easton area trails. The Urban Garden group is working with community members to map the urban gardens in the area of the West Ward. The other groups are working on websites. One is an online magazine about Urban Ecology, the other will our home page.

Quietly we went off...
lives goes on...
Brightly we turn off...
illumination from within...

Durban’s Mayor, Cllr Obed Mlaba has officially pledged support for the Earth Hour 2009 campaign, a global initiative to raise awareness on the effects of excessive energy consumption on climate change and the future of the earth.

To mark the occasion the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (ICC) has committed to partner with the city and switch off the lights at the landmark building for the hour. The city is also planning a parade through the city centre on Saturday to raise awareness of the event, and the energy saving campaign.

“The Earth Hour campaign is the ideal initiative to raise awareness on the effect of excessive energy consumption and wastage on the earth. We all need to do or bit to save energy, live responsibly and reduce wastage to ensure a brighter future for the generations to come,” said Mayor Mlaba. read more »

Our logo is designed, selected and finalised (after much debate), and the team begins work on the website and blog. At the same time, work begins on adding sites to the online map, as yet not viewable by Capetonians and other general public but accessible by mapmakers around the world.

Initial content is written for the website and the first blog or two are on standby for 'go live'! Finding iconic pictures to represent Cape Town for the website header pictures has presented something of a challenge. One which the team feels more than capable of meeting!

The team begins talks with initial interested sponsors. They appear very enthusiastic about the project. The team is busy putting together a proposal for sponsors that includes prospective press offices (press releases about events, products and ventures) and advertising potential (web buttons/banners) on www.capetowngreenmap.co.za (not yet live).read more »

Join us in celebrating - not only is March 25th the anniversary of Green Map's inception, it's clear our global movement is growing faster and stronger than ever!

As of today, the number of new Green Map projects has surpassed last year's count by 12. It took us until the end of May to add 29 new projects in 2008. Extrapolating, we're on track to adding well over 100 projects in 2009!

The diversity of participants is growing as well. This week's newest projects include Sarasota Florida, Natura Brasil, Queens DiverCity NY, Jönköping Sweden, Binghamton NY, Durban South Africa and Canada's capital, Ottawa! Each is profiled in the Mapmakers section of this website, where you can follow their progress, link to Map Profiles, images, local websites and more. read more »

Thanks to everyone who voted for us in March!

Although Green Map System was not a finalist, we're pleased so many good projects are working on changing climate change and some will gain 5 years of support from Green Mountain Coffee and Just Means. Although it's too late to add a vote for the about the Open Green Map, you can read great comments and take part in the final judging of the Changing Climate Change contest in April.read more »

It has been 10 weeks since we joined Green Map and so far the experience of it has been great. Many thanks to the organisation who has provided such a good level of support.

The Green Map is a brilliant tool, we have had 3 map makers add 105 sites in just 1 week -very good going ready for our launch which happened on Tuesday http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=2482&pr_id=3452.

I work for the NPT Environment Forum and we are partnered with the Local Authority - we do lots of local environment projects and I just happened upon this map when I was looking for a company to design one for us. Thanks to Swansea Green Map too for all their help.read more »

Asociatia Ascendent from Bistrita hosted representatives from three European countries (Germany, UK and Hungary) during a Gruntdvig preparatory visit under the European Commission Education and Training programme. The meeting took place at the town youth center in the historical center of Bistrita town in the period 15-20 January 2009.

The Grundtvig programme focuses on the teaching and study needs of those in adult education and alternative education streams, as well as the institutions and organisations delivering these services.

The four European Green Mapmakers, Ciprian Samoila (Bistrita), Steve Parry (Bristol), Gergo Horvath (Budapest) and Pit van de Loo (Berlin) met to discuss a transnational collaboration under the Grundtvig partnership programme with an application deadline on 20 February 2009.read more »

The City of Cape Town gives the go-ahead to A&C maps and urban sprout to begin work on producing a Cape Town Green Map for the Mother City. The team is to create both an online and a printed map later this year that will act as a doorway to all that is green in the mother city. This will position Cape Town as the green city in South Africa.

Cape Town’s Green Map will likewise promote and encourage sustainable living practices and care for the environment.read more »

Hi everybody. I am one of three Leaders on this project and I would like to stop by and introduce myself and let everybody know that the Atlanta project is on its way.

So a little about me.
I am from Texas and have traveled throughout the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, and China.
In addition to English I am able to speak Chinese and Spanish.
My studies consist of Management in IT and Operations with a background of Material Science Engineering.

I enjoy a lot of sports racquetball included ! So if you are in the area let me know.

Here in Indonesia, we had a wonderful year together in 2008. There are many Green Map workshops in different cities and regions, new registered green mapmakers, more community mapping experiences, and also the networking with many community groups and institutions. We would like to thank every mapmakers and volunteers for their dedicated work to Peta Hijau (Green Map Indonesia), to help the community to thrive though Green mapmaking in Indonesia. Many thanks to Green Map team in New York for your great support; great web-based system, great database of references, and more.

Attached is the report of our activities last year. We still have many homeworks to do and have been thinking many ideas and plan to face the challenges of 2009. We are trying to reach out more people and volunteers to support us achieve more together. We welcome your great ideas and encourage your ongoing involvement with Green Map Indonesia, wherever you are, throughout 2009. read more »

I am currently attempting to create for use on a widows based smartphone a GreenMap Database. It is using CyberTracker as the base product. If anybody is interested please contact me. There does not appear to be a Symbion solution yet.

Great News from Indonesia!
We are so pleased that the work of Jakarta Mapmaker Marco Kusumawijaya and colleagues in using post-tsunami community participatory restoration techniques has been received an important award – Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2008!

Marco has written the project description below. One year after the tsunami, on December 26, 2005, the Banda Aceh Green Map was published (linked at the bottom), and their rebuilding work continued. Involved in Green Mapmaking since 2001, he and his colleagues across the country have published a great diversity of maps, websites and related resources that celebrate biodiversity, green living, the rich cultural heritage and disaster prevention as seen at GreenMap.or.id. If you would like to help the Indonesian Green Map Hub (see the impressive map they have linked to their website's upper right), please contact Elanto Wijoyono at joeyakarta [a] greenmap [.] or[.] id- or contact us to help you contribute to their work! In this photo, Marco is plaid in front, and co-chair Elanto is in white, find some history here, too. read more »

For me, Green Map's Director, this fall's highlights included traveling to South Korea to be part of the Seoul Design Olympiad.

This 21 day kick off event leads up to Seoul being designated as 2010's World Design Capitol, attended by 2 million people. Mayor Oh has embraced the concept of 'design is Air' and these exciting keywords: Sustainable, Convergent, Experiential, Participatory and Connecting, expressed in a conference, exhibition, competition and festival. Held in the Olympic Stadium, transformed by 3600 citizens into a gigantic recycled plastic sculpture. read more »

Hello mapmakers from the entire world!

