Wendy's COP15 blogs include:
Overview | First Impressions | Green Mapmakers Present | Day 3 | Cop 15's Major March| Cop 15 Finale

I'm just about ready to leave the office, and looking forward to meeting and working with a wide range of people involved in CO2 emissions reduction and climate healthy living converging at the United Nations COP15 event in Copenhagen.

Although I won't be there throughout the whole 10 days, I expect to learn quite a bit at the Green Mapmaking panel and our other events, listed on our COP15 page.

I'm using miles, not money, to pay for the flight. I have a homestay so thanks to my host and the many civil society groups who have set up meal venues around the city, this trip is costing very little, none of which is coming from Green Map's budget (except our outreach postcards and maps). I'll find a good way to offset the CO2 from my flight, too, and report back later.

So see you in Copenhagen! I'll be on a rented bike with the sticker below, and at all the events listed here, so watch for me there!

Coverage about Green Map projects won 3 awards from the Indonesian Ministry of Public Works in November 2009!

Mapmaker Marco Kusumawijaya won first prize in On-line Media category with his "Warga, Tata Ruang, Jakarta Lestari" (Citizen, Spatial Plan, Sustainable Jakarta) which appeared in his blog, Rujak.org.

Second Best was won by a group of writers for "Peta Lokal, Jaringan Global" (Local Maps, Global Network) at Majalah Temporead more »

New York staff at Green Map System are pleased to be working with the DESIS Lab, a unique design for social innovation and design partnership based at Parsons The New School of Design.

The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded The New School a prestigious New York City Cultural Innovation Fund award to support the work of the DESIS Lab, as further described in their blog at desis.parsons.edu/. The project will utilize the Open Green Map platform and begin by discovering and mapping great examples of social innovation and sustainability in the neighborhood surrounding Green Map's global office. The goal is to promote these activities, help them improve with appropriate design tools and teaching activities, and to foster comparative research. read more »

With COP 15's uncertain conclusion drawing nearer, we encourage everyone to do all they can everyday for a sustainable, climate-healthy future. 'If the people will lead, the leaders will follow!'

My experience in Copenhagen was amazing! Meeting many important people, sharing effective approaches in an open forum, experiencing the special cultural, political and social resources for COP15, and being part of the flow of ideas (and bicycles) throughout the city was excellent, uplifting and hopeful. We 'soft-launched' the mobile phone version of the Open Green Map (simply click GreenMap.org on your phone to access the alpha version), collaborated and planned with Green Map projects from 5 countries, too.

My blog posts include: On our Way | First Impressions | Green Mapmakers Present | Cop 15, Day 3 | Cop 15's Major March | Cop 15 Finale

Special thanks to Wiser Earth.org for including my posts, and for the many people who helped make this happen.

More on climate healthy Green Maps is in this recent newsletter or download a press release at the bottom of this page. Our award-winning globally sharediconography includes Climate Changed Area, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Site and Vulnerable Area, along with many other symbols for sites that address or impact our climate healthy future. read more »

Bioneers is an annual sustainability and eco-justice gathering that started in the San Francisco Bay Area, and now has satellite events in several North American cities.

Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit has a full array of local exhibitors and presenters and a feed from the main event. It's a great gathering that starts on Friday October 16.

With a fresh start and a plan to use the interactive Open Green Map platform, Green Map Detroit will be meeting from 9:30 - 11:30 AM, and again at Friday's evening reception. Find out more here, and get news about this project's restart at the website of master earth builder and Green Mapmaker Deanne Bednar, strawbale.pbworks.com/map. read more »

On Saturday, October 24, Green Map System will be taking part in 350.org's International Day of Climate Action!
Events taking place in various locations will be added here soon

Sorry! POSTPONED Due to Stormy Weather!

In New York City, bring your bike to:

Green Apple Climate Cycling Tour

Tour goes from 2-4 PM
Tour starts at Tompkins Square Park, near the Temperance Monument (in Manhattan, near Ave A & East 9th St.)

Downtown Green Apple Cycling Tour explores sites on the Green Apple Map that help mitigate or adapt to climate change in Manhattan's East Village/Lower East Side.
Explore the Garden District, Greenways and riversides, composting, solar and green building sites.
Find out how to add to the interactive OpenGreenMap.org/nyc too!

Easy cycling...Free!....cancelled if pouring…Youth welcome, but helmets a must
The Green Apple Climate Cycling Tour concludes in Union Square South, just in time to join Time's Up's Future Sea Level Ride. We don't have bikes to loan, but other questions can be sent to apple [at] greenmap [dot] org. read more »

Become a Fan of Green Map System on Facebook!

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and discover more of the impacts of our global movement.

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Check out our new photos, videos, discussions and more! Login to become a Fan and add something our wall if you like!

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600 locally-led projects in 55 countries! We are delighted about reaching this new milestone! The impacts of our work are being felt in all corners of the globe.

Download the list of all the projects here.

The 600th Green Map project is led by Professor Jane Milkie and design students at School of Art and Design, Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan USA!! Find out more about their objectives at their profile!

Want to start a Green Map project in your community? Click Participate above and find out about registration and accessing all our adaptable tools, including the interactive Open Green Map. So many creative outcomes are possible as shown in this new video from Bucharest. We have also created a new page of videos that teach people how we work. read more »

Since our interactive mapping website, the Open Green Map, is a finalist for the Index Awards, I’m traveling to Copenhagen, where the winners of this Danish prize will be announced on August 28. You can affect the outcomes right now - vote for us in the People's Choice Award! Click tinyurl.com/ogm-vote today! It's fast and you could win a prize too.

My journey starts in Helsinki Finland, where I will be meeting with our 2008 trainee, Miikka Lammela, who is helping to develop our mobile Open Green Map application for the iPhone – we are also creating a mobile website that will work with any internet enabled ‘smartphone’. Development is going well, and we’ll soon be posting news on the beta launch of this great resource for travelers as well as residents. Special thanks to Miikka, our board members and great developers Thomas Turnbull and Stan Wiechers, designers Akiko Rokube and Te Baybute, and to Openflows Community Technology Lab. read more »

We're so pleased to have our work recognized by the AIGA design organization in San Francisco's Cause/ Affect social design competition.

There are several categories to explore online, and here are the Environment winners - we are happy to be with such illustrious company!

1st: “The California Academy of Sciences Exhibit” – Volume Inc.
2nd: “Clif Bar 2 Mile Challenge” – Clif Bar & Company
3rd: “Open Green Map” – Green Map System

Our work is included in the exhibit that runs through August 9, 2009 at the AIGA office.read more »