Via Springwise:
“New York-based Green Map System has made online maps of sustainable initiatives accessible to keen greens everywhere. Its selection of hand-picked mapmakers in 50 countries are responsible for the site’s 450+ maps, facilitating global sustainability from a grassroots level. Ethical stores, green spaces and recycling sites are just some of the sites the maps help people discover.
The project’s impact will hit a whole new level with the introduction of Open Green Map: a community site that makes the project accessible to all, letting users add new locations as well as exploring the recommendations of others. Participants can bring entries to life with Flickr photos or YouTube videos to support their text descriptions. The site has also boosted its usefulness with the development of applications for mobile devices. Users can now upload content the moment they discover it, and log in to find the nearest fair-trade coffee shop or ethical fashion store whilst out and about.”
Green Maps highlight local natural, cultural and green living sites in
hundreds of communities worldwide to promote personal and community
well-being. Transforming local information into global interaction, the
new Open Green Map sustainability mapping platform spurs healthy
participation as it shares diverse public viewpoints.
Open Green Map’s launch celebration will take place on Friday, June 5 –
World Environment Day – all over the world: Cape Town, Geneva, Jakarta,
Stockholm, Baltimore, Santiago and other places! Details:
http://GreenMap.org/ogm-launch.
In New York City, join the global Green Map System in celebrating in
Manhattan. Everyone is invited to bring a green site, comment or image to
add to the map from 6-8:30PM at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at
NYU, 53 Washington Square South!
We’ll be pleased to provide
you with press release, images, in addition to those online in our Press Center
(http://GreenMap.org/press).