I want to share with you, our progress about green map in Colombia, first of all, Joe Gerlach, who is a student from Oxford University; he has ready his reporting about the research on the processes of green maps made in Colombia. And I would like to share this information with all the people that are interesting in know more about the green maps in Colombia. There is a video in YouTube, which can give you an idea about Pereira Colombia and all the people who is involved in the process:

The Open Green Map is our participatory mapmaking tool, now in preview phase. Explore and learn at OpenGreenMap.org

Enjoy this 5 minute video presentation.read more »

Cette semaine, reprise des activités de l'association. Réunion mercredi 17 septembre, à 20h à la mairie d'Eteau.

The Jones Falls Trail Green Map will make its debut at the Jones Falls Watershed Association's Rally for the River! festival on September 21st, 2008. Our map uses 30 Green Map icons to highlight "Discover & Enjoy!" mappable resources on one side and lists the "Learn and Take Action!" resources on its reverse. It includes a green-mapped inset of Druid Hill Park, our 756-acre central park.

The festival typically attracts 5000 people. It closes part of the interstate highway to allow a few hours of intense pedestrian and wheeled activity, food, music, and boat journeys and frog races down the stream below the highway.read more »

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For me it's very gratifying to share with the Green Map network our activities that we have done in the traditional coffee growing region of Colombia during this year.

First of all, the process with one of the high school (Gonzalo Mejia Echeverry) has become stronger. In this moment, Fundación Geovida (our local non-profit organization) have been designing an eco-landscaping feature inside the school, a beautiful ecological path made of bamboo. We will be highlighting local myths and legends along this thematic path. An architecture student is volunteering with us in its development. This idea has been welcomed by the local history teacher, and the art and biology teachers that have decided to coordinate all their projects around one: Green Map Project. read more »

By Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 07/15/2008

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in vogue, riding the global trend toward an environmentally conscious lifestyle.

"The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the 'green' lifestyle now. Let's focus on green maps' effectiveness, power to change, availability and design," Marco Kusumawijaya, a founder of the "green map" movement said Saturday.read more »

The team developing the Open Green Map interactive mapmaking and social networking site has been very busy. Happily, we succeeded in opening this exciting new tool to our network of Green Mapmakers in July!

While the public debut is not scheduled until Fall (date TBA), Phase 1 is complete! Mapmakers are starting to create their own Open Green Maps. You click OpenGreenMap.org and choose from the list on the right to start exploring!

This website's public use and site submission features are being created now. If you would like more information, check the FAQ or click Contact and send us a message. We'd love to hear from people who want to participate and/or support this monumental undertaking!read more »

Over the past weeks, Green Map System, the Open Green Map, Mapmakers and their locally-led mapmaking projects have received the attention of the press.

Below you will find the different articles and blogs that celebrate the success of Green Mapmaking as an initiative that strength a sustainable future.

More articles and blogs about our growing global movement are listed in our News section.

Who's talking about the Open Green Map?read more »

朝日新聞関西版に「キッズグリーンマップ＠大阪・中之島」が大々的に紹介

7月20日（日）の朝日新聞関西版朝刊に、 グリーンマップの紹介記事1Ｐと「キッズグリーンマップ＠大阪・中之島」が、見開き2Ｐで大々的に掲載されました。

このプロジェクトは、夏休みの宿題は勿論のこと、海外などでは定例化 している地域の大人が世話する子どものためのサマーキャンプのプログラムや夏の特別授業、また学校での年間環境学習などにグリーンマップを役立ててもらおうと、グリーンマップジャパンと朝日新聞広告局が協働で取り組んだものです。read more »

Carlos Martinez, Green Map System's Latin American Liaison and Office Manager, became a US citizen today!

This Colombian-born environmental administrator was also in today's New York Times, thanks to his healthy green habit of bicycling to work, then bringing his bike inside to store safely at the office.

As reported by Colin Moynihan:

" When Carlos Martinez bicycles to work in Manhattan from his home in Jackson Heights, Queens, he must ride along Northern Boulevard, a broad and busy thoroughfare, before crossing the Queensboro Bridge and heading south on Second Avenue toward the East Village.read more »

L'OpenGreenMap du Pays Rochois est commencée!!!! Pour l'instant, seuls quelques site sont inscrits. Demain 8mercredi 2 juillet) une réunion est prévue pour développer tout ça! En attendant d'avoir plus de site, l'OpenGreenMap est encore "privée" et sera ouverte prochainement au publique. Ce n'est qu'une première étape. A la rentrée, nous iront voir les responsables locaux des communes du Pays Rochois pour avoir leur soutien et concrétiser sur une carte papier la Carte Verte du Pays Rochois.

En attendant, voici un aperçu de l'OpenGreenMap du Pays Rochois:read more »

Last month, the University of Victoria in Canada held the third CUexpo08, the Community-University Exposition 2008. The traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations welcomed participants from North America and special guests from all around the world. This event was co-created by the Green Mapmakers in British Columbia.

CUexpo08 was a great opportunity to showcase exciting community-campus reserach and action initiatives from different countries. Some of the thematic areas were knowledge exchange, sustainability, poverty, housing and homelessness, healthy living, climate change, community economic development, social economy, food security, arts based activism, Aboriginal leadership in research.read more »

Open Green Map is taking shape, as described in our June-July Newsletter - click here to read it (you can join the mailing list on our homepage).

Our Open Green Map team includes a great mix of developers, designers, outreach and education specialists, including (from left to right in the picture:) Miikka Lammela, Andrew Sass, Carlos Martinez, Thomas Turnbull, Gottfried Haider, Anna Krusic, Wendy Brawer, (not shown here:) Bob Zuber, Yoko Ishibashi, Yelena Zolotorevskaya, Lee Frankel-Goldwater, Maddy Goldfarb and Kathryn Podobinski. read more »

Expo 2008 is an international exposition where countries, non-government organizations and private companies gather. This year the main topic is Water and sustainable development. The thematic squares are: Thirst, Cities of water, Extreme water, Water and energy, Shared water, Aquatic inspirations. This global gathering will be held from June 14th to September 14th in Zaragoza (Spain), and our Japanese friends from Green Map Aichi (which formed around EXPO 2005) will be representing our growing movement.

The pavilion El Faro will be the gathering spot for NGOs around the world. July 17th is Green Map Day, leaded by Green Map Aichi. The stage program will include Green Map video clips from Cuba and Asia, Icon games, music, gifts and a new Spanish slideshow presentation, which you can view here:read more »

I will start to periodically feed this blog with series of articles filled with information about Dubai, aiming to eventually touch on the environmental issues, trying on one side, to highlight the importance and beauty of this unique city, and on the other side, to provide Dubai Green Map project with a backup of database, information and facts, about the city's natural, cultural and green locations, address the sustainability matter, and increase public awareness of the necessity to care about Dubai and preserve its environment.

