Green Maps are locally created environmentally themed maps which use a universal symbol set and map making resources provided by the non-profit Green-Map System. Based on the principles of cartography a Green Map plots the locations of a community's natural, cultural and sustainable resources such as recycling centers, heritage sites, community gardens, toxic waste sites and socially conscious businesses.


The purpose of a Green Map is to serve as a guide for sustainable living and to help everyone get involved with their community’s natural and built environment. Using mapmaking as a medium, Green Map System encourages involvement in cultivating more sustainable communities around the world. By highlighting a community’s special places as well as its natural, cultural and sustainability resources, Green Map expects to help local citizens understand their community’s interdependent environmental, social and economic systems. Green Maps provide residents, newcomers and visitors a guide to local green options, they can also bring attention to the negative sites that challenge community well-being. Mapmakers share adaptable mapmaking resources and universal icons.

The Green Map tagline is “Think Global, Map Local!”. It’s a play on the familiar think global - act local, and implies the same depth of local involvement for positive change.


I'm happy to know that there is an organizer that think about the sustainability about their local community. Green map is a map that create by the local community  to maping their natural potential and a culture in any area. Indonesia already joint this community and organize and founder by Marco Kusumawijaya.

I want to joint this community too, so at 31 May 2009 in Pondok Indah, i will attend the workshop by this community there is call PETA HIJAU in Indonesia. This community also support my major in Architecture. Become a student in Architecture, i learn many things. Not just learn about how to sketch and how to build, but also learn about culture, sosiology, and also sustainable future for the next generation. I learn how the building is eco-friendly with surrounds.

I wiil post the other article about green map as soon as posible!
if u want to know more about this organization click this link below,
www.greenmap.org

Bye guys!