Great News from Indonesia!
We are so pleased that the work of Jakarta Mapmaker Marco Kusumawijaya and colleagues in using post-tsunami community participatory restoration techniques has been received an important award – Dubai International Award for Best Practices 2008!

Marco has written the project description below. One year after the tsunami, on December 26, 2005, the Banda Aceh Green Map was published (linked at the bottom), and their rebuilding work continued. Involved in Green Mapmaking since 2001, he and his colleagues across the country have published a great diversity of maps, websites and related resources that celebrate biodiversity, green living, the rich cultural heritage and disaster prevention as seen at GreenMap.or.id. If you would like to help the Indonesian Green Map Hub (see the impressive map they have linked to their website's upper right), please contact Elanto Wijoyono at joeyakarta [a] greenmap [.] or[.] id- or contact us to help you contribute to their work! In this photo, Marco is plaid in front, and co-chair Elanto is in white, find some history here, too. read more »

On March 19, 2008, the Westchester County Green Map was awarded the Best of New York Award in the Green IT category. Selections were made by the Center for Digital Government. The Best of New York Awards honors New York government agencies for IT innovation and excellence.

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『東京自転車グリーンマップ』が、環境省主催の「ストップ温暖化大作戦」全国大会にて「モーダルシフト賞」を受賞しました！！

全国大会では、全国47都道府県から選ばれた温暖化防止の取り組み（一品）が東京に大集合しました。『東京自転車グリーンマップ』を除くその他のグランプリ受賞プロジェクトは、全て市町村やそれに関連した組織が主導するもので、『東京自転車グリーンマップ』はその中で唯一のNPO主導によるプロジェクトでした。read more »

United States Department of State Certificate of Appreciation was bestowed on Wendy Brawer for her contribution to the success of its International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) by sharing her time and professional expertise. The emphasis of the program is to increase mutual understanding through communication at the personal and professional levels.

Each year, almost five thousand individuals are invited by U.S. Embassies to the United States to meet American counterparts and to become acquainted with this country. Green Map System's Founding-Director and its diverse staff based in New York City are among the organizations who have welcomed geographically and professionally diverse groups of leaders in government and private sectors.

Green Map® Icons, the heart of the Green Map movement, have been awarded an honorable mention from Eyebeam's Eco-Vis Challenge under the Eco-Icons category.

Eyebeam received 140 applications from all of the world, and awarded one winner and two honorable mentions in the two categories of the challenge (Eco-Icons and Eco-Visualizations). Green Map System award is inclusion in two upcoming exhibitions.

The jurors made their decision based on clarity of thought, design, concept,and execution. The award winners' submitted proposals will be on display January 5-26 (opening reception January 5, 6-8pm) and the fully realized projects will be included in our exhibition opening March 13, 6-8pm.read more »

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東京自転車マップがエコジャパンカップでの”ライフスタイル部門・市民が創る環境のまち元気大賞・電通賞”を受賞しました。グッドデザイン賞に引き続きの受賞となります。
受賞に伴い、来る１２月１３日〜１５日に東京ビッグサイトで開催されるエコプロダクツ展にて、東京自転車
グリーンマップがパネル展示されます。１４日には東京自転車マップのプレゼンテーションもあります。その他にも多くの新しいエコアイデアが紹介されますのでお近くのかたは是非足を運んでみて下さい。read more »

The Tokyo Cycling Green Map was created to encourage development of a bike lane network and safer riding by Urban Ecology Tokyo and volunteers since 2006. The first printed citywide version was published in January 2007. There is also an interactive online edition in Japanese or in English that anyone can add green sites to and use to get involved in creating a better environment for cycling in this metropolis.

We're so pleased to share the news that the Tokyo Cycling Green Map won a GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2007 in the category of Communications - this is the most honorable design award in Japan! read more »

We discovered several kinds of unconfirmed anemone fish last winter.When it is a clear new kind, the one of them is confirmed that is a clear new kind by Dr. Uchida.He is the most famous specialist about anemone fish in Japan.All of them are nocturnal.
Aichi Green Map was chosen as the "imminent wildlife investigation" group that Ministry of the Environment sponsored in 2007.
http://www.m1.mediacat.ne.jp/~aichigre/

The Botanical Garden of the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira in Colombia, was distinguished as "Environmental Project 2006" by the local government.

The City Council of Pereira recognized this important project for its contribution to the environmental education.

This biodiverse garden was included in the UTP's Green Map, a university campus project located in the traditional coffee growing ecoregion of Colombia.

Visit the profile here.

El Jardín Botánico de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira en Colombia fue distinguido como "Proyecto Ambiental 2006" por el gobierno local.read more »

August 2007

Rev. Mac Legerton of Pembroke, North Carolina has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS)

Dr. Stephen Gasteyer, 2007 RSS Awards Chair, stated: “The purpose of the Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award is to recognize a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the enhancement of rural life and rural people. Rev. Legerton embodies the spirit of this award with his hard work and his commitment to social justice and enhancing the quality of life of rural people. In a county that at once embodies the diversity of rural America and the wrenching economic transformation caused by international globalization, Rev. Legerton’s organization, the Center for Community Action (CCA), has provided a ray of hope by empowering local citizens for positive social change.”

Its Green Map Project is the only rural project selected in the world to be included in the first, international Green Atlas on the World Wide Web.

Download Press Release here.