Articles will include information and facts that are gathered from different resource, which will be stated respectively.read more »

Green Map System is pleased to recognize the Shimata Green Map, which is now featured among the collection of Green Maps from all over the world. Thank you and congratulations to the project leader, Yuko Shiraishi and her pupils at Shimata Elementary School. We also appreciate Yuko's blog entries on their map-making process (in Japanese!).

The large map is very nicely hand-crafted and reflects the students' care in researching their community. An accompanying booklet provides a well-written description and photo of each site in this collage of both pleasant and hazardous places in the area. We are glad to hear about the elementary school students rediscovering what their district has to offer as well as presenting ideas about what they would like the future to be.

We look forward to hearing any changes that your team brought to the community. Great job!read more »

As we are developing our social mapping website for sustainable communities, the Open Green Map, we are meeting more developers of open technologies.

OpenStreetMap.org is an exciting example of a free geographic resource. It's a kind of wikipedia for maps - a free editable map of the world, and anyone can add roads, bike paths and other geographic data to it. Around the world, many are contributing to it. In some places, mapping parties are being held to spur the collection of data.

Green Map System is pleased to provide the venue for NYC's first open mapping party, hosted by OpenStreetMap's initiator, Steve Coast, at our global office. Steve says: read more »

Hi Mappies,
Has anybody made a Green Map t-shirt out there? I don't see any in the Store on the homepage.
thx,
jason white carbondale, co, usa

I recently took my first trip to South America to celebrate the launch of the Santiago Green Map and it was full of happy surprises. The first came as I entered the freshly renovated historic building that houses Ciudad Viva (the Living City). Bright blue, it harmonizes with the colorful streetscape of the Bellavista neighborhood that was saved from freeway construction by Ciudad Viva’s director, Lake Sagaris and many of core members and board.

Right away, the staff gathered to present me with the first copy of the map! I was surprised by the scale of this map, which is actually a boxed set with 5 two-sided folded maps and a book about their four key topics of green living, active transport, heritage and civil society. Beautifully designed, these maps chart the city at large scale and invite the public to add more sites by calling the project Version Zero! read more »

Trinity Church Partners held its annual Youth Fair last week. "Being Green" was the theme for this year and Green Map System's Green Apple Map project and staff members Yelena Zolotroveskya and Carlos Martinez were invited to present a workshop introducing youth Green Mapmaking resources (including the Energy and Environment Exploration Modules) with students and teachers from local high schools. Green Apple Map is the local New York City project of this global non-profit organization, and is designed both to benefit New Yorkers and develop new approaches that could be adapted in other cities. read more »

KOAA-TV (an NBC affiliate) covered the story of Kelly Sparks, the Green Mapmaker of the Pikes Peak Region and its new local online resource for this Colorado USA community.

Read the story here:
Online resource takes you to what's "green" in Colorado Springs

Screenshots of this important story are here, but the video is now offline.read more »

Last night at our global office in New York City, Green Map's staff and board celebrated the generosity of our friends and supporters who responded to America's Giving Challenge and made our non-profit a Top Ten winner!

At the party, our OpenGreenMap interactive mapmaking website was previewed and got the attention from different groups. We still want to hear what you think about this inclusive new global project-in-progress that was seeded by hundreds of small Giving Challenge donations. You can post your ideas or comments in the Collaboration Blogread more »

As Green Map’s Director, I am occasionally invited to project launches and opportunities to present Green Map to different audiences. This spring, there have been many!

Starting in mid April, I traveled to Bucharest Romania, where Goodartofnoon Cultural Association’s dynamic young team published their first Green Map following a year of intensive development. With 100,000 copies and a great distribution plan (thousands will arrive with the national newspaper, which committed to a green column each week for a year; within the Romanian edition of National Geographic along with an 8-page article; and though the city-wide Museum Night), there’s much excitement about expansion and inclusion. I helped develop their schools Green Map project and the team’s outreach effort. read more »

Learn Green NYC is a new coalition of sustainability professionals in education, design and enterprise in support of youth engagement, healthy learning environments and community-based approaches to low impact, high quality living. Green Map's Director has been part of the coalition since the very beginning!

Last week, Learn Green NYC hosted an invitational event for NYC youth and concerned adults at Teacher's College Columbia University, as part of the Schools, Food and Community conference sponsored by the Baum Forum.

This Youth Forum was the first of a series of Learn Green NYC programs to engage youth as community sustainability leaders throughout the city.read more »

"Green Map Impacts" focuses on various kinds of case studies which gave "Actual impacts" or "Influences" on communities by making Green Maps. These unique case studies were picked up from Japan and the world.
We hope that it is one of the most useful tool in your Green Map activities.

Book Title: "Green Map Impacts--Green Map changes the community!"
Format: A4 size, 40 p. full colored
Language: Japanese (It will be translated into English)
Publisher: Chubu Recycle, Inc.
Planning & Editing: Green Map Aichi + Green Map Japan, Inc.
Cooperation: Green Map System, Inc.
Audience:
Existing map makers, city planners, community leaders, or people who want to work for the community....read more »

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Baltimore Green Map introductory website at www.baltogreenmap.org. We are using 48 of the V3 icons and presenting all an opportunity to Nominate a Site. An interview with Wendy Brawer and me (Baltimore Project Director) will be aired on our local public radio station in time to be part of the Baltimore Festival of Maps. We'll post that as soon as available. Thanks to Wendy for years of encouragement and to our hero Thomas for responding so quickly to suggestions as we deployed the beta Online Green Map as part of our site.
Janet

We have started to add sites to the OpenGreenMap! Exciting to be part of testing this new G R E A T initiative.

See you out there in cyberspace!

We will not make a paper map after all. Maybe a poster for display and PR, but the rest will be webbased.

Please send us comments, here or on www.rocklandgreenmap.org!

Thanks
Anna

Ode is a print and online publication about positive news, about the people and ideas that are changing our world for the better.

Diane Daniel on the April 2008 issue of Ode Magazine features our Green Map movement. "If you’re searching for a green oasis in urban Jakarta, Indonesia, or a place to compost your banana peel in lower Manhattan, a Green Map can show you the way."

The magazine is on the newsstands now or click here to read the online version.

A one of its kind environmental conference (18-19 May 2008) is taking place in Jerusalem initiated by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, and supported by the Jerusalem Municipality, The Ministry of Environmental Protection and a variety of other bodies.

The two day event will bring together national and international speakers to discuss a range of pressing environmental issues, and examine Israel's current environmental situation.

The Jerusalem Green Map will be well represented at the conference with computer work stations to enable visitors to search the website (Hebrew and English), unique tours "in the footsteps of the Jerusalem Green Map", Green Map Systems material on offer and more!read more »

More than 2000 Houston Greenmaps were handed out at the Gulf Coast Green and Houston green Expo between April 3rd and April 6th!

