October 2001 – New York City, USA

Green Map System was honored with an award from the Center for International Learning in New York, in recognition of our work worldwide.

June 2001- New York City, USA

Green Map System received the Municipal Art Society's Certificate of Merit. The certificate recognized our local efforts to make New York City more livable with the Green Apple Map program. The Municipal Art Society also hosted our 2004 exhibit and forum series, "Vibrant Communities, Green Maps of New York and the World" at its Urban Center gallery, and way back in 1992, provided the support for printing the very first Green Apple Map of NYC!

October 2000 - Hannover, Germany

EXPO 2000, the sustainability oriented World's Fair in Hanover Germany, recognized Green Map System as a “Project Around The World”. GMS was included in the EXPO 2000 book, website, database and onsite. A presentation by Green Mapmakers from 10 (mostly European) countries took place at the ZERI Bamboo Pavilion.

"Your initiative is one of the outstanding projects which demonstrate in an exemplary way that the practical implementation of Agenda 21 is possible."

Year 2000 - Stockholm, Sweden

Green Map was a Stockholm Challenge Finalist in 2000! This Information Technology for Society Prize in the environmental category, allowed us to exhibit our work in Stockholm. Thanks to our local Mapmakers, Tor Fossum from Malmo Sweden & Monika Wallgren of Copenhagen for representing our network there!

May 1999 - Detroit Michigan, USA

The President's Council on Sustainable Development and Renew America presented Green Map System with the National Award for Sustainability for New Communication Tools. These awards were presented during the 1999 National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America. The National Awards Council also awarded us with a Certificate of Environmental Achievement in the Renew America 1999 Environmental Success Index.

October 1998 - Nairobi, Kenya

The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements selected Green Map System for the Global Best Practices 100 List.

February 1998 – New York City, USA

Green Map System was designated a Success Story by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, the UN division that was developed subsequent to the 1992 Earth Summit.

Year 1996 - Los Angeles, California USA

Shortly after they were created, the Green Map® Icons received a Gold Award at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) & Environmental Media Association International ECO Awards.

Find more in our News section!

US Department of Energy Smart Communities Network
Website of the Month: Green Map Atlas
March 2004

Directions Magazine
Map of the Week
February 25, 2004

O2
Best Bet
2000

Brittanica.com
Encyclopedia Brittanica included us.
January 2000

GoNomad!
Recognition
Fall 2000

Red Jelly Fish
Site selection

Library Spot
Site selection

American Planning Association's Resource Zine
Site selection

Zenzibar Alternative Culture
Site of the Week
February 20 to February 27, 2000.

GoHwy Traffic System
Featured website
2000

Mapping the World By Heart
Hot Site of the Week
July 1997

Now, the new Green Map logo is ready to be downloaded. It's in the Resource section's Tool Center, and you need to login first. Choose the color and format you need, anytime.

You can download many new tools there! One we hope will be very helpful is the new Style Guide - it's designed to help you as you make printed Green Maps, and offers many suggestions of value to all Green Mapmakers. This Style Guide includes a graphics kit, and everything in it is provided to you in the Tool Center's Design folder, in different formats. Use these as you like on your Green Maps and supporting materials - you can also share the resources you have made there too!read more »