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CAPE TOWN Background: Capturing a Unique Environment As the first online Open Green this invaluable source of information platform for 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 . 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 initiative. Our map was launched to Cape Town Green Map website had and recycling initiatives, the promote ‘green’ and as an innovative, carbon neutral, virtual 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 of Cape example, being part of a ‘ 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 globally recognized for its Action Plan of 2010 and a private that this had been done in the City’s rich, diverse and unique and company, A&C Maps, Cape . . We are proud to announce Town Green Map aims to raise The purpose is to engage that we have just exceeded the 400 environmental awareness, promote a wide audience to create an mark of the number of green listings responsible , and provide open, interactive on our map.

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01 SMART LIVING HANDBOOK SILWERSTROOMSTRAND KOEBERG A practical sustainability guide for people living in Cape Town to RESERVE make safer and to save money, while working to reduce 3rd edition their impact on our environment. In the interests of sustainability, we encourage you to download your copy of the handbook: N www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/smart-living THE GREAT GREEN GREEN ON YOUR CELL of the Cape Use your -enabled mobile TO ATLANTIS, MAMRE AND PELLA phone to fi nd what is green near TABLE OUTDOORS 60 you. Search by your , As one of the few in the world with a national and two followed by Cape Town. Eg: (TMNP) World Heritage Sites ( National Park and Robben Tokai, Cape Town Town print Island) contained within its boundaries, Cape Town is surrounded @www.greenmap.org The Park is an important national asset, international tourist by incredible outdoor options. The ‘Mother City’ is also located in a Our Clean Outdoors destination and local and is one of eight sights ‘’, the , and is recognised Meet Zibi, the city’s mascot for that constitute the Cape Floral Kingdom World Heritage Site. and recycling. Zibi reminds you globally for its extraordinarily rich, diverse and unique fauna and fl ora. 02 For information and access times visit: 20 KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL that Cape Town is committed to working www.sanparks.org map featuring M14 The city offers many ways to experience the great green outdoors. with waste and keeping our city and T 021 701 8692 Emergencies 0861 106 417 BOTANICAL (SANBI) surroundings clean. This involves: 15 www.capetowngreenmap.co.za PARKLANDS TABLE MOUNTAIN (TMNP)  Implementing the Integrated World-renowned for showcasing CITY NATURE RESERVES Waste By- the beauty and diversity of the This is a mountain of many moods, Cape’s fl ora.  Executive Enabling waste minimisation offering hikers and climbers a range Rhodes Dr, Newlands T 021 799 8783  Providing waste collection services Table View of routes that vary from strolls to Cape Town has one of the highest densities of threatened species station 30 E [email protected] www.sanbi.org  Ensuring law enforcement rigorous hikes and climbs. in any on . The City of Cape Town’s 21 (TMNP) nature reserves and conservation areas are conserving critically 03 04 While enjoying the beauty of the 16 HOERIKWAGGO (TMNP) endangered . This globally important biodiversity is a Cape, please help the City uphold Mayor, its commitment to keeping our city clean and Walk in the arboretum or ride valuable part of our heritage and also plays an important role in M14 preserving our heritage for future generations An iconic hiking trail traversing 75 your mountain bike in the R27 42 underpinning a healthy and sustainable urban environment. to enjoy. km through the Park. Travel in the adjacent mountainside of this TYGERVALLEY 05 BRACKEN footsteps of the Cape’s