March 25th is a great time for us to reflect on the many things we have accomplished together as Green Mapmakers, for our communities and our planet. We all share our perceptions of what is happening right now and help everyone get involved in shaping a more hopeful and greener future for all.

Special thanks to all our supporters and the hundreds of people who make Green Map a vital resource for vibrant communities!

Over the last few months, Green Map System has been taking part in competitions that address non-profit needs in a new way. They have incorporated social networking so that every participant has the chance to benefit, even if they don't win the top prize. Here's what I like about it:

Unlike a regular grant proposal, our proposals are not expressed privately to a foundation. Plans are shared openly, so the potential to reach new supporters and participants is greater.

In many cases, people can comment on your entry and help to improve it! Try it out - you can comment on our Ashoka Changemakers Geotourism Challenge entry until 16 April. Your comments will help the judges choose our project as a finalist. read more »

３月１３日（木）
　公民館に自分たちの総合学習で行ったマップ作りの説明と掲示していただくお礼を伝えるため、公民館にあいさつにでかけました。公民館長さんから、取り組みへのお褒めの言葉と激励の言葉をいただき、緊張している子もたくさんいました。また、地元の情報誌（瀬戸内タイムズ）の取材もあり、近日中に発行される情報誌に掲載されることになりました。
　地図やみんなが描いた絵などは、これから公民館のもっとみんなに見てもらえるところに掲示されることになります。クラス代表の芳岡さんのあいさつ後、記念品もいただきました。read more »

３月１２日（水）
　公民館に掲示していただくものを持って記念撮影を行いました。教室の黒板がうまってしまうほどの大きさになりました。描いた絵が写真にとられ、小さくなってしまったのが残念そうでしたが、調べたことや考えたことが形になり、感動していました。”自分たちはやったんだ！”という達成感でいっぱいの笑顔でした。

Houston Green Map is getting ready to Launch! Save the Date - Friday, March 28th, 2008!
Stay tuned for more updates.
Meanwhile, feel free to add comments to this blog, with the hope that it becomes an interactive tool as we will move towards the 2nd Edition.

Thanks to everyone that contributed to this initial and very important step.

Filo Castore

Green Map System has promoted inclusive participation in sustainable community development around the world since 1995, using mapmaking as our medium. Over 450 locally-led map projects in 50 countries have successfully published 335 Green Maps, used by millions to connect with green living, nature, social and cultural resources near home and while traveling. While all use Green Map Icons to highlight both positive and challenging sites, each powerful guide is unique.

Now, we're taking our inclusiveness mission the next step by developing an open interactive Green Mapmaking tool that will help people worldwide quickly share their own selection of sustainability sites, pathways and resources online. Merging local knowledge and our freshly updated iconography with a Google Map, the resulting interactive Green Maps will be viewable from our own and many other websites, starting in mid-2008. With open commentary, green ratings, multimedia elements, 'impacts index', mobile access, onsite markers and more, everyone will be able to get involved. read more »

Today, two of our group members went to the New City Library, NY, and participated in a small Environmental meeting. We were able to present our project and give information about Green Maps in general, and also listen to a presentation by Clean Air NY and to Keep Rockland Beautiful and their activities.

We got a lot of positive feedback and ideas for future work (always good to share your to-do list with people!:) and even got two much needed new members (now we are 5!).

More presentations are coming up in the future, for example a town comprehensive plan board and the county Environmental Management Committee. The local governments are so interested and seemingly happy to learn what we are doing!read more »

グリーンマップジャパンが日本のニュースサイト「INTERNET Watch」で紹介されています。
同サイトは、インターネット関連の記事を掲載している日刊のニュースサイトで、その中で、地図サイトやデジタル地図など、地図を切り口とした連載記事「趣味のインターネット地図ウォッチ」というコーナーで紹介されています。

http://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/static/column/chizu/2008/02/28/

Titan Greens, an online show hosted by Liza de Guia, is a resource to inform and entertain on environmentalism issues. In the second piece of this 2-minute video, GreenMap.org is profiled as one of the coolest website for eco-minded people.read more »

２月２０日（水）
学校内に地図を掲示することになりました。子どもたちが思いを伝える第一歩となります。ただ、まだ学習は継続中なので、すべてを掲示することができないことと、思いがたくさんあって全てを掲示するだけのスペースがないのが残念です。
島田の問題点と解決策をもとにポスター作りを行いました。解決策の中にエネルギーの使用を減らすというものがありました。不思議なことにガスを使わないようにするというものがありました。read more »

２月１９日
「校区を調査して、ここは環境がよくないと思ったところはありますか？」という私の問いかけに、子どもたちは「ある！」とどんどん意見をあげてました。しかし、「それでは、どうしたらそこの環境はよくなるのかな？」という問いかけには、なかなかはぎれのいい意見がでません。クラス全体ではなく、班単位で話し合ってもらいました。するとかなりの意見が出ています。リーダーに発表してもらいながら、よくない環境の解決策のところを２色に色分けしながら板書していきました。なぜ、先生は２つに色分けしているんだろう？？？このことに早く気がついた子どもは、自分の考えた解決策にさっそく線を引き始めました。自分たちでできること、大人の協力が必要なこと、この２つに大きく分けてたのです。気がつかなかった子も班の子がread more »

See English below Japanese.

『東京自転車グリーンマップ』が、環境省主催の「ストップ温暖化大作戦」全国大会にて「モーダルシフト賞」を受賞しました！！

全国大会では、全国47都道府県から選ばれた温暖化防止の取り組み（一品）が東京に大集合しました。『東京自転車グリーンマップ』を除くその他のグランプリ受賞プロジェクトは、全て市町村やそれに関連した組織が主導するもので、『東京自転車グリーンマップ』はその中で唯一のNPO主導によるプロジェクトでした。read more »

We're very pleased to post the first chart of the freshly updated Green Map Icons! It's been a wonderful process, thanks to all involved, especially our great designer Risa Ishikawa and the many Green Mapmakers around the world who took part.

Green Mapmakers will soon be able to download the font to use locally to make vibrant new editions that carry forward the ideals behind this living lexicon - and share new perceptions of the community's progress toward sustainability with the world.

