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Green Map System

220A East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009
www.greenmap.org

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Engaging communities worldwide to chart a sustainable future, Green Map System offers adaptable resources and award-winning iconography to both student and adult-led mapmaking projects. Highlighting green living, nature, cultural and social sites, to date, over 350 editions have been published, as seen at GreenMap.org. Each is unique but all use the same set of Green Map Icons to highlight sites, pathways and resources in over 500 communities in 54 countries. In 2009, the OpenGreenMap.org mapmaking website will debut, adding an inclusive and interactive social media component to sustainable community development. Green Map System has been based in NYC since 1995, and in addition to creating adaptable resources, books, workshops and other materials for mapmakers worldwide, has published various citywide and themed editions of NYC's Green Apple Map.

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Green Map Archive

Intern: Ke Sun

Code: GreenMap-01

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Green Map System is a locally-led global movement that today involves over 500 diverse communities in 54 countries in charting green living nature cultural and social resources. Over 350 diverse Green Maps have been published virtually all of which are on file in the organization's global office in Manhattan's East Village. Along with books videos theses educational outreach and press materials there are both printed and digital resources that need to be assessed catalogued and in part made accessible from GreenMap.org. We seek the help of a talented responsible student (or two) who can help us with all aspects this project which will benefit communities worldwide seeking best practices to model regarding sustainable living biodiversity protection cultural richness and social equity.

Qualification: We appreciate people who can bring a laptop (not required) and develop an easy to maintain archiving system for this continually growing collection. We'd also like to explore the sharing of these resources online and how to accomplish this in a low cost accessible manner.

The SI Alternative Spring Break is open to graduate students of the University of Michigan's School of Information. Undergraduates looking for Alternative Spring Break opportunities should look into the University of Michigan Alternative Spring Break program administered by U-M's Ginsberg Center.