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 Barcelona - SPAIN
 In Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, hundreds of green sites have been put on the Mapa Verde. It has been distributed broadly with the EcoGuia de Catalunya and can be requested from the Sustainable City Resources Office - 'Oficina de Recursos per a la Ciutat Sostenible' (Nil Fabra 20, E-08012 Barcelona). The website for Barcelona's Green Map is being designed in collaboration with Ecoserveis. Leading the effort is Josep Puig Boix, former Sustainable City Councilor, with the sponsorship of the Barcelona City Council and Imma Mayol, the new Vice-Mayor for Sustainability and Urban Ecology. This map focuses on green businesses, health alternatives, urban mobility, renewable energy, waste and of course, green places! The 2001 edition was created by Joaquim Corominas and Josep Puig, with the support of Catalonia Government, Barcelona Province Government and Barcelona City Council. Plans are now being confirmed to extend this project into a Hub supporting the creation of additional Catalonian projects!
 Copenhagen - DENMARK
  
In August 1996, the very first Green Map using the GMS Icons was published in Copenhagen! The wonderful ECOPENHAGEN Map was printed in both Danish and English by Ecooperation, and became a popular resource. Special thanks to Niels Peter Flint, co-founder of O2 Global Network, who initiated this project and guided its first edition.
In June 1999, a brand new edition called the EcoMap was published in both printed and digital formats by a new team headed by "chaos-pilot" Cecilie Hagested. Illuminating the best eco resources of Copenhagen, it is quite different from the first edition, yet maintained very high sustainability standards. The website and project continued to grow, and May 25, 2000, marked the third edition's launch in both formats! Visit EcoMap and tour a rich array of sites, the events calendar and other resources online. Copies of this Green Map as well as a terrific poster can be requested from the website (in Danish or English editions). Until supplies ran out, you could even pick up a copy at the Information Desk at the Copenhagen airport and explore the city's green side from the moment you arrived.
In March 2002 production of another edition of the Eco Map was initiated and in August, the 4th edition became available, on paper and online. It's a sophisticated new look with more in-depth information.
In March 2003 we added the comprehensive criteria developed for the EcoMap to this website for others to learn from, as we think these standards are excellent and readily understood by Green Map users. And the team in Copenhagen, including Cecilie Hagested and Monika Wallgren, hosted the second European Green Mapmakers gathering in the city's new green Environmental Department complex. We always look forward to great outcomes from Ecooperation's endeavors!
 Eindhoven - THE NETHERLANDS
 Eindhoven, The Netherlands' web based Green Map debuted shortly after World Environment Day 2000. All in Dutch, the interactive Groene Kaart is easy to navigate, thanks to the Green Map Icons. You can explore the city section-by-section. This project is directed by Renate Foks, environmental consultant of Foks, milieu-advies en-educatie. The Eindhoven Green Map is posted at Eindhoven's Digital City, with the input of local groups and businesses initated by Forum 21, which supports Local Agenda 21. Renate also organized the Noord-Brabant Bicycling Green Map project.
 Göteborg - SWEDEN
 Goteborg is the home of Sweden's well-known environmental information organization, Ekocentrum, with whom mapmaker Einar Hansson produced the first regional Green Map of Goteborg and surroundings using Green Map Icons in 2000. 50,000 free copies were published each year. Two new Green Maps charting over 200 sites in Goteborg and the Vastra Gotaland Region were published in 2003, a large folding map in English and a comprehensive 60-page booklet in Swedish.
The Ekocentrum features a comprehensive environmental exhibition, short courses and the Green Map as a way to underline the existence of pioneering projects supporting sustainable development. Ekocentrum uses the Green Map as a powerful tool for study tours and technical visits from many countries, raising public awareness in schools, environmental groups, companies, etc. The project is supported by the environmental secretariat of the Vastra Gotaland Regional Board, the Urban Planning Office and the Environmental Office of the City of Goteborg, Business Region Goteborg and others. Plans for a 2006 edition are underway.
Gouda - THE NETHERLANDS
 
Gouda, The Netherlands' colorful and interactive Green Map was one of the very first on the web! Although it is no longer online, visitors could explore the green sites while reading informative details about this very eco-conscious town, in Dutch and English. Gouda's Mapmaking team includes Friends of the Earth members. Read the Gouda Green Map Story to find out how Frits v/d Laan and Michelle Thomasson created it in a few weeks during Autumn 1996. A paper version of the Gouda Green Map was published within Gouda's Green Guide in Spring 1999. It may still be available at libraries, organic and second hand shops, and a second printing is being planned.