We'll be adding more about the people, supporters, tools, and some specific outcomes of this update soon. Now please download PDF and enjoy Green Map Icons, Version 3!read more »

２月４日（月）
　先日の”島田のいいところ”の話し合いでは、文を書いたり聞き取ったことをメモする学習になってしまいました。こんなにいいところなんだよというものがお互い伝わってきません。少し発想を変えて違う角度からとりかかるヒントをもちかけることにしました。
　話し合いが始まる前に黒板に私が作ったＰＲチラシをはってみました。「おもしろいね。先生これ何？」と子どもたちが中身を見ています。「みんなは島田のいいところや知ってほしいことをいろいろな人に見てもらいたいでしょう。じゃあ誰が見てもわかりやすくて楽しいものを作ってみようか？」read more »

１１月３０日（水）
　地図へのアイコン貼り付けが終わりました。”まとめる・つたえる”という総合学習の一つのスキルに入っています。話し合いの前に”島田のここはいいな”と思ったことを自分で書き出してみようと声をかけました。一人ひとりの意見を書き出したら、それを班全員で考えます。書き出したわけを班の人に説明し、班の人の意見も聞き、班としてまとめていく活動予定でした。しかし、気になることが出てきました。
「いいなと思ったのは、島田川の河原です。read more »

When we started the process of updating our award-winning Icons, we had no idea it would take 5 years! However, with inclusive participation of Green Mapmakers as a chief concern, we developed several different ways everyone could contribute to this important update, online and in person. And, with our understanding of sustainability in the community sense so well-developed since 1999 (when Version 2 of the Green Map Icons was released), we had to take it step by step, and carefully consider many new aspects of charting green living, nature, social and culture in locales around the world.

We are very pleased with the outcomes, which we can present to you very soon on this website. Today, we'll release the new genre and category names, to give you a hint of how the overall set has been improved. read more »

１１月２４日（木）
　いよいよ地図製作が始まりました。４０枚に及ぶ調査カードを見ながら地図にアイコンを貼っていきます。地図はわざと建物の形や交差点、信号などがすでに印刷してある電子地図を使います。なぜなら、アイコンを貼るときにまわりの環境にも再度確認しながらアイコンを貼ることができるからです。難点はアイコンが目立たないことですが、後で子どもたちが”アイコンがなぜそこに貼られることになったのか”を地図を見ただけで思い出すことになると思います。read more »

１月１６日（水）
２００８年になって最初の校外学習に出かけました。まず子どもたちが最初に見たものは・・・３年２組みんなで製作した１月の学校掲示板でした。今年の抱負を宝船にのせて大海にくりだす。今、製作中のグリーンマップも島田から世界に向けて配信しています。（世界という大海にくりだしています）
　さて、今回の目的はスーパーのリサイクルコーナーの確認とみんなが暗くてとても危ないという場所の偵察です。確かに昼間でもうっそうとして暗く、道が急な坂道になっていて車の確認もできませんでした。read more »

１月９日（水）
七つの班で調査をすすめてきましたが、一つの班につき４０枚の調査カード記入を終了しました。各ポイントを自分の目で確かめ、友だちの意見も聞きながら自分の意見を深めることができました。いよいよ地図の製作にとりかかります。

We've just made a video to promote our entry in the America's Giving competition - please forward it to friends and colleagues, and put it up on your blogs and websites!

And donate $10 today! Only two weeks left...

We've just produced a new video, which celebrates all the Green Maps that were published in 2007. The Wall of Maps in the Green Map office is rapidly filling!

Feel free to share this video on your own blog, Facebook, or MySpace pages!

And remember, there's only two weeks left on the Global Giving Challenge - we're in with a really good chance of winning $50,000 - so please pass it around your friends and networks to encourage people to donate!
More details about the challenge in our blog
You can donate at http://givingchallenge.globalgiving.com/dy/registry/ag.html?regid=899&cmd=prevfund

Welcome to visit, and comment on, our new website. I am updating it still, so I am curious to hear if anyone has a comment?!

Rockland Green Map on the web!

We have added a form for community suggestions to the map, the suggest-a-site pages and have posted flyers in our community to get people to come to our website and learn more.

Special Challenge in January 2008!

We are in the Top 10 in an exciting online giving competition where winning is based on number of unique $10 gifts donated though our special page at America's Giving Challenge in January!

Each donation must come from a different person and a different credit card to count! We can win one of eight $50,000 prizes or one hundred $1,000 prizes, and in any case, all donations of $10 (or of any amount) are ours to keep.read more »

Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP) hosted the Fifth Environmental Festival inviting more than 300 students from public schools to discover the university campus eco-resources. Among the experiential activities, drawing contests, and tree plantings, it included several guided eco-tours through one of the most beautiful botanical gardens of the region that belongs to the campus.

Each participant used the first published Mapa Verde of Colombia, project leaded by the Green Mapmaker Harold Hernandez, Environmental Research Institute, Environmental Sciences Faculty and UTP. The botanical garden eco-tour guides have been using these maps as local sustainability guides to promote environmental awareness to different levels.read more »

United States Department of State Certificate of Appreciation was bestowed on Wendy Brawer for her contribution to the success of its International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by sharing her time and professional expertise. The emphasis of the program is to increase mutual understanding through communication at the personal and professional levels.

Each year, almost five thousand individuals are invited by U.S. Embassies to the United States to meet American counterparts and to become acquainted with this country. Green Map System's Founding-Director and its diverse staff based in New York City are among the organizations who have welcomed geographically and professionally diverse groups of leaders in government and private sectors.

Green Map® Icons, the heart of the Green Map movement, have been awarded an honorable mention from Eyebeam's Eco-Vis Challenge under the Eco-Icons category.

Eyebeam received 140 applications from all of the world, and awarded one winner and two honorable mentions in the two categories of the challenge (Eco-Icons and Eco-Visualizations). Green Map System award is inclusion in two upcoming exhibitions.

The jurors made their decision based on clarity of thought, design, concept,and execution. The award winners' submitted proposals will be on display January 5-26 (opening reception January 5, 6-8pm) and the fully realized projects will be included in our exhibition opening March 13, 6-8pm.read more »

１２月１２日
校外学習第３弾を行いました。今回は特別支援学級の小林先生ともう一人のスペシャルゲスト１名も加わり探検に校区南側に探検に出かけました。昔に栄えた商店街の中も歩いてまわりましたが、今回のすでにリサーチしてあるポイントは４箇所。この４箇所について詳しくメモを取りました。島田川の川岸にある広場ではたくさんの野菜が育ててあり、みんな驚いていました。

第二次的课程上面，我们大家一起学习了绿地图的icon，感觉很有意思。花了一个多小时，一起学习了125个。越看越觉得这些图标很形象，也越记得清楚了，不过有的英语还不认识哦，看来得要好好的学习英语了。
我们的第三次课程将要进行实地的探访，我们已经将学校划分成了6个版块，每组2-3人进行调查。后天就要出去调查了，期待我们的好消息吧。加油！

１２月６日（金）
島田探検隊の第２弾校外学習を行いました。ここ２，３日で師走らしい寒さになり、防寒着に身をつつんでの出発です。今日は教務の原田先生が一緒に出かけてくださいました。６箇所のポイントでメモをとりましたが、子どもたちからいろいろな声があがりました。「ここからは領家がみえる。」「海が見えてる」「川に夏よりたくさん鳥がいる」気がつくと陽がさすところが暖かく感じるほどまで気温も上がっていましたread more »

Dear Friends,

At Green Map System, we nourish an engaging new form of community media that provides a critically important antidote to the images of human and environmental tragedy that so often fill the media today. Our contribution takes the form of engaging Green Maps that connect everyone with local green living options, nature, social and cultural resources – everything from sustainable energy and mobility options to healthy habitats and restored watersheds to green school environments that transform students’ lives. We offer potent images of people working together for ecological health, climate care, social justice and security across many nations and cultures.read more »

At the San Francisco Green Festival, the second edition of our co-created community mapping book, Mapping our Common Ground, was celebrated at a book signing! Pictured here is the designer, Ken Josephson, speaking with Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director of Coop America and Green Festival co-sponsor.

