Great news from Jessica Ring, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design / Department of Art at Towson University and Green Map collaborator:

“The Student Green Map won a Silver award in the Going Green category of the 40th Annual University & College Designers Association Design Competition. The judges evaluated 52 entries in these categories, awarding 14 awards—2 Gold Awards, 7 Silver Awards and 5 Awards of Excellence. In total, 1,300 print, electronic media, and going green entries, awarding 237 awards in the those categories. A total of 6 Gold Awards, 18 Silver Awards and 213 Awards of Excellence were chosen.”read more »

We are delighted that our Open Green Map sustainability mapping platform has been selected by Treehugger.com for 2010's Best of Green, and designated the Best Tool for Green Travelers!

There are now over 10,000 sites to explore! See more than 100 Open Green Maps on your desktop, mobile or iPhone!

Special thanks to the City of Oakland California for creating the Open Green Map featured by Treehugger - Oakland is also the first to test out data importing on the OGM platform.

Thank you Treehugger! Your coverage of Green Maps created around the world has been outstanding!

项目名称：广州大学城绿地图绘制与推广项目
团队名称：Fresh环保协会绿地图项目组
项目概述：
项目内容主要是绘制出版并推广广州大学城的绿地图。
此项目是在广州大学城，招募大学生志愿者共同绘制出版绿地图。这次是以大学生为绘制主体，以大学生独特的视角绘制绿地图，也为现实的环境现象留下珍贵的记录。
绿地图绘制出版完成后，我们通过环教、公宣、义卖、图片展等方式宣传推广绿地图，并通过协会论坛、Green Map的网站、传媒等，让更多的人参与到项目中来。read more »

Green Map System is pleased to be a Just Means - FT Social Innovation Awards finalist! We'll find out if we won in the Communications category on March 24th, and in the meantime, you can link to our entry, rich with images, pdfs and videos. You can also vote for us there!

The Open Green Map interactive mapping platform is a winner in the Living Labs Global contest, selected by Stockholm, Sweden's technology park, in the category of eServices for Citizens and Corporations.

Here is a link about the Award event. You can view our entry here.

We're honored and look forward to 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

We're very pleased to announce that the Open Green Map was selected as a Finalist for the 2009 Index Award, the prestigious Danish social design prize!

Our entry was shortlisted in the Community category. Click this link to see our entry online and to find out about the global traveling exhibit that started its journey in Copenhagen in August. We're very pleased that our social mapping platform is featured in this exhibit and the Index Prize book.read more »

Although the Open Green Map social mapping platform did not win, in February 2009, our 'pitch' to the We Media & Ashoka Changemakers jurors led to some great exchanges and connections!

Tele Atlas is the provider of the base maps that appear on Google Maps. Their Fall 2008 competition for wireless devices was exciting for us because we were able to demonstrate our Open Green Map platform at the CTIA Wireless convention, and met hundreds of people interested in our unique social purpose application. We also won $10,000 in cash and $10,000 in TeleAtlas data, both a boon to platform development!

Spring 2008 - even before the Open Green Map was open for 'business', this social mapping platform was selected by TechSoup's prestigious NetSquared Mashup Challenge! Recently, we added a blog post about the many rewards of participating in an open competition like this. What a valuable experience!

In January 2008, Green Map System gained many new supporters in this online giving contest. In additional to the funds sent in, we received an extra Top Ten check from Global Giving! These funds seeded the development of the Open Green Map sustainability mapping platform. Our entry is still online, you can join over 370 people in supporting our work.

Great News from Indonesia!
We are so pleased that the work of Jakarta Mapmaker Marco Kusumawijaya and colleagues in using post-tsunami community participatory restoration techniques has been received an important award – Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2008!

Marco has written the project description below. One year after the tsunami, on December 26, 2005, the Banda Aceh Green Map was published (linked at the bottom), and their rebuilding work continued. Involved in Green Mapmaking since 2001, he and his colleagues across the country have published a great diversity of maps, websites and related resources that celebrate biodiversity, green living, the rich cultural heritage and disaster prevention as seen at GreenMap.or.id. If you would like to help the Indonesian Green Map Hub (see the impressive map they have linked to their website's upper right), please contact Elanto Wijoyono at joeyakarta [a] greenmap [.] or[.] id- or contact us to help you contribute to their work! In this photo, Marco is plaid in front, and co-chair Elanto is in white, find some history here, too. read more »

On March 19, 2008, the Westchester County Green Map was awarded the Best of New York Award in the Green IT category. Selections were made by the Center for Digital Government. The Best of New York Awards honors New York government agencies for IT innovation and excellence.

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『東京自転車グリーンマップ』が、環境省主催の「ストップ温暖化大作戦」全国大会にて「モーダルシフト賞」を受賞しました！！

全国大会では、全国47都道府県から選ばれた温暖化防止の取り組み（一品）が東京に大集合しました。『東京自転車グリーンマップ』を除くその他のグランプリ受賞プロジェクトは、全て市町村やそれに関連した組織が主導するもので、『東京自転車グリーンマップ』はその中で唯一のNPO主導によるプロジェクトでした。read more »

United States Department of State Certificate of Appreciation was bestowed on Wendy Brawer for her contribution to the success of its International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by sharing her time and professional expertise. The emphasis of the program is to increase mutual understanding through communication at the personal and professional levels.

Each year, almost five thousand individuals are invited by U.S. Embassies to the United States to meet American counterparts and to become acquainted with this country. Green Map System's Founding-Director and its diverse staff based in New York City are among the organizations who have welcomed geographically and professionally diverse groups of leaders in government and private sectors.

Green Map® Icons, the heart of the Green Map movement, have been awarded an honorable mention from Eyebeam's Eco-Vis Challenge under the Eco-Icons category.

Eyebeam received 140 applications from all of the world, and awarded one winner and two honorable mentions in the two categories of the challenge (Eco-Icons and Eco-Visualizations). Green Map System award is inclusion in two upcoming exhibitions.

The jurors made their decision based on clarity of thought, design, concept,and execution. The award winners' submitted proposals will be on display January 5-26 (opening reception January 5, 6-8pm) and the fully realized projects will be included in our exhibition opening March 13, 6-8pm.read more »

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東京自転車マップがエコジャパンカップでの”ライフスタイル部門・市民が創る環境のまち元気大賞・電通賞”を受賞しました。グッドデザイン賞に引き続きの受賞となります。
受賞に伴い、来る１２月１３日〜１５日に東京ビッグサイトで開催されるエコプロダクツ展にて、東京自転車
グリーンマップがパネル展示されます。１４日には東京自転車マップのプレゼンテーションもあります。その他にも多くの新しいエコアイデアが紹介されますのでお近くのかたは是非足を運んでみて下さい。read more »

The Tokyo Cycling Green Map was created to encourage development of a bike lane network and safer riding by Urban Ecology Tokyo and volunteers since 2006. The first printed citywide version was published in January 2007. There is also an interactive online edition in Japanese or in English that anyone can add green sites to and use to get involved in creating a better environment for cycling in this metropolis.

We're so pleased to share the news that the Tokyo Cycling Green Map won a GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2007 in the category of Communications - this is the most honorable design award in Japan! read more »