 Liverpool - UNITED KINGDOM
 Liverpool, England UK's broad-based Green Map was published on March 31, 1999. It was the first from the UK and the first to include a map of the area's public transport system. This very cool Green Map's team was led by Scot Fletcher of Energy Conscious Design. Nearly three years of work went into this map, with great results from a collaboration with graphic designer Andy Pettner, an active advisory council, and key organizations, including the Liverpool Architecture & Design Trust, Merseytravel and the city's tourism council. Mapmakers will find reading Liverpool's Initial Plan of interest, too. Plans for the next edition are gradually taking shape.
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Malmö - SWEDEN
 The Malmö Green Map is a guide to natural resources and sustainable solutions for life in this Swedish city. The map shows the way to hundreds of environmentally significant places in Malmö and the surrounding area. Malmö Green Map beganas a project under Malmö's environmental campaign 1997, The Green Thread. The second updated and refined edition was released 1999. The map shows the city on one side, and the region on the other. It is color coded for Swedish and English readers, and explains local customs, such as Allemansrätten, which provides the public with legal access to privately owned land in open country.
In 2001 the Malmö Green Map project has developed further under the name Your Green Guide to Malmö. It is part of an environmental communication project financed with support from the Swedish government under the City of Malmö's Local Investment Programme for sustainable development.
A special Green Map for the European Housing Expo Bo01, was published in the international magazine Sustainable Building in April 2001. This map was then developed further and was launched on June 27th in a printed Swedish and English version. The map can be viewed on the website www.greenguide.nu, together with other information on the Malmö project. In May 2002, new maps were added on the themes of food and cycling.
The Green Map of Malmö 2001 was first published in the Agenda 21 newspaper Green City as a centerfold in the June 13 edition. 45.000 copies were printed. The purpose of this version was to get feedback for the final edition. The newly redesigned map focused on the city of Malmö, with more info on the green points listed. Check out developments on www.greenguide.nu. The project is led by eco-architect Tor Fossum. Fia Niemi and Julia Gradin did research and updating of information. Malmö's first youth map covered the Ecocity Agustenborg area, with a group of 6 youths leading the work with the help of younger kids (www.ekostaden.com).
In Year 2000, many members of our Green Map network converged in Malmö for our first European Regional Meeting -- see pictures of this meeting and our exhibit at the Stockholm Challenge (an information technology for society prize, where Green Map System was a finalist) on the Events page. We also had an exhibit at the Malmö Library. Thanks again to Tor for his great hosting and organizing skills!
Province of Noord-Brabant - THE NETHERLANDS
 
In Holland, September 19, 1999 was declared the first National Car-Free Day and the Province of Noord-Brabant made it Cycling Day, too. That is when the Province-wide "Groene fietskaart van Brabant" -- the Green Cycling Map -- made its appearance. This colorful map features photographs and in-depth text. It covers 25 municipalities, and was produced by the Municipality of Breda, Dienst Stadsbeheer. Simultaneously, a Gardens Green Map was produced, showing the province's best. A special event and environmental education market was held on September 19 in Breda. The Green Cycling Map was available at tourist information offices, libraries, town halls and environmental education centres throughout the province, but all 25,000 copies were claimed in just one month, so planning on the next edition soon began! The project organizer Renate Foks worked with designer Ad Vermeulen and project manager Wieke Bonthuis. Renate is also the Green Mapmaker of Eindhoven, and that Map made its debut on World Environment Day 2000 (June 5). The Breda Green Map was reprinted in 2003.
More about these projects is at greenmap.nl
Breda - THE NETHERLANDS
 The Breda Green Map (Groene Kaart Breda) was published in June 2002. This Green Map aims to enhance environmentally sound practices and also give information on eco/agro tourism close to the city. A city-centre map and a regional map with cycling tracks are included. The map was published by the Department of Environmental Education of the City of Breda and several city departments sponsored the map. Green Mapmaker Renate Foks made this map with a team of city ecologists, city educators and JENN design. Cartography was done by Buijten en Schipperheijn, known for its national cycling maps.
Breda is continuing to use Green Mapmaking as a way to educate people about environmental issues. As a result, in 2002 and 2003, youth Green Maps were made of the Heuvel neighbourhood in Breda as part of an urban renewal project. And this youth project, called Trommelteam Keysermolen, continued to expand to other neigbourhoods in 2003 and 2004 (read more in the youth section).