We're so pleased this new edition is in full color! You can order a copy through our Store or through the Common Ground Community Mapping Project in Canada by clicking here.read more »

In November, the process of updating the Icons went into finalization mode. Designer Risa Ishikawa continued development from Japan, and I went to San Francisco, where Ken Josephson and Maeve Lydon of Victoria and I worked in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge! We're now in the 'home stretch' and will soon post a review set for Mapmakers to talk about locally over the holiday break this month. Many thanks, once again to all who contributed to this process!

2007年12月1日，我们的武汉绿地图项目正式启动了。我们华中农业大学有13个同学加入到了这个项目小组中来，一起努力推动绿地图在武汉地区的发展。针对于目前的状况，我们首先需要的是学习绿地图的一些基本的知识，对其有一定的了解后才能更好的运作。我们相信“磨刀不误砍柴工”，大家齐心协力，加油！
我们初步计划，在这个学期，我们先出一份华中农业大学的绿色生活地图，做一个初步的尝试。绿协加油！

１２月３日（月）
島田探検隊の校外学習第２弾を１２月６日に行います。今回は教務主任の原田先生が同行してくださいます。島田小学校の西側方面に出かけます。前期の総合学習で３回訪れた島田川方面です。あらかじめリサーチ済みの数箇所のチェックポイントの中から現地でのメモポイントを今日の学習中に話合いました。メモをとったりじっくり見るためには安全確保が最優先です。メモポイントの近くには、クラス全員がすわってメモをとれるくらいの安全なスペースを確保できるところを考え選ぶのも、実は子どもたちの勉強の一つです。read more »

See English below Japanese

東京自転車マップがエコジャパンカップでの”ライフスタイル部門・市民が創る環境のまち元気大賞・電通賞”を受賞しました。グッドデザイン賞に引き続きの受賞となります。
受賞に伴い、来る１２月１３日〜１５日に東京ビッグサイトで開催されるエコプロダクツ展にて、東京自転車
グリーンマップがパネル展示されます。１４日には東京自転車マップのプレゼンテーションもあります。その他にも多くの新しいエコアイデアが紹介されますのでお近くのかたは是非足を運んでみて下さい。read more »

１１月２８日（水）
昨日の探検を振り返りながら自分たちでデザインしたカードに気づきを書いていきました。１つのポイントについてグリーンマップのアイコンのどれにあてはまるのか、グループで考え次に再びクラス全体で検討していきます。なかなか時間のかかるカード記入です。思いはあってもなかなか文章表現は難しいのですが、アイコンに置き換えるとスッキリみえてきます。

１１月２７日（火）
曇りではありましたが、晩秋のさわやかな風がふく中グリーンマップ作り探検の第一弾として、校区内北側の散策にでかけました。１時間半という限られた時間内に全てをメモできないため、前日に４箇所の必須ポイントをみんなでしぼりこんでおきました。探検に使うものは児童が考えたシートに少し手を加えたもの、７班に分かれての調査のため地図は７部用意し、デジカメは白石のものを使用しました。安全確保のために特別支援学級担任の小林先生にもついてきていただきました。read more »

Global Green Map – Going Live in 2008!

"“If the best greening resource in the world is just around the corner, but no one knows about it, what good can it do?”
-Yelitza Espinosa, Pereira, Colombia Mapmaker

Project Description

It's an exciting time at Green Map: we've just started work on our latest project - the Global Green Map. GGM is an interactive open world map that will connect people of all backgrounds with local resources and best practices for sustainable living. Scheduled to go live in mid-2008, this multi-lingual Google Map-based compendium will display the full range of green living, nature, social and cultural sites already appearing on hundreds of published Green Maps alongside those contributed by global content partners and the wider public.read more »

为了更好地促进中国大陆地区各地绿地图授权组织的交流，自然之友创办了这份电子报。介绍更多的绿地图精彩故事给大家来分享。

１０月３１日（水）
ブログをご覧になられている皆様、初めまして。
このたびグリーンマップに参加することになった光市立島田小学校３年２組です。市内音楽祭参加の猛練習の中、落ち着いてマップ作りの活動を開始できていなかったのですが、今日は２８名みんなでシンボルマークを考えました。２８のシンボルマークがずらりと黒板にはりだされ、話し合いと投票の結果２つのデザインが最後まで残りました。話し合いがまとまらず、決選は後日となりましたが、みんなの意気込みを感じる話合いでした。

The Tokyo Cycling Green Map was created to encourage development of a bike lane network and safer riding by Urban Ecology Tokyo and volunteers since 2006. The first printed citywide version was published in January 2007. There is also an interactive online edition in Japanese or in English that anyone can add green sites to and use to get involved in creating a better environment for cycling in this metropolis.

We're so pleased to share the news that the Tokyo Cycling Green Map won a GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2007 in the category of Communications - this is the most honorable design award in Japan! read more »

The Youth Green Map project in Pereira, Colombia is sharing with us their final products after a year of collaboration between GMS, the Latin American Hub and Fundación Geovida, the local organization leading this unique effort. We would like to thank the support of Captain Planet Foundation.

El proyecto Juvenil de Mapa Verde en Pereira, Colombia están compartiendo con nosotros sus productos finales después de un año de colaboración entre GMS, el Nodo Latinoamericano y la Fundación Geovida, la cual es la organización local que lidera este esfuerzo único. Deseamos agradecer el apoyo de la Fundación Capitán Planeta.read more »

On Monday October 15, about 60 people, including Mapmakers and Green Map users, new and long-time supporters, staff and visitors from several countries, organizations and backgrounds came to share their views in the first-ever public Green Map Icon Open Studio at Green Map HQ in New York. And, over the last week, nearly 1,000 have come to the digital Open Studio, too! Both the live exhibit and the online Icon Open Studio are awaiting your participation! Please make an appointment to comment in person (click Contact below to email or call to arrange) and/org click here to find more about the online process. Thanks so much!read more »

Green Map Icon Open Studio -
click to see the whole discussion.

