Green Map 2014

Mapping the Future

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What is a Green Map? It’s a locally made map of natural, cultural,

social justiceand green living sites highlighted with Green Map Icons

Who makes Green Maps? 880 local youth and community groups, city

agencies, NGOs, universities, schools, tourism and design entities

They are grouped into 3 genres, each with 4 categories What’s promoted on the maps? Award-winning Green Map Icons

identify, promote and link 170 types of community assets & challenges

A living language, this iconography evolves over time, see

GreenMap.org/icons

Our movement began with print maps: Each map is made locally and

reflects the community’s character and progress toward sustainability

Now: 500 unique editions are archived in the NYPL Map Collection 

Green Map System’s Toolkit: Adaptable, engaging award-winning

resources for professional, community and youth mapping projects

Social Media

Guide 2013

Open Green Maps can be created with public site suggestions

and contributions of images, videos, ratings, and more Many create both printed and interactive maps: reach diverse

audiences, increase participation, info sharing & usefulness

Public comments, photos and videos, and site suggestions

Moderated locally

40 countries - 8 language interface

Download print

Green Maps next to

the interactive Open

Green Map.

Coming soon,

game-changing

new mobile

Site Collector!

Its data is now on our interactive map about renewables

and ways to save energ

Sharing Open Green Maps: Embed these maps in other websites,

including Facebook, and give each its own centerpoint, scale and basemap

Embed interactive widgets or

Export data as CSV (spreadsheet)

or KML (for Google Earth, etc).

Use with GIS, databases, print

maps, data visualizations

GreenMap.org/youth: gaining a sense of connectedness to place,

young Green Mapmakers contribute to our shared future 

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Creative Green Maps cultural events, tours, youth contests,

performances, videos, site markers and more have been produced

A selection of Green Map System’s awards

Creative Climate Action 2013

Victor J Papanek Social Design Award 2011

US National Sustainability Award:

New Communications Tools

United Nations Global Best Practices 100

The Tech Awards Laureate

Spirit of the Land - Salt Lake City Olympics

EXPO 2000 Project Award the World

NetSquared Invitational 2012

Treehugger Best of Green 2011

Living Labs Global 2010

INDEX Awards Finalist 2009

Cause / Affect

Tele Atlas Maps in Apps

We Media Pitch It

Capacity building is critical! The expertise we have attracted and

cultivated is remarkable. Collaboration will amplify our impacts!

Now we want to redefine the community mapping

experience and advance capacity building across the

board, starting in NYC – and at the same time –

include and impact our global and local network.

We’re creating a collaboration space

– a Lab –

where small groups of expert Green Mapmakers

will work together with our relevant local partners

and diverse New York residents to address critical climate change, green

economy, youth participation, urban agriculture, responsible tourism and

more. Alongside improving NYC communities, the Lab will yield powerful

models for replication in other cities.

Addressing Urgency with creativity: given our track record, the

moveable Green Map Lab has remarkable potential! 

Ramping up to co-create, present and share:

• handmade, digital and interactive Green Maps,

• engaging new mapmaking tools & icons

• apps, games, visualizations, products

• rich social and eco impacts

Inclusive workshops, pop ups,

courses, open houses and hackdays for

classes, groups, professionals and even tourists

This creative community eco-info tech center will build capacity and

community resilience with innovative processes, mediums and partnerships.

Outcomes will include expanded networks of activism, cross-sector

partnerships, rich documentation, adaptable models for other cities, an

extended Green Map toolkit and the blueprint for our organization’s future.

We need to protect biodiversity: what can we learn from the

mapmakers in southern China at the Mangrove Conservation Network? 

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Climate and resiliency: Can we minimize impacts and amplify readiness

by evoking the practical responses of the City of Malmo Sweden?

Citywide, online, for tourists, for

developers, for schools

Greening tourism: The City of Cape Town has made Green Map a

centerpiece of the visitor experience – could NYC benefit similarly?

Cape Town Green Map

is part of World Design

Capital 2014

Community-based planning: Curitiba Brazil is refining participatory

practices. What would make a New Yorkers pause and contribute? 

Schools and Parks are central to the entrepreneurial Baltimore

Green Map. Can the Lab generate new enterprises, too?

Mapa Verde Cuba has activated more than 100 low-income communities.

What can their ‘start by mapping problems’ approach teach us?

CSR: Transparency about shortcomings leads to efficiencies and

engagement. Can NYC companies take responsibility in this way?

More about mapping workplaces

GreenMap.org/csr

Green Map charting Nokia‘s

Gold LEED building in Beijing 

New York City’s experts: In the know about our garbage crisis, green

buildings and social innovation? We want to involve you!

How can you get involved? Can this Lab and the models it provides

cultivate new networks, knowledge and benefits, locally & globally?

You are invited to:

• come draw maps with local youth

• pitch in on app development

• co-design a Green Map product

• plan a site collecting cycling tour

• make a Green Map Icons video

• build your capacity at a Lab event

• contribute to Lab development

• use the outcomes to

generate lasting change

• use the Lab model in your own community

Think Global, Map Local!

GreenMap.org

Green Map Lab – opening mid-2014

Reach us at info@greenmap.org 212 674 1631

follow at @GreenMap facebook.com/greenmap