 
Utrecht - THE NETHERLANDS
 In Holland, the Utrecht Greenmap was the first one to be published on the web with interactive Green Site Icons (click each one for the site's address). While no longer active, this Green Map focused on three kinds of sites, with information mostly in Dutch. The Utrecht Greenmap was created by O2 member Han Hegeman and the EcoSign Foundation.
 Dublin - IRELAND
 Dublin, Ireland's Temple Bar Green Map project was originally led by Michele Hallahan, ecological designer. Ireland's first Green Map made its public debut in April 2000 at the Convergence, an Earth Festival held in Temple Bar, Dublin's cultural quarter, with help from Temple Bar Properties. This project was a prelude to the citywide Dublin Green Map. Many more sites have been gathered on a database, including things like the 30 underground rivers in Dublin. In February 2001, a public preview was held of the Temple Bar Green Map, which was was launched online at Earth Day 2001.
In 2002, Sustainable Ireland got involved in the city-wide Dublin Green Map. This larger organization undertakes many projects, including the Convergence. You can find the first layers of the Green Map online, with more public events and layers of the map to come!
 Paris - FRANCE
 Paris, France's map project was a project of Mary Byrd Davis, author and publisher of "The Ecologist's Guide to France" and director of Yggdrasil Institute (a nuclear education project of US's well-known Earth Island Institute). The web-based version of this map was posted in 2000 on the Yggdrasil website.There is a booklet version as well, with 20 close-up maps of Arrondissements and very detailed listings in English. The future of the Paris Green Map is currently in question, please contact us with your ideas.
 Berlin - GERMANY
In Berlin's Neukoelln district, remote sensing analyst Peter Van de Loo, Astrid Zabel, Kerstin Gebhardt, and Clemens Wustinger of Wind Strom are developing an ArcView-based Green Map, the first section of which now online at greenmap-berlin.de. Peter was an Intern at GMS headquarters in 1998, and we are eagerly watching this Green Map take shape.
 Stavanger - NORWAY
Stavanger Norway's online Green Map was launched in Summer 2003 by Terje Torkildsen and Miljoheimevernet (The Environmental Home Guard). Consumption is a key topic on this map, and we appreciate all the careful research that has gone into this project. Note the use of a wrench to depict repair shops. This map has sparked interest in creating more Green Maps in Norway, including those in Kristiansand and other towns to come!
Sheffield - UNITED KINGDOM
 Sheffield, England is the site of an exciting community project involving Sheffield Hallam University, Tom Stafford, Scot Fletcher, Heely City Farm, Handspring, Curved, and other groups. This image is from the first community meeting on the project, where over 60 people took part. The Heeley Green Map was first published in 2002 and the Sheffield University Area Green Map features food (especially local and organic!) reuse, repair and recycling, greener shopping, walking and play areas. Published as a newspaper centerfold, it reached a very wide audience. The complete printed edition of the Sheffield Green Food Map made its debut as a folding map at a local food feast on April 1 2005. Special thanks to Tom Stafford for the wonderful article on world Green Map in the July 2003 issue of a very important magazine, The Ecologist!
Oxford - UNITED KINGDOM
 Oxford, England's Green Map was initated in Autumn 2002 by Craig Simmons and the Oxford Green Map Team, based at Oxford's Future Centre. They achieved their goal of having East Oxford's Green Map completed at the end of 2003, with a city-wide Green Map designed for both residents and visitors to follow.This large-print Green Map includes some new categories, including gay and lesbian resources, notes on wheelchair accessibility, and more!
In January 2004 a new website was posted, with sample views of the map now online!
Pforzheim - GERMANY
 Completed during the summer of 1997, Pforzheim Germany's Urban Ecological Walk Map was created as a landscape architecture thesis project by Oliver Knobloch. Preliminary views of this very interesting Green Map have already been received at Green Map Central in NYC, but it is unlikely to ever be published by the Office of Environment of the City of Pforzheim. Oliver continues to take part in Green Map discussions, and has been a valued member of our network for years!
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Cornwall - UNITED KINGDOM
Cornwall, England's Green Map project is led by designer Dominica Williamson. With plans to create both a paper and a GIS map, she is working hard towards charting this large area's environment. To jump-start the project's development, she is focusing on a pilot area in the south of the county, in concert with several other organizations. Dominica was also Design Director for the Green Map Atlas, skillfully collaborating with an international team for great results. Be sure to download the Atlas at www.greenatlas.org.