In the past, our Icon posters have been available in these formats:

Printed: 4-language color poster (shown here)

Digital Template: 2 page PDF, downloadable in 14 languages here, ideal for printing locally.

KeyMap for Users: a text document with the keystrokes to help Mapmakers select the Icons they need quickly

Now with Version 3 of the Green Map Icons nearing the end of their development cycle, we wonder what people want and will use for the next poster.
(Note that Version 3 will have both a standard and extended set of Green Map Icons, so a completely new design is needed).read more »

October 2007 at Green Map System

Green Map System is starting the autumn on a high note! We’re opening our doors so you can come and help us make important decisions about the world’s only global symbol system for maps, in person or online! We’re also releasing great new education tools and an updated edition of our Compost Green Map of Manhattan, too.

One Planet - One Visual Languageread more »

During the week of September 24th, Pereira's Young Mapmakers launched to their communities the 'Mobile Green Maps'. On these days, the team leaders from Fundación Geovida, teachers and students celebrated together with music, cultural activities and Green Map Tours.

Youth from low-income communities are becoming engaged in issues related to cartography; food security, waste management; social responsibility and critical assessment; design and communications; arts and painting; etc.

The young leaders shared with their peers and neighbors their findings. This project is supported by Captain Planet Foundation. Now they are planning a local meeting in a public university to gather the three k-12 schools involved in this initiative.read more »

We are on our way with data collecting and organizing the data! The latest update includes a temporary rockland green map website where we link to our new wiki page. A wiki page enables anyone to edit the site and to leave comments and we hope the members of our community will find this an easy way to suggest sites to the rockland green map.

Since this summer we are also working together with the local organization Keep Rockland Beautiful - a collaboration that has already led to many great ideas and needed feedback.read more »

At this time of the year we appreciate having extra hands with volunteers and interns. We are welcoming Courtney Wolf, Yelena Zolotorevskaya and Hsiao-ping Huang to our team, shown here with Wendy Brawer, Risa Isahikawa and myself, Carlos Martinez. There'a a diversity of skills from design to fundraising to tool development, complementing the needs of the global program.

Currently, on the local front, we're finalizing the 6 "Energy and Environmental Exploration" K-12 Modules (beta edition)- and preparing to test in New York - GreenAppleMap.org/page/2008 has an introduction. The Green Apple Map project is updating its Compost Map, too, and preparing to overhaul its website,... Globally, the Green Map Icon (Version 3) final discussion is soon to open to the public, and this week, check out all the Green Maps created in Taiwan being added to this website.read more »

Public schools in Pereira, Colombia, are developing “mobile Green Map murals” and are planning to distribute 5,000 printed copies of their campuses and surrounding neighborhoods. Green Maps, the tangible products of this process will be a long-lasting contribution and a message of inspiration in different levels: the government and policy makers are paying attention to the youth demands, the Mapmakers involved in this project are youth mentors passing on their knowledge and methodologies locally, and other communities around the planet have been motivated to develop and replicate more projects like this.read more »

Summer 2007 Update

It’s been a year of renewal at Green Map System! From our website to our mission statement to our tools and blog, you’ll find a fresh new look, more in-depth content and, as always, the inventive engagement of Green Map projects going strong in over 400 places in 50 countries. Take part in this exciting phase of expansion and reinvention!

One Planet - One Visual Languageread more »

The Botanical Garden of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira in Colombia, was distinguished as "Environmental Project 2006" by the local government.

The City Council of Pereira recognized this important project for its contribution to the environmental education.

This biodiverse garden was included in the UTP's Green Map, a university campus project located in the traditional coffee growing ecoregion of Colombia.

Visit the profile here.

El Jardín Botánico de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira en Colombia fue distinguido como "Proyecto Ambiental 2006" por el gobierno local.read more »

At Green Map, we're usually happy to be connected to a big event, such as the EXPO in Aichi Japan in 2005. We feel Green Map helps the event become greener and increases the number of people involved both locally and globally.

Most recently, the US's biggest (and edgiest) arts festival, Burning Man, got started on a Green Map to chart the remarkable convergences of eco and experimental/experiential art at the end of August each year. At BurningMan.com, they say: read more »

As Green Map's director, I am always happy to share the good news about our movement with everyone. Recently, I was interviewed by Cornell University for its eClips project by Deborah Streeter - find this series of clips with transcripts here:

Wendy on eClips

(You might like to check the list of other interviews on the left, there's some amazing people to learn from!)

Then, Sharon-Ann Gooden from regional RNN TV taped us here at Green Map in NYC and captured the essence of our global impact in 2 minutes! (note you need WMP 7 to view this).read more »

Ins & Outs Magazine is publishing their first-ever green issue. We are so pleased to be featured on the homepage of their website! The story covers both global and local NYC Green Maps.

Ins & Outs magazine is focused on Long Island City, an especially cultural part of NYC in Queens. Their subscribers will recieve a copy of our energy-themed Powerful Green Map, and learn about great ways to live green in the city. Click the link to find out more about the green issue!

China Tianjin Green Map——Tianjin Binhai community Action！
中国天津“制作滨海绿地图”项目8月4日正式启动

他们的口号是：寻找绿色 绘制家园

——文章来源“天津滨海广播台”

2007-8月4日（周六）上午，“绿色滨海挑战行动”第二阶段的“制作滨海绿地图”项目正式启动。团队队员在开发区泰丰小区接受了绿地图知识的培训，并且第一次与“绿地图”亲密接触，亲身体验了制作一张泰丰公园绿地图的过程。

项目启动当天，“制作滨海绿地图”团队并没有举办什么特别的仪式。领队安旭带领着团队现有的20多名队员赶赴开发区的泰丰小区，通过一次培训和实地模拟考察正式启动了他们的绿色滨海挑战行程。read more »

August 2007

Rev. Mac Legerton of Pembroke, North Carolina has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS)

Dr. Stephen Gasteyer, 2007 RSS Awards Chair, stated: “The purpose of the Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award is to recognize a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the enhancement of rural life and rural people. Rev. Legerton embodies the spirit of this award with his hard work and his commitment to social justice and enhancing the quality of life of rural people. In a county that at once embodies the diversity of rural America and the wrenching economic transformation caused by international globalization, Rev. Legerton’s organization, the Center for Community Action (CCA), has provided a ray of hope by empowering local citizens for positive social change.”

This Green Map Project is the only rural project selected in the world to be included in the Green Map Atlas, too.

Download the Press Release here.

東京自転車マップがGOOD DESIGN AWARDにノミネートされました。”東京自転車グリーンマップを普及させ、自動車の代替としての自転車の利用を増やすことで、クリーンな環境とアメニティを取り戻し、地球温暖化の低減に貢献することをめざします。”をコンセプトに、地図を通して都市計画を進めていくといったユニークなプロジェクトです。GOOD DESIGN AWARDS展に出展されますので、是非お越しになって下さい。
read more »

The first Swiss Green Map is on the way and soon on line!!