ancestors and peaceful setting, or use it as the For the complete list and information on the CAPE TOWN N1 starting point for a longer hike up 08 ZANDVLEI ESTUARY NATURE experience the Hoerikwaggo – the City’s 16 nature reserves, please visit: 14 “mountain in the sea”. to Elephant’s Eye cave. Alderman GRANGER BAY 41 www.capetown.gov.za/naturereserves RESERVE CLUB V&A WATERFRONT M23 N1 BELLVILLE Bookings T 021 422 2816 Left off Tokai Rd at the Tokai where you can also download the City of 61-63 32 GOODWOOD GREEN POINT 25 45 E [email protected] Manor Cape Town Nature Reserves book. 65-67 46 26 PAROW A large estuary on the R102 17 22 map overleaf TABLE MOUNTAIN AERIAL SILVERMINE (TMNP) 01 coastline. 48 WITZANDS NATURE 19 Civic CABLEWAY Centre 43 RESERVE Coniston Ave, Marina Da Gama. station SALT RIVER Patricia de 47 MAP KEY T 021 701 7542 CLIFTON 18 70 Beautiful, sandstone , 31 PINELANDS E [email protected] WOODSTOCK KUILSRIVIER Travel to the summit of Table . Hiking, , 17 R102 Nature Reserves 16 Protecting the Atlantis aquifer, the 39 Mountain in less than 10 minutes, picnic sites and mountain biking. 09 M12 & main for Atlantis, 15 OBSERVATORY Southern Line Tourism enjoying 360° views of Cape Town. Gate One: Coming from Cape Town over Mamre and Pella . M3 GUGULETU , turn right off M64. 71 64 33 ATHLONE Route Lower Station, Tafelberg Rd, Cape Town Lille on the TABLE MOUNTAIN Dassenberg Dr, Atlantis T 021 577 5000 49 T 021 424 8181 E [email protected] Gate Two: Pass Gate One and a few Views and scenic drive along the NATIONAL PARK NEWLANDS CAPE TOWN MyCiti Bus Routes E [email protected] M6 INTERNATIONAL www.tablemountain.net hundred metres on, turn left (no False Bay coastline. CLAREMONT Railway 27 mountain biking). 02 R102 18 BLAAUWBERG NATURE RESERVE Baden Powell Dr, 20 Blue Flag Beaches HEAD (TMNP) NYANGA 23 T 021 392 5134/5 DRIFTSANDS 22 (TMNP) N2 Visitor Info Centre E [email protected] KENILWORTH EDITH STEPHENS NATURE RESERVE M5 LLANDUDNO M3 NATURE RESERVE 50 Waste Drop-off Sites front cover Visit the only viewpoint in the 10 PHILIPPI EERSTERIVIER A short, but steep, popular hike NATURE RESERVE WYNBERG 17 World famous for its unique world from which you can see two 28 that offers great views of the M7 proclaimed World Heritage Sites. N2 Atlantic seaboard, the city and Table of endangered African EDITION 56 PLUMSTEAD PHILIPPI Penguins. Otto du Plessis Dr, Bloubergstrand 51 29 M5 Mountain. CAPE TOWN - GREEN BY DESIGN Favourites with children are tame HORTICULTURAL MITCHELLS T 021 554 0957 E [email protected] 1 Kleintuin Rd, Seaforth, off Main Rd bontebok and large . 57 68 69 M3 M38 AREA PLAIN Rd, Cape Town FIND IT - LIVE IT! 35 36 past Simon’s Town 03 TABLEBAY NATURE RESERVE: Boasts a , shop and 19 4 M17 SIGNAL HILL (TMNP) RIETVLEI SECTION indigenous nursery. 40 34 ZEEKOEIVLEI SCHAAPKRAAL 10 24 (TMNP) © Bruce Sutherland, City of Cape Town 37 Verster Ave, T 021 851 6982 RONDEVLEI 07 MACASSAR 21 TOKAI E helderbergnature.reserve@capetown. RETREAT 09 It is from here that the noon day gov.za 38 06 N2 One of the top tourist destinations A birder’s paradise! R310 gun marks 12:00 in Cape Town ZANDVLEI MNANDI MACASSAR DUNES 44 (except Sundays). Great views of in . Discover the 11 STEENBRAS NATURE RESERVE CHAPMAN’S PEAK 08 FALSE BAY Grey Ave, Table View. T 021 557 5509 22 NATURE RESERVE SOMERSET WEST Robben Island. most south-western point on the E [email protected] 52 STRANDFONTEIN African continent (the southern 55 M64 16 59 Signal Hill Rd, Cape Town This printed Green Map presents a selection of most point is at ). 