Cork City - IRELAND
In Cork City, Ireland, landscaper John Baker of Regrowth Cork along with environmental consultant and GIS students Catherine Tierney and Noreen Dalton are leading the project, which launched a website-in-progress in April 2003. It will include watersheds/bioregions and important features, sacred sites, woodlands and how they are affected by development and things like electromagnetic pollution.
Bristol - UNITED KINGDOM
Bristol UK is running a Green Mapping pilot project with support from Community at Heart and Bristol City Council initiated by Ivor McGillivray and Laura Hamilton. Most recently, an artwork competition took place to find a striking image for the website. More community members are getting involved and we're looking forward to launch news! Printed maps will follow.
Manchester and the Irk Valley - UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester and the Irk Valley, UK were charted as part of a larger community planning effort led by Dr. Joanne Tippett and colleagues at Organization Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology, School of Planning and Landscape at the University of Manchester. For this exciting project, they have created PDF map layers very quickly. More about the project can be seen online.
 Bacau - ROMANIA
In Bacau, Romania, a project involving youth is being initated as a pilot project by Gaea Ecological Organization with educator/tour guide Ciprian Samoila as representative. The project will be implemented in Bacau city and Comanesti town to start. Their goal is to involve schools throughout the country! The team has now grown to include more projects (including European Green Map Network development) and people: Razvan Ludu - website project manager, Titzu - Forum developer, Calin - Project Manager in Comanesti town, and Ciprian Samoila - Green Map Romania coordinator.
Special thanks to the Gaea Ecological Organization for their work on the Green Map Europe webpage. Also click to Cip's photo albums from the 2003 Copenhagen European Meeting and 2002 global gathering in Bellagio.
London - UNITED KINGDOM
Led by the London 21 Sustainability Network, the London Green Map aims to provide in a visual, attractive form local information to help people live in a greener, healthier way, and encourage them to support local action for sustainability. The fully interactive website is searchable by entering your postcode to find the nearest community projects or activities, and the directory can be searched by category or using keywords. Entering its second year since the official launch in 2004, local networks and authorities in twelve boroughs are currently involved in the Green Map Project with several more discussing mapping internally and seeking funding, and in 2005 the London Green Map was shortlisted for the nationwide Well-Being Awards.
 Reykjavik - ICELAND
In Reykjavik, Iceland, Anna Karlsdottir, Anne Greef and several colleagues at Agricultural University of Hvanneyri/West-Iceland are charting this special place. Food and agriculture will be charted along with other sustainability features.
Stirling - UNITED KINGDOM
In Stirling in Central Scotland, the project is being led by Ewan Fairweather of Visit Scotland, a governmental tourism agency, with Stirling Council, Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley, the environment and tourism forum, and others. This project will focus on a wonderful area! With plans to publish in early 2006, the project is designed to encourage more sustainable practices while it highlights those already doing great work!
Deelgemeente Prins Alexander - THE NETHERLANDS
Deelgemeente Prins Alexander, district of Rotterdam, The Netherlands is being charted by Jessica van Essen and CNME 'De blijde wei'. Working with several local organizations, they were able to complete their first Green Map in Winter 2003. Images will be added here soon.
Fife - UNITED KINGDOM
In Fife, Scotland, the Green Map initiative led by Action for Change now includes Clackmannanshire, one of the key districts in the diverse Fife rural district. Co-led by photographer Enid Trevett and her graphic designers husband Mike, the Sauchie community draft map is completed, with many more projects to come. Everything from sites of special scientific and heritage interest to community composting will be included, along with all environmental groups in the Working for Environmental Community Action Now directory.
Kristiansand - NORWAY
In Kristiansand, Norway, the regional group of Gronn Hverdag and Arne Otto Iversen created the Stavanger Green Map! Their Green Map is focused on green business.
Tromso - NORWAY
Tromso, Norway is also being charted by a chapter of Gronn Hverdag, with county administrator Eidi Ann Hansen leading the project. Local healthy food, recycling and wandering/cycle tracks are among the first themes for this web-based project.
 Oeiras - PORTUGAL
Oeiras, Portugal was the first project in this country! It's being charted by Palmira Germana Soares Leiria and the designers, biologists and engineers at Moio Design. Their intention is to help community members develop green habits, and plan to produce a tri-lingual printed Green Map.