The Green Map of the Grand Saconnex, a town closed to Geneva, has been set up with students from 8 to 14 y-o, from different schools working in different languages (International school of Geneva, Primary school of Pommier, school of André Chavanne, and the Scouts of Grand Saconnex). They really enjoyed this work and learnt lot of things about their town. But we have also learnt a lot from them and their original point of view!

The inhabitants have also been contacted and a forum was organised in order to get their ideas and opinions on the project. The discussion provided a wealth of insights!read more »

Yes, unfortunately today my (Tom Hammer’s) last day as an intern at Green Map System. Since I’ve had such an amazing summer, I feel I should update you all on the projects I’ve been lucky to be a part of here at Green Map during the past few months.

Soon after arriving in New York, I was put hard to work writing Mapmaker profiles and uploading the Green Maps created by past Mapmakers. Hopefully you have noticed these projects, which are marked by the leaves on the Google World Map, posted on the homepage on this site. (Note: Tom pitched in on several tasks related to the website's relaunch, too!)read more »

谈到对垃圾的分类处理，对我来说已经不算新鲜了。毕竟10个月在温哥华的生活，已经习惯在丢弃所有的垃圾前，进行分类，哪些该进入recycle（回收），而哪些又是纯粹不可以利用的垃圾（trash），是要分开丢弃的。虽然在温哥华的家里，已经开始了这种“训练”，但与咱们纽约办公室相比，做的还是远远不够的。

“Annie，这个不可以扔掉得！” 来办公室这么久了，还没见过Wendy这么严肃呢。Wendy 从垃圾篓里刨出来我扔掉的头一天晚饭打包的锡纸盒，给我送了过来，“你知道吗，制作一个12oz的锡纸盒，需要的能量是3盎司的汽油。”我觉得自己的脸一下子就红了。呃……我的数学实在不好，但我如果把锡纸盒想象成一堆燃烧的汽油的话……还是不要扔掉的好。然后Wendy耐心的解释给我，对于锡纸或者其他罐头产品的容器，要尽量进行回收利用，因为，回收这些容器消耗的能量仅是生产这些产品所需要的能量的5%。read more »

As of this week, GreenMap.org is in additional languages, including Spanish, Japanese and Chinese (plus online registration in Indonesian)!

Many Mapmakers and users are non-English speakers, so translating the most important parts of the website has made it much easier to join and participate in the network. Over time we will extend our global social network with innovative new environmental tools.

Look for your preferred language on the top left of GreenMap.org.

The website menus and most important content is translated! There's also a 'navigator' that automatically collects content in that language posted in the profiles, blogs, and other sections. Just click the link on the left when looking at the website in your language.read more »

只今GreenMap.orgを皆様に安心して使用して頂ける様に日本語に翻訳を進めている最中です。そこで、翻訳を手伝って頂ける方を募集しています。オンラインでの作業になりますので場所は問いません。興味がある方はRisa at Green Map Systemまでご連絡下さい。宜しくお願い致します。

GMS is looking for volunteer to translate of our website (GreenMap.org) to Japanese from English. Please contact Risa at Green Map System if you are interested in helping us.read more »

小学生のお子さんを持つお母さんの為の雑誌”EDU"にグリーンマップが特集されています。グリーンマップ制作の過程が詳しく写真と一緒に５ページにわったて詳しく説明されています。グリーンマップアイコンステッカーも付いていますので、お子さんの夏休みの宿題には持ってこいのサブジェクトになるでしょう。興味のある方は書店まで足を運んでみて下さい。
ウェブサイトのリンク：
http://web-edu.jp/new/index.html

Green Map is featured on Japanese magazine "EDU".read more »

大家好，我是Green Map今年夏天在纽约办公室的中国实习生Annie。来到这里一个多月了，难得今天工作不是很多，又逢一场畅快淋漓的大雨，让人心情舒畅，所有就赶来在这里冒个泡泡！

走近纽约Green Map

办公室篇
嗯，从哪里聊起呢？大家想必对纽约办公室比较好奇，我就谈谈我来到这里的几点感受吧。 老实说，没有来到Green Map之前，我的环保意识不是很强，那大家就在这里见证我的蜕变吧！

（一） 解暑： 空调 VS 啤酒

纽约的夏天热起来还是蛮厉害的，比北京有过之而无不及。我在到纽约之前，在温哥华上了10个月的学，和温哥华宜人的气候相比，纽约似乎在用焦灼的阳光来释放这个城市的热情。刚到纽约第一天，我就赶紧脱掉穿了大半年的仔裤，换上了久违的短裙，呵呵。但人家告诉我，这还不是纽约的夏天。纽约要真正进入夏天，要有三个H： Hot (热)，Humid (潮) 和 Hazy (雾蒙蒙)。唉，典型的北京桑拿天！不知道是庆幸还是不幸，在我到达纽约不久之后，她就进入夏天了。read more »

In mid-July at Green Map System, we have three interns (Tom Hammer, Annie Liu and Kali Dedominicis (not pictured here) and five staff (Carlos Martinez, Thomas Turnbull, Risa Ishikawa, Beth Ferguson and Wendy Brawer), all working together on a dozen different projects, including soon to debut Chinese and Spanish interfaces for this website.

We've added great new Green Map projects from Squamish BC Canada to Hudson Valley NY USA to Surabaya Indonesia. Click Maps to learn more about these and other exciting approaches.

Lots of great materials have been added to this website byMapmakers around the world - I especially recommend the newsletters, such as that posted by Green Map Japan. Even if they are written in local languages, you can enjoy the images and ascertain the progress being made.read more »

２００７年に完成した東京自転車グリーンマップを紹介致します。プリント版とGISを使ったオンライン版のマップがあります。東京で自転車を乗っている方、そして今から買おうかなっと思っている方、お薦めのスポットやルート、立ち寄りたいカフェ、公共トイレの場所なども含め、サイクリングに必要な情報が豊富に載っていますので是非”東京自転車グリーンマップ”を持ってサイクリングに出かけましょう。
http://cyclingmap.jp/

We introduce a new "Tokyo Bike Green Map" launched in 2007. The map has a printed version and also GIS digital version. There are a lot of info including recommended routes, spots, cafes, public baths, public toilets and more. Experience different faces of Tokyo with your bike!read more »

”みらいグリーンマップ展”が東京、国連大学内の地球環境パートナーシッププラザにて８月中旬まで開催されています。１００以上のユースプロジェクト、何点かの世界のグリーンマッププロジェクトを展示しております。期間中には、みらいグリーンマップのプロデューサーでもある堀内さんによるワークショップも予定しています。詳しく決まり次第、ブログで案内させて頂きます。お近くの方は是非足を運んで下さい。
http://www.geic.or.jp/geic/2007/service/display/exh2007_07.htmlread more »