The Citizen science project at Saint Mary's University, Halifax Nova Scotia Canada presented their first news letter in September 2009.
Citizen Science is a project that started in 2008 and their mandate is to work towards global environmental sustainablity. The project aims at encouraging and fostering Atlantic Canada's Students, faculty, staff and community members in working towards the Millenium development goal #7: Ensure Environemntal Sustainability.
The project is comprised of three parts: A student video competition, Film screenings & Public Discussion forums, and Green mapping. Each of these sectors are designed to promote knowledge sharing among student, faculty, staff, community and students in the Global south, through the aid of new media and traditional activities.read more »
Take a moment to vote for Wendy Brawer, Green Map's founder. She is a finalist for the WeMedia Game Changer's award. If she wins she gets a keynote speech slot at the WeMedia Conference in March and all Green Mappers benefit from the exposure. Let's see if through our international network of Green Mappers and map-users we can vault her to top vote-getter spot on the list of 24 finalists!
The winner is decided through public vote by FEBRUARY 3. Friends, please help her win! Pass this along to your networks. Read about her activities and impact, then scroll down to the bottom of the sidebar, click VOTE, then click spot for Wendy Brawer, then click VOTE...read more »
好创意让环保不再沉重 年内或制作广州“绿地图”
地图你见得多，绿色生活地图你听说过吗？
1月20日，广州大学城绿色生活地图正式出版。令人注目的是，它不是由专业机构完成，而全部是由大学生绘制。与普通地图不一样的是，它更像一幅反映人文生态景观的综合图谱，从而达到推广环保的目的。这些大学生计划在今年内绘制一幅全广州的绿地图，为亚运会献礼。绿地图究竟有何特别之处？作为普通市民，我们是否也可以绘制绿地图？read more »
The Open Green Map interactive mapping platform is shortlisted as a finalist for the Living Labs Global contest, selected by Stockholm, Sweden's - in the category of eServices for Citizens and Corporations.
Here is a link about the showcase, or you can view our entry here.
We're honored and hope we win, followed by the opportunity to work with Stockholm's technology park, Kista Science City. We have a wonderful Green Map project in that city, led by Max Goldstein, Therese Kristiansson and colleagues!read more »
A great new year is underway at Green Map System!
We're so pleased to complete 2009 with a record number of new Green Map projects - 119 new locally-led efforts got underway, a 33% increase in the rate of registrations. A number of factors contribute to this increase:
• more people realizing they can and must take leadership locally for climate protection, sustainability and a healthier environment.
• the Open Green Map, our new social mapping platform that removes the financial, technological and time barriers to publishing an interactive, always available Green Map. read more »
Wendy's COP15 blogs include:
Overview | On our Way | First Impressions | Green Mapmakers Present | COP 15, Day 3| Cop 15's Major March
Finale's not really the right word, as it's not really over. The official side may always be mired in the muck, but the rest of us are already moving forward, with new cross-cultural alliances, new social innovations, new tools and fresh energy. read more »
C：项目情况描述
项目实施时间 2009.4——2009.12
项目实施地 华农校内及武汉某“绿色”社区
项目概述：简短描述项目的内容（200字以内）
该项目以社区为平台和载体，结合抗击气候变化的社会热点，推广低碳生活方式，将绿色融入人们的生活中。
这次我们走出大学校园，绘制据学校较近的社区绿地图。从大学生到社区居民，各个职业的人都将参与其中，并能够从绘制绿地图的过程中理解并践行低碳的生活方式。
绿地图的成品经印刷出版后，将极大地推动社区创建生态小区的进程，也将使该社区成为武汉第一个低碳生活社区。read more »
17th Dec. 2009, our group went to the preschool in Nanhu Villa (a community) to teach the kids about the knowledge of low carbon dioxide and saving water & electricity.The kids and their teachers warmly welcomed us. We show the Green Map icons to them and told them the meaning: finding the beauty of life and preventing the pollution of our surroundings. We also told them how to saving water and lower carbon dioxide in our daily life through interesting games.The kids listened to us carefully. We also joyful to see the hope of our future environment protection.
今天华中农业大学绿地图小组在学校北苑小区的路口进行了绿地图和低碳社区相结合的活动。活动分为两个部分：对绿地图项目和低碳社区的宣传和对社区踩点绘制绿地图。我们挂出的绿地图图标吸引了不少小区的居民驻足，特别是老人和孩子。我们向他们宣传节水节电知识和绿色出行方式。由于贴近他们的生活，他们认真地听，表示以后一定认真地做，如尽量步行或乘公交代替私家车，夏天空调尽量调低温度，用微波炉代替普通加热方式可以减少散热，电器不用时插头要拔出等一些知识。read more »
Wendy's COP15 blogs include:
Overview | On our Way | First Impressions | Green Mapmakers Present | COP 15, Day 3| COP 15, Finale
Taking part in perhaps the most important demonstration in human history, I felt both exhilarated and humbled. Marching with my husband Ray and our Danish friend Ulla, my spirits were buoyed by the crowd's colorful signs and the many marching bands that accompanied us, but the march's message is grave and utterly serious. read more »
