open green map introduction
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Charting the wayto a sustainable future
We started sharing Green Mapmaking resources in 1995.What is a Green Map?
It’s a locally created map that charts the community’s green living,natural, social and cultural resources.Each is unique but all use globally designed Green Map Icons.
Our nonprofit supports local leadership in a greatdiversity of cities, towns and villages on all continents
Today, the Green Map movement has spread to
474 communities in 50 countries
Icons identify, promote and link green living, nature, social and cultural sites,highlighting patterns of change and potential. (download poster at GreenMap.org/icons)
Thousands of important sites have been charted
6 0 &Barcelona’sSun Factory
Farmers & LocalArtists Market
Robeson’sKayak Tours
® Yogyakarta’sGeologic Feature A
Breda’s EcoCenter e Hybrid
Mass Transit
Green Map projects are led by local Students · Planners · CommunityGroups · Geographers · Designers · Environmentalists · CityEmployees · Tourism Organizations · Dynamic Individuals
Green Map System provides each with our collaborativelydeveloped adaptable tools and award-winning icons
MultimediaResources
Expand the impactswith multi-lingualbooks, guides,workshops, hubs,exhibits, websites
Green MapIcons
Globally designed.Updated in 2008.Said to be world’sonly universalsymbol set for maps
MapmakingGuides
Adaptable for printor web maps,local conditions,communityprocess, etc.
ArchiveResources
Learning fromeach other viastories, GreenMaps, reportspresentationsand exchanges
Hundreds more GreenMap have been created inworkshops andclassrooms.For many teams, likeVictoria BC Canada’s theprocess is as important asthe completed map.
They have published 10maps, 3 websites and abilingual community book.
Recently adopted byUniversity of Victoriathey have trained diversegrassroots, First Nations,and academic groups inGreen Mapmaking
Millions of copies of 350 published Green Mapsare being used today by residents and visitors
Exciting New Features!Find our ever-expanding network, Green Maps,books, awards and more at GreenMap.org
We‘d like to see thousands of communities involved,and this website – our multilingual presentation-collaboration-tool center – is ready to assist them intraditional Green Mapmaking
With critical environment, climate and health concernslooming, we need to Do More to include everyone!
“If the best greening resource in the world is aroundthe corner but no one knows about it, what good can it do?” Yelitza Espinosa, Pereira Colombia Green Mapmaker
Our inclusive solution, Open Green Map: a constantlyevolving cross-cultural guide to sustainability strategies
Making a great Green Map can take years, but you can help usreduce the barriers at a time of real environmental need
Online, Open Green Maps
• are quick to publish, easy to update and expand• eliminate costly design & production while keeping valuable community organizing & research intact• include the wider community and visitors in sharing updates, insights, impacts, images and videos• celebrate progress and illuminate issues without cost
OpenGreenMap.org provides an immediately visible andinspiring solution for both local and global audiences
Intuitiveinterface
Users canselect iconsto customizethe view
Widgets willlet each mapappear inmany otherwebsites,blogs, etc.
Can be usedon variousinteractivebase maps,includingGoogle Map,Google Earth,OpenStreetMap, etc.
Tabs organize public comments, connections, images andimpacts. Side bar explains each map’s purpose and people
Impacts tabwill collecthow this sitehas changedlives, planning,communities,biodiversity,etc, leadingto moreimprovements.
Handicapaccess, child-friendliess,transit, freeicons willinvite moreparticipation
Hundreds of sites are already added by our networkadvisory group. These maps will be first to debut.
Severalthemed mapviews of eachlocale areplanned.
Public cansuggest sitesor add theirown to theworldviewGreen Map.Local teamsmay ‘adopt’them,expanding theteam and itspotential.
New York Stockholm
Baltimore Rockland
Help our team make our mid-2008 public release a globalsuccess! Please support the many phases to follow, too.
Think Global, Map Local!Social Mapping for Sustainable Communities Worldwide
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