33. Cape Town Green Map | Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town: Green by Design Cape Town Green Map |
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[email protected] CapeTownGreenMap.co.za Author: Arne Purves & Philip Todres CAPE TOWN Background: Capturing a Unique Environment As the first online Open Green this invaluable source of information platform for community projects Map in Africa to go live and to the residents and travellers of and programs. Green Map Icons subsequently be produced in a print our city. promote diverse green initiatives version map, the Cape Town Green The launch of our Green such as shark spotters, natural and Map was conceived as a citywide Map was especially memorable. The organic markets, community food initiative. Our map was launched to Cape Town Green Map website had gardens and recycling initiatives, the promote ‘green’ and sustainability as an innovative, carbon neutral, virtual Bicycle Empowerment Network an informed lifestyle choice starting launch on World Environment Day, (BEN), and Green Cabs. The maps with the 2010 Soccer World Cup™ June 6, 2009, simultaneous with showcase Cape Town’s uniqueness and intended to endure as a legacy global launch of the Open Green in terms of World Heritage sites. For project that proactively ties in with Map platform. The Mayor of Cape example, being part of a ‘Biodiversity other mega events. A partnership Town extended a formal invitation Hotspot’ with the Cape Floristic between the city’s Green Goal to the virtual launch – the first time Region globally recognized for its Action Plan of 2010 and a private that this had been done in the City’s rich, diverse and unique flora and company, A&C Maps, Cape history.