"The Green Map project really does remind us that the local efforts do add up to world-wide change. Its website presents a complicated, global endeavor in clear and elegant simplicity."

Margaret E. Seip, AICP/PP
Community Planning & Development
Montclair, NJ USA

We are progressing, and everyone is very impressed with your invention – bravo!

...Nicola Furey, Grand Saconnex Green Map project (near Geneva) August 2007

Congratulations, greenmap has so much going on! It is so great to see a leap into online tools etc.

...Renate Foks, Breda Green Map and soon, Småland Sweden!

Scenes from Gotica y Gotica/ Drop by Drop, a 2004 portrait of Green Mapmaking in Cuba by Ana Margarita Moreno and Centro Félix Varela. Spanish w/English subtitles.

Before the Craik Green Map was even completed, I knew that version 2 would be a necessity. Almost a year later, only a handful of maps remain, and there is a growing list of new "green" features to add to the next map.

From my new home in the area, I can see a young family breaking ground for an off-grid studio and home. The hemp processing mill is still slated to be constructed this fall. YouthBuild, an organization to help engage and train youth who have left the public system, has set up shop. An international school plans to develop facilities and programming in the area and begin classes this fall, focusing on entrepreneurial skills and sustainable living. In rural Saskatchewan, where a dozen schools are closing this year due to declining populations, this is a BIG DEAL. read more »