04 DURBANVILLE NATURE RESERVE One of the most scenic coastal TABLE MOUNTAIN NOORDHOEK options – for a more complete listing, further routes skirts the eastern side of False NATIONAL PARK Plateau Rd, (SILVERMINE) information and current and updates Bay. A great spot for whale-watching. View critically endangered Swartland STRAND please visit www.capetowngreenmap.co.za Gordon’s Bay - 8km along Clarence Dr 53 False Bay N2 shale and 13 T 021 856 5605 PARKS & GARDENS sand fynbos. M6 E [email protected] 58 54 M65 Seal Island 12 The map encourages people to live and play Racecourse Rd, Durbanville T 021 970 3097 more sustainably and to make ‘greener’ lifestyle 12 E [email protected] HARMONY FLATS NATURE GORDON’S BAY 25 27 choices. All sites are listed free and are selected RESERVE N2 GREEN POINT from www.capetowngreenmap.co.za. If you meet 05 NATURE RESERVE BIKINI BEACH the criteria, please submit your information online and stand the chance of being featured on the Spring Open air venue, grassed areas, One of the richest collections of website and in future print editions. Magnifi cent 360° views of the City. SIMON’S TOWN , water features and exotic and shrubs in South 11th Ave, Strand. T 021 851 6982 picnicking, adjacent to the Cape Africa. Twitter @capetwngreenmap Main gate: Totius St, Welgemoed. E harmonyfl [email protected] FALSE BAY YACHT CLUB 11 Town Stadium. The Biodiversity Main Rd, Claremont T 021 689 8102/3 Secondary gate: Meyboom Ave, Plattekloof SCARBOROUGH Facebook Capetowngreenmap 23 Showcase Garden allows children to T 021 913 5695 experience the amazing diversity of 28 MAYNARDVILLE PARK E [email protected] and animals from the Cape, 06 FALSE BAY NATURE RESERVE: CONSERVATION AREAS and to learn about environmental Also visit the newly launched Joburg Green Map: RONDEVLEI SECTION issues that are impacting our Provides recreational and cultural biodiversity today. Locally crafted opportunities for all. www.joburggreenmap.co.za 13 LOWER SILVERMINE RIVER WETLANDS (PUBLIC OPEN SPACE) sculptures, mosaics and interpretive Cnr of Church and Wolfe Sts, Wynberg A and to Cape panels will keep you intrigued and T 021 762 9180/1/2 Town’s resident hippo . informed. 29 Cnr of Perth Rd and Fisherman’s Walk, Small fynbos marshland and an Bay Rd, Green Point . T 021 706 2404 24 The Cape Town Green Map grew out important breeding site for the TABLE MOUNTAIN T 021 417 0101 or 021 430 7399 Background: Capturing a Unique Environment E [email protected] NATIONAL PARK of Green Goal 2010, the environmental endangered Western Leopard Toad. 26 THE COMPANY’S GARDEN The spring of the Krakeelwater programme of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 07 FALSE BAY NATURE RESERVE: River begins here. See vestiges of The Host City Cape Town Green Goal 2010 Off Main Rd, between Clovelly and Fish Hoek SECTION CAPE OF GOOD HOPE the silver trees, once prevalent in programme was awarded the International 14 INTAKA ISLAND Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport and A green jewel in the heart of a the area. Environment Award in 2011. bustling that is the Cnr of Klaasens and Trovato Link Rds, The largest inland water body in the remaining half of the Dutch Wynberg A unique example of conservation city and a popular picnicking, sailing vegetable garden planted in the and private property development. 30 and fi shing spot. 1650s and overlaid by a later DURBANVILLE ROSE GARDEN Zeekoevlei Rd, Pelican Park. T 021 706 2404 6 Park Lane, Century City T 021 552 6889 Victorian ‘romantic garden’. E [email protected] E [email protected] www.intaka.co.za Queen Victoria St, Cape Town For the rose enthusiast during The Cape Town Green Map is part of Green T 021 400 2521 summer! Map System’s global community of local CAPE POINT green maps and is powered online by the Rd, Durbanville T 021 970 3129 Icons © Green Map System, Inc. 2009. www.opengreenmap.org mapping platform. All rights reserved. Green Map® is a registered ICONS trademark and used with permission. CITY Shark spottING PROGRAMME BLUE FLAG BEACHES Nature Culture & Society Sustainable Living WASTE & RECYCLING Waste minimisation is a key focus of the City of Nature Reserve Community Garden Healthy Dining A GREEN fl ag means visibility Important: No fl ag means that & marinas Cape Town. Drop-off facilities help citizens practise Indigenous Plants Child-friendly Social Enterprise for the spotters is good, and shark spotters are not on duty. • Silwerstroomstrand ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ principles. All it takes is no sharks have been seen. • Granger Bay Water Club (marina) Eco-tour/Nature Walk Cultural Performances Eco- a new mindset - think twice. Separation at source is 7 days a week 8 am to 6 pm: the key. Many City of Cape Town drop-off facilities A BLACK fl ag means visibility • Clifton 4th Beach Bird and Watching Eco-Information Green Store • Muizenberg corner for the spotters is poor, but no • Camps Bay Find which accept the following waste items: Garden • Llandudno Park/Recreation Area Environmental Fairtrade sharks have been seen. • St James beach fi sh species waste, motor oil, cans and metal, paper, • Fish Hoek • False Bay Yacht Club (marina) Coastal Museum Recycle make for cardboard, , plastic, builder’s Publishers of special interest maps • Muizenberg Beach partnering with the City to bring you A RED fl ag means a shark has the greenest rubble, e-waste and polystyrene. Specifi c • Noordhoek (The Hoek) • Strandfontein Wetlands Organic/Local Food Re-use the Cape Town Green Map. To view all been seen recently, but is no seafood recyclables accepted vary per site. For their maps visit www.mapmyway.co.za Check website for additional • Mnandi choices. SMS longer visible to the spotters. Garden Ecotourism Resource Bicycle a downloadable map of the drop-off T +27 21 685 4260 beaches and times of year that • Bikini Beach (Gordon’s Bay) the name of CAPE TOWN E [email protected] A WHITE fl ag with a BLACK Green Alternative Fuel facilities and details of the City’s ‘Think spotters are on duty. Wildlife Centre the fi sh you Live it! SHARK, along with a loud For more beach info, Twice’ recycling collection programme, Wildlife Habitat Wheelchair Friendly Eco-Products wish to Love it! Printed on SAPPI Triple Green paper, an environmentally- siren, means a shark has www.sharkspotters.org.za download the Beaches book query to and private recycling services, visit: friendly paper stock made from chlorine-free sugar cane been sighted. Leave the water Shark Spotters: C 078 174 4244 at www.capetown.gov.za/environment Scenic Vista Farmers/Local Market Public 079 499 8795. www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/recycling GREENER! fi bre, to support sustainable afforestation in South Africa. immediately! Emergency: T 021 480 7700 © 2012 Cape Town Green Map’s 4th Edition featuring local green , eco-friendly advice, and much much more

Impacts: Drawing International Attention to Cape Town

Following the 2010 Soccer World an educational outreach program after, Cape Town was shortlisted and Cup™ event, Cape Town received on a that travelled from Cape Green Mapmakers helped host the the top Sports and Environment Town to Durban. In 2012, we judges’ visit. award from the International participated in the Sustain Our Currently, we are designing Olympic Committee, among other Africa Summit. That same year, we the 5th printed edition of the Cape awards. also provided the template for our Town Green Map. With this map, In 2011, South Africa hosted popular website to Johannesburg we are gearing up to play a role in COP17, the annual United Nation’s and began thinking about a national the official World Design Capital Conference in the Green Map project. Cape Town 2014 program that will town of Durban. The Cape Town The Cape Town Green Map include an International Responsible Green Map contributed to the was included in the Official World Tourism Conference in November. City’s presence at COP 17, including Design Capital 2014 Bid Book. Soon

Cape Town Green Map also has several interactive Open Green Map’s which can be explored and added to by anyone around the world (left)

Cape Town Green Map’s homepage features a WDC 2014 column, focusing on Green by Design (right) The new ‘Green by Design’ icon has been added to Green Map System’s global icon library. Designed in Cape Town by Design Infestation