Dear Friends,

With your help today, Green Map System can continue to serve cities, towns and villages all around our wonderful world. In over 500 communities, we are already supporting the shift towards healthier, greener, more culturally rich places where every individual and species can thrive.

With the need for change greater than ever, we are doing more than ever, too. 2008 has been an action-packed year. 88 new Green Map projects got started! This record-breaking number includes well-known cities like Austin Texas, Cape Town South Africa and Seoul Korea alongside lesser-known places like Sharon Ohio and Gandhinagar India. Each has something remarkable in common – they are changing for the better, and they want everyone to take part! read more »

As 2008 draws to a close, we at Green Map System can look back and say we are doing our part to address today's great environmental challenges and opportunities. Our low cost resources are a boon to communities worldwide, and with our newest participatory website, we are now creating our own sustainability 'stimulus package'! Your support makes this important work possible. Please donate – a little or a lot – or get involved by creating your community's Green Map - and keep us moving forward in 2009!

2008 Highlights! read more »

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Announcing a New Milestone in Leadership Development!!

Along with our locally-led global network of Mapmakers, we are all pleased to celebrate new beginnings while we welcome new Green Map projects from all parts of the globe.

In October we reached the 500 project mark with the involvement of Grupo Aves del Perú. With their own Mapa Verde, they will focus attention on Cusco's struggling bird habitats! The commitment of partners like these underscores our ability to help support biodiversity as well as green innovation, culture and social justice efforts in communities worldwide.

To date in 2008, we have added 72 new Green Map projects, topping all previous year-end totals! October's new projects hail from near (NYU's Tourism program & Rochester NY) and far, including India (Gandhinagar), Romania (Bistrita & Livezile), Germany (Halle & Neustadt), Scotland (Dunipace Green), San Francisco and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Clearly, our efforts to provide support for these initiatives in the form of mapmaking resources, websites, workshop materials, youth modules and project publicity have worldwide impacts! read more »

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August-September Green Map Express

Here at Green Map System, we have had a very productive summer. With a fresh crop of innovation growing, we invite you to share in the harvest!

While school has been on break, we gathered up the responses from the educators and youth group leaders who tested our set of Energy and Environment Exploration Modules over the past year. We then refined and finalized these adaptable tools and the educator guide that goes with them for both in and out-of-school activities. Both New York City and Global editions are now available. We invite you to use them with middle and high school students in your community. read more »

Open Green Map on a Roll!

The enthusiasm is building as the Open Green Map project goes into full-scale production. Already a finalist in the NetSquared Challenge and presented at Beyond Broadcasting and Where 2.0 conferences, this inclusive, participatory social mapping website will put thousands of hopeful green sites from around the world on the map! Open Green Map will also share the public's insights, images and impacts about each of these significant places. read more »

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You are invited to Green Map’s Top Ten Party on May 21!

Join us at our global office, 220A East 4th Street in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 21 from 5 to 8 pm. We’re celebrating the generosity of our supporters who responded to America's Giving Challenge and made our non-profit a Top Ten winner! read more »

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Building a New & Inclusive Green Mapmaking Website

This season, Green Map System is focused on the creation of the OpenGreenMap. Moving from the concept stage to designing a robust and fun-to-use interactive mapmaking tool has our team jumping. You jumped too – your votes helped this become a Featured Project in the NetSquared Mashup Challenge! As we move toward the mid-2008 public launch, this 'remixing the web for social change' conference will bring our project together with 20 others for well-timed development support. read more »

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Announcing Green Map Icons, Version 3

March arrives amidst great activity at Green Map System. First, a truly global collaboration has been achieved! Version 3 of the Green Map Icons has been completed and released to all of our locally-led projects. Our gratitude to all who took part in our Open Icon Studio, and our thanks to all the experienced Green Mapmakers representing teams in 50 countries who advised and inspired us throughout the multi-year process. read more »

Win-Win-Win with Green Map!

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Our monthly newsletter is arriving a couple days early to give you great news – we’re now in the Top 10 to win BIG! With your help today, we can move up to the #4 spot, win $50,000 and great national press!

It’s easy to help us all win-win-win!
Donate $10 today. Each $10 must be ‘unique’, given by a different person & credit card at this specific webpage by noon on January 31: read more »

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Help Us Get 2008 Off to a Great Start!

The new year has already brought an exciting opportunity to Green Map System and you can help us win big! If we collect the most $10 donations from the most people in January, we’ll be among the eight $50,000 prize winners in "America’s Giving Challenge", helping our movement and communities worldwide enormously. read more »