Freiburg and The Schwarzwald - GERMANY
In Freiburg & The Schwarzwald (Black Forest) Biotop Germany, Shawn Berlin and Noriaki Ikeda plan to have their Grun Landskarten online. Habitat preservation for fellow species, socio-environmental repercussions of marketplace activities, air, water and soil qualities will be charted. Shawn, who is a specialist in historic building materials, says they plan to print their map following its web publication. In 2005, the project established a lounge as as way to bring community together during the mapping process.
Rhone - FRANCE
In the Rhone Alpes region of France, a series of Green Maps projects is underway, under the leadership of FRAPNA, the regional federation of environmental associations (contact Pierre Beaudoin, President in French or coordinator Chris Thornton in English) . The first area to be charted is Bourgoin Jallieu - Isle d'Abeau, led by "Groupe Ecologique de Bourgoin," the local citizens environmental association in Bourgoin, President Christine Guillaud, in coordination with FRAPNA and other local environment associations in Isle d'Abeau. The town of Villeurbanne (eastern side of the Lyon agglomeration) is also now starting its Green Map project, led by the FRAPNA and local associations. More projects are planned in the near future, with emphasis on natural habitats and their protection/management as well as public access.
Amsterdam - THE NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam, Netherlands is being charted by Jeroen Weijs and Pepik Henneman, environmental consultants at the Innovaders, along with Theo Bakker. Their plan is to focus on nature in the city: special birds, huge trees, rare insects, beautiful gardens, quiet places, and more.
Lisbon - PORTUGAL
In Lisbon, Portugal, the Green Map project will involve parents from the Waldorf Kindergarten, according to Alexander Mäller, who is also a parent, and engineer of forestry and environmental sciences. The school's leader, Sr. Jos~ Almeida, is also involved. A target date has yet to be set, but sustainable agriculture and alternative energy are the focuses, to begin with.
 Athens - GREECE
Athens, Greece was the site of the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the plan was to have a published Green Map ready for the visitors coming to experience the games in the culture where they were first initiated, centuries ago. The project is led by architect Irini Nike Sarlis and the Society for Ecological Sensibility, in collaboration with other environmental and cultural organizations. Even if it takes some time to publish, this Green Map promises to be very interesting and will focus on deforestation and reduced foliage cover, restoration of the natural hydrologic cycle, protection of culturally significant and endangered natural heritage sites.
Glasgow - UNITED KINGDOM
Glasgow, Scotland's Glasgow Guide to Charity Shops and Green Map is being created by Hannah Clinch and Top 100, with help from product design students at the Glasgow School of Art, and others. The project is part of the Pollokshields Community Planning Partnership, a community regeneration program, and includes a branding initiative, open source technology initiative and more. The guide map will be published in English, Arabic and Urdu! Great progress is being made in Spring 2005.
Porto - PORTUGAL
Porto, Portugal's Green Map is being created by Campo Aberto Associa(TM) de Defesa do Ambiente and environmental engineer/yoga teacher Luzia Seixas Peixoto.Their goal is to connect the community with every green resource possible, helping start on the path towards a more sustainable future!
Swansea - UNITED KINGDOM
In Swansea, Wales, The Environmental Centre and Helen Grey are developing a GIS map with the help of the local authority. Community action, understanding sustainability in an everyday context, and making informed choices are project goals!
Wyk by Duurstede - THE NETHERLANDS
In Wyk by Duurstede, Netherlands, a new Green Map project is taking shape, under the leadership of environmental consultant Henk Muis, with assistance from pioneering Green Mapmakers from Eindhoven, Renate Foks and Natascha van den Bergh. We look forward to seeing this exciting map!
 Warsaw - POLAND
The beautiful city of Warsaw Poland represents the 22nd capital city and the 45th country to join GMS! Geographer Iwona Szumacher, students and colleagues at the Department of Geoecology at University of Warsaw will work to publish the Warsaw Green Map. A full range of eco and cultural resources will be highlighted!
Stockholm - SWEDEN
Stockholm Sweden was our 23rd capital city! This Green Map is led by Max Goldstein, a recent graduate who interned at Green Map's office in New York. Plans include charting all of Stockholm plus nearby nature areas and a few sites of special green interest in the suburbs. We look forward to sharing progress reports as the Stockholm team takes shape. Initial goal is publication of printed and web-based Green Maps.
Uppsala - SWEDEN
In the picturesque university town of Uppsala Sweden, Inés Bustamante Antezana, will be working on a web-based Green Map at the Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS) in partnership with the Municipality of Uppsala. Inés will be working with students and their focus will be on recreation, nature and green spaces, green associations, and recycling facilities.
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