The document discusses the 'Powerful Green Map of NYC', which was created to raise awareness about energy choices and climate impacts. It highlights various tools and resources, including interactive maps and educational modules for students and teachers, that aim to promote community resilience and renewable energy. The initiative involved partnerships, cycling tours, and localized mapping efforts across 40 countries, focusing on both local and global environmental issues.

1. Solutionary mapmaking
for changing communities
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2. Let’s start with one Green Map of NYC. This edition was inspired by
2003’s blackout and focuses on energy impacts and climate realities
The ‘Powerful Green Map of NYC’ was published in Jan 2006
These 100,000 folding maps have 3 views:
Dark sides of our energy choices • Everyday & easy • Energy investments

3. Its ‘Energy Dark Side’ shows true cost of our current choices
and predicted storm surges and impacts on infrastructure
Charting asthma, air
quality, accidents,
injustice and other
impacts, along with
climate projections
from Columbia’s
Earth Institute

4. In response to educators’ inquiries, teen modules and a Green Jobs
deck were created.These free tools build awareness & skills
GreenMapNYC.org/get-involved/students-teachers/

5. We also re-purposed the print map to impact more people, with
print on demand posters,‘hot linked’ PDFs and more

6. This map’s data became part of our interactive map about renewables,
conservation and climate OpenGreenMap.org/NYCenergy
Download PDF

7. We share our mapping platform with local Green Mapmakers in
40 countries. Every site is open to public viewpoints, images, etc

8. All Green Maps share an icon set that highlights assets as well as what
is at risk or already impacted – get posters at GreenMap.org/icons
Climate Changed Vulnerable Site Disaster Area Habitat at Risk
Blight Site Abandoned Contaminated Greenhouse Gas
Reduc?on

9. Our newest mapmaking tool: Mobile Site Collector makes it
easy to chart sites as you visit them, in 13 languages!
United Na?ons Workshop 7/2014

10. Back to NYC: after Superstorm Sandy in Fall 2012, we added the
flood’s highwater mark across the city and region
Solar Empowerment Zones in Red.
Purple is Sandy’s extent.
Toggle sites and lines in map legend
embed this map
in your
website or blog – see:
GreenMap.org/nyc-energy

11. Our Adapting to Change cycling & walking tours reveal
issues & opportunities in impacted Lower East Side areas
Add sites to this map!
Explore on our website or at
Facebook.com/lower.east.ride
Our Sandy history blog:
bit.ly/sandy12

12. Our Green Maps, tours and mapmaking tools leverage change
by sharing knowledge, awareness and experiences
Municipal Art Society –
Road to Resilence Tour

13. Spring 2013: Lower East Ride Green Map
published as postcard and poster maps in
Chinese, Spanish and English.
Created with Partnerships for Parks, this
map links impacts to community resilience
sites, including 45 new Bike Share stations.
Download at Facebook.com/lower.east.ride
Tri-lingual print editions

14. Our NYC Climate Week Cycling Tour
and maps received 2012 and 2013
Human Impacts Institute
Creative Climate Action Awards
To extend the community building
value, we made a how to video for
Green Map cycling tours – see it in
English at bit.ly/howtourGM
The project continues to draw attention as we model its
elements to benefit more NYC communities & global partners

15. Our NYC climate mapping projects have helped to inspire other
Green Mapmakers to illuminate the issue in their community, too
Renewable Energy is
on the
Open Green Map by
Clima of
Girona Spain
OpenGreenMap.org/
clima

16. 3 from Asia: Delta Electronics Workplace Green Maps (Taiwan) AnSan’s
climate countermeasures map (Korea), and Mangrove maps (China)
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17. Thai youth maps of 50 cities highlight climate issues & oppor-
tunities, as seen in the free book at GreenMap.org/impacts

18. Co-creating Green Maps with other waterfront communities
around NYC is in our future plans
Youth Leaders
on Staten
Island’s Port
Richmond,
Summer 2014
More projects
at
GreenMap.org
/news

19. Think Local, Map Social!
Green Map System’s local NYC project
created these maps. See more at
GreenMapNYC.org
Wendy Brawer, Director
+1 212 674 1631
web@greenmap.org

20. Think Global, Map Local!
900 diverse cities in 65 countries
use Green Map System’s engaging
tools, icons and technologies
GreenMap.org/join
Climate health
depends on all of us
Be solutionary!
Promote and connect green
living in your hometown