Green Map Icons are the symbols that make our maps unique and special. This shared visual language allows Green Mapmakers worldwide to promote and connect local ecological and cultural resources while empowering the people who care for them. Originally created in 1995-96, the global symbols were updated in 1999. Today, all registered Mapmakers use the 125 globally designed set, Version 2 of the Green Map® Icons, as further described here.

Every local community and its environment are different, but we all use the Icons to connect diverse local resources to a global audience. Green Map Icons are the gateway to our unique, shared vision of sustainability and community well-being. Designed as an evolving language that reflects and communicates our growing understanding the changing environment, in the six years since Version 2 was created, we have tripled the size of our network and expanded to a diversity of cultures in 45 countries. It's time to rethink, update and improve the Icons, the heart of our global sustainability program together.

Credits

This website is the collaboration platform designed for free exchange among 320 local Mapmaking teams. Along with related resources, it was created by webmaster Ciprian Samoila and coordinator Aika Nakashima with project advisors including Green Map Director Wendy Brawer and Advisor Dr. Robert Zuber in New York and Dr. Shoichiro Sendai in Hiroshima.

Pictures and more history can be seen in Historic News!

The Process Previewers met with Cip, Aika, Wendy and Bob in NYC in July, including Green Mapmakers from Jerusalem Israel: Ami and Jen Greener, Baltimore USA: Janet Felsten, and staff from Pereira Colombia: Carlos Martinez, Austin USA: Beth Ferguson and New York USA: Lee Frankel-Goldwater

In August Process Previewers met with Aika, Wendy and Sendai-san in Nagakute Japan, including Japanese Green Mapmakers from Kyoto: Misako Yomosa, Takashi Hojo, Yuko Tanaka & Yukiko Oya Summerville, Aichi Prefecture: Keiko Nakagawa & Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, Setagaya: Masahiro Horiuchi & Hiroo Maruya, Kanazawa: Kayano Chihara, Tokyo: Yohei Yasuda, Nishinomiya: Toyotoshi Azeta, Toyota: Yoichi Arakawa, Kamakura: Shimuki Shimao, East Fukuoka: Keiichiro Masuda, Yokahama: Rie Nakamura and Nagakute: Toshiki Nakashima. Asian Mapmakers also took part, including Jakarta Indonesia: Marco Kusumawijaya, Pune India: Anand Upalekar, Taipei Taiwan: Jen Pei Wang & Shu Fang Cheng and Yogyakarta Indonesia: Elanto Wijoyono,

Website Beta Testers include Mapmakers from Stockholm Sweden: Max Goldstein, Yogyakarta Indonesia: Elanto Wijoyono, Kyoto Japan