Our original edition was included in "The Power of Maps", a major exhibition at the Smithsonian National Design Museum in NYC. Wendy Brawer, the map's creator and the founding director of Green Map System was later appointed Designer in Residence there.

These maps also led to her being invited to present on the Greening of New York at the United Nations Social Summit in 1995, in Copenhagen, and to the parallel meeting of the O2 global network, which helped bring the local-global Green Map System from concept to reality. In many ways, these small maps opened doors for people seeking greener, healthier communities and careers, all over the world.

In 1992, Green Apple Maps were quite newsworthy as they showed a side on NYC that no one had ever shown before. Stories about them appeared in several US publications,from the Earth Summit Times to <a href="http://www.emagazine.com">E Magazine</a> and <a href="http://www.jgpress.com/inbusine.htm">In Business Magazine</a>. There was coverage on New York One TV and WNYC, and others. Wendy wrote related <a href="http://ecocultural.info/communications/articles.html">stories</a> for Australia's World Design and other publications, too.

We learned first-hand how difficult the mapmaking process really was, from start to finish. On the 2nd edition, we sold the maps, and concluded that giving them away was preferable, as that would lower barriers to ensuring that a wide cross section of community members would use them, and save our time, as well.

Some mapping projects that stemmed out of the creation of the Green Apple Map includes maps of specific districts like Chinatown or Lower Manhattan and thematic views on energy composting, as seen on this website, and at GreenAppleMap.org

A number of youth projects got underway in NYC, too, including a unique series of maps charting the Lower East Side by Satellite Academy High School's ecology class, terrific Recycle A Bicycle Green Maps of Brooklyn and Manhattan, and All Saints East Harlem Green Map. More recent student projects include Manhattan's Central Park with the Central Park Conservancy, Pace University's ecotourism promotion Green Maps, and more - download the complete list of schools, youth and community groups <a href="http://greenapplemap.org/page/youth>here</a>. More about New York's Green Maps is also in the Green Map Atlas.

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We have learned so much from Green Mapmakers around the world - we're delighted to share what we have experienced with them!

Print

edition 1: 11 x 17 in. (27 x 42 cm). edition 2: 17 x 23 in. (42 x 57cm) . tour map 11 x 17 in.

20,500

Vegetable-based inks

Recycled Paper

Each of these 3 unique maps was printed one time, before the Green Map Icons were created.

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Interviews, images, even copies of the original maps.

published

Citywide

1 Dec 1991

1 Mar 1992

English

http://GreenAppleMap.org

Public input

Core group

Volunteers

When we started on the second edition, we mailed copies of the original map to groups and leaders all over town, and received wonderful resources by return mail.

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The project's leader went on to direct the global Green Map System

Thanks to Municipal Art Society, Gramercy Offset, New York Recycled Paper, IDSA New York, Earth Summit Ad Hoc Planning Committee, the Green Apple Exchange, Hal Drellich, Time's Up, The Knoll Group, Asher Derman, ADPSR and Modern World Design.

We used the old-fashioned layers of mylar for the graphic design!

"The first New York Green Map had a black X over the Central Park Reservoir. A little-known report by a New York State agency had listed a chlorine storage facility near the reservoir as one of the state's nine facilities presenting the greatest risk of a toxic chemical accident. The map was published, and the chlorine was removed.” (Jeff Severns Guntzel. “Green Maps' motivate activism.” National Catholic Reporter. June 17, 2005)

Design (Illustrator, etc.)

Computer

Bike

Hand-drawn