Green Map Impacts Book Project in 2007 in Order to Help People Worldwide See and Understand the Many Tangible Results That Can Stem from Green Mapmaking
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Six New Stories Inside! Introduction Now updated with 6 new stories! Keiko Nakagawa (Director of Green Map Aichi) and Misako Yomosa (Executive Director of Green Map Japan, Inc.) conceptualized the Green Map Impacts book project in 2007 in order to help people worldwide see and understand the many tangible results that can stem from Green Mapmaking. The publication of a Green Map is not the end of the process, rather it is the starting point for a new appreciation of and engagement with community sustainability. With this book, you can feel the awareness and involvement of Mapmakers and their communities grow as positive environmental changes take place around the globe. Green Map Impacts started out with articles from the Aichi, Japan region, the prefecture that hosted the successful nature-themed Aichi Expo 2005. This book then expanded to include a selection of global Green Map impacts. Each story is written by local experts and provides first-hand insight into how their Green Map projects impacted biodiversity, education, community building, public planning, workplace practices and more. We hope Green Map Impacts’ stories will provide guidance for improving the environment and supporting climate- smart actions in your community. We invite you to get involved locally by creating and/or using Green Maps, too! Find more about each Green Map project at GreenMap.org Find this book and additional impacts at GreenMap.org/impacts What is a Green Map? A Green Map® is a locally-made map that uses Green Map Icons to highlight sustainability sites, path- ways and resources in communities worldwide. Green living, nature, social innovation and cultural sites can be comprehensively charted or Green Map Impacts presented as theme Green Maps Published on 100% recycled paper by: Copyright © Green Map System, Inc. 2014 designed for residents and visitors. Green Map System Whether printed locally or PO Box 249 Green Map Icons and logo are copyright © presented on the Open Green Map New York, NY USA 10002-0249 Green Map System, Inc. 2014. All rights reserved. social mapping platform, each offers Email: [email protected] Green Map® is a registered trademark and a fresh perspective and engages Tel: +1 212 674 1631 service mark of Green Map System, Inc. and is action for a sustainable future. used with permission. Table of Contents First published in 2009, the Green Map Impacts book introduced 10 global stories and 8 from Japan. In 2014, this book was updated with 6 new global stories, highlighted below: 1. Compost Map of Manhattan 21. Santa Monica and the Ballona Watershed USA - Regenerating NYC’s Natural Environment USA - Charting the Watershed, City and Bay with Compost 23. Maioka Kashio Green Map for Seniors 2. Rokujogata Tideland Green Map JAPAN - Senior Views Unite Community JAPAN - Protecting Tideland from Landfill Plan 24. Green Map Owariasahi 3. Green Map Kamakura JAPAN - The Walkable Community: City Planning JAPAN - Finding Harmony in the City where Through Green Mapmaking Contemporary and Classic Live Together 25. Hama Chari Road Map 5. Victoria and Region Community Green Map JAPAN - Rediscovering the Human-Scale in Yokohama CANADA - Our Common Ground – Green Map Story and Community Impacts 26. Dear Green Place UNITED KINGDOM - Reusables Categorized and 7. Pereira Green Map Mapped COLOMBIA - A Hopeful Environmental Education Resource for Public Schools 27. Green Map Guangzhou CHINA - Map Yeah! Studio – Making Green Maps all 9. Tokyo Cycling Green Map over Guangzhou JAPAN - Promoting Bicycling with aTech-savvy Green 29. Map Green Map Curitiba BRAZIL - Mapping with the Academic Community 11. Green Map in over 60 Cities 31. THAILAND - Stop Global Warming Initiatives Baltimore Green Map USA - Discover. Enjoy. Learn. Take Action. 13. Green Map Icons - Version 3 33. Cape Town Green Map GLOBAL CONNECTIONS - Green Map.’s Universal SOUTH AFRICA - Cape Town: Green by Design Symbol System Links All Sites and Maps 35. Green Map Swiss 15. Delta Electronics Green Map SWITZERLAND - Maps from Lakes to Mountains INTERNATIONAL - Charting Change in the Workplace and Impacting 60,000 37. Uridongnae Green Map KOREA - Open the Map, Hold the Earth 17. Osu Expo Money JAPAN - “Expo Money” and “2R”: Advancing 39. More Unique Impacts the Green Consumer with Two Green Maps INDONESIA, CANADA, CHINA, CHILE 19. Green Map Mandala Borobudur 40. Aichi’s Many Green Map Projects - Uniting INDONESIA - Preserve Traditional Culture Assets the Prefecture & Green Map Impacts Credits 20. TanShui River Corridor Green Map TAIWAN - Wetland Restoration in Taipei County 1. Compost Green Map of Manhattan | Manhattan, New York, USA Regenerating NYC’s Natural Environment with Compost Green Map System | [email protected] GreenAppleMap.org Author: Green Map System Background: Green Map System’s own Local Green Apple Map Project The New York City Green Apple cessed nearby, and the resulting rich Map project is the original Green soil helps to beautify green spaces. Map. The fifth citywide edition was The map charted drop-off sites and published, in early 2006 with energy places to learn about composting as its theme. A casual discussion at schools, community gardens and about everyday efficiency led to the other public locations. Side two co-creation of the Compost Green introduces waste separation and Map of Manhattan in partner- worm bin composting at home, ship with Lower East Side Ecology work, school or outdoors. Center (LESEC). LESEC runs the The map’s compost-colored island’s oldest composting program, design includes an interesting fact providing education and collecting - it’s 100% wind powered! Green the public’s kitchen scraps and plant Map System’s office, the printer and waste at Union Square Greenmar- the paper company all chose wind ket, NYC’s busiest farmers market. as their energy source. Both a PDF Together, the two organiza- and 100% recycled paper editions tions put composting on the map were created. A Green Apple com- because it is a great way for New posting cycling tour and events with Yorkers to save energy, reduce LESEC introduced this small but Compost Green Map of Manhattan, first waste and help the environment. surprising map to New Yorkers. edition, 2006 Compostables are naturally pro- Impacts: Changing Waste Reduction’s Status The map’s debut event Composting gained respect and the 30,000 printed copies have been map was in demand. By the time distributed, and thousands of people the second edition was published in have downloaded the PDF and vis- 2007, the amount of compostable ited online composting case studies. food scraps collected at LESEC’s Because of this map, staff Greenmarket stand had tripled! at Green Map System put a worm The third edition includes a link to composting bin in the closet to OpenGreenMap.org/compostnyc reduce waste every day! The organi- where an interactive citywide edi- zation has found that this narrowly tion is taking focused Green Map is ideal for shape on explaining the concept of mapping Green Map sustainability to beginners, and have System’s new shared the map’s graphics and les- social map- sons learned though partnering with ping platform. the global Green Map movement. 2. Rokujogata Tideland Green Map (2006) | Mikawa Bay, Aichi, JAPAN Protecting Tideland from Landfill Development Ise Mikawa Bay Area Network | [email protected] http://www.isemikawa.net Author: Yoshie Usami Background: Reassessing Coastal Natural Resources Unlike rivers and streets that are closer to our lives, changes in the sea coastline are harder to detect. A community group decided to work to protect the coastline, and formed Ise Mikawa Bay Area Network the Rokujogata Tideland Green Map project to assess the natural envi- ronment of Ise and Mikawa Basin Impacts: Green Map as a Communication Tool on the coast of Aichi prefecture. The that Protects Endangered Environments area’s rich ecological resources were being destroyed by the city’s devel- Rokujogata, a tideland located When the landfill plans were made opment plan for continuous landfill on the outlet of the Toyo River, is public, the Green Map team spoke development in this natural area. known for its clams. Aichi is proud up, hoping to stop the plan by to be the number one producer. promoting the unknown treasures Rokujogata Tideland Green Map (2006) of the area and the possible dam- age the landfill could bring to the tideland and clam cultivation. As a result, the team successfully educat- ed people on the issues. The media began to take interest in the issue and the landfill program came to a halt. Clams are the treasure of Rokujogata 3. Green Map Kamakura (2005) | Kamakura, Kanagawa, JAPAN Finding Harmony in the City where the Contemporary and Classic Live Together Green Map Kamakura | [email protected] Author: Shinsuke Shimao, Kamakura Green Map KAMAKURA Background: Through the Lens of Four Distinct Eras Shrine/temple site What is the most suitable and best map was filled gradually as the team way to promote the environment collected more information. in the unique and historical city of As the research progressed, Kamakura? With this question in the team realized each site be- mind, the Green Mapmaking team longed to one of the four different set the direction of the map as a eras: The Original Natural Land- resource suggesting a future model scape, Medieval Era, Modern Week- of Kamakura. end Resort Era and Postmodern The mapmaking took place Tourism and Residence Era. Each in large workshops with field re- site’s icon was placed on a color- search and discussions, while small coded flag indicating its era. Several groups and individuals collected local icons were created to highlight missing information. A shared draft Kamakura’s unique features. On-street sidewalk with local icon Classic style mailbox (bottom) Green Map Kamakura and color coding (right) Impacts: Kamakura’s Hidden Charm Emerges Original local and Green Map Icons Through field research and catego- ing profound tranquility, the roji is rization, the mapmakers began to exactly how Kamakurans remember define Kamakura’s charm.