The appeal of this map surprised us, and we have fulfilled requests from many parts of the US for copies. We held 2 debuts, one at the Greenmarket, where our project partners from Lower East Side Ecology Center (http://www.lesecologycenter.org/les_frames.html) have a stand, and at our new office's first open house.

The second edition was published in 2007. By then, the amount of compostable food scraps collected tripled at our partner's stand and doubled at their second location!

http://Treehugger.com and http://Worldchanging.org covered the debut of the map.

At Green Map, we developed a healthy appreciation for Red Wiggler Worms - we now keep a worm bin composter here for our bits of lunch and houseplant scraps.

Online, we have added some case studies to encourage the business sector to do more composting. There's links to handy resources, too.

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The narrow focus of this map could be easily replicated by other Green Map projects. It could be a good youth map, or beginner's project.

Volunteers and support to help us build the online version, open to additions from the community.

Print

PDF

Flat: 43 cm x 28 cm / 17 inches x 11 inches ; Folded: 7 cm x 14 cm / 3 inches x 5.5 inches

Printed: 5,000 copies. Website: approximately 140,000 visitors per year

Recycled Paper

Green Printer

Self mailer

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Interviews, images, press release.

PR Composting Map.pdf 207KB

published

Borough of Manhattan

1 Apr 2006

1 Dec 2008

English

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Public input

Core group

Students

Staff

Nonprofits

LESEC handled the research - NYC'S Green Thumb program provided great data on the school gardens and rooftop composting.

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Christina Datz-Romero and Kate Zidar of LES Ecology Center on research, our student intern, Anya Farquar, who made the overall layout and compost logo, and Jane Barber who finalized the design. Other Green Map staff members, too, and thanks to supporters Greenacre Foundation and NYC Enviro Fund.

The number of schools composting was a pleasant surprise.

One of our website's Business Case Studies is Birdbath Bakery (see http://buildagreenbakery.com), where Manager Sara Weeks pointed out, "The cost of pick-up is less for organic waste than for general waste, thus overall trash pick-up costs are cheaper."

Design (Illustrator, etc.)

Adobe Creative Suite

Computer

Digital Camera

Scanner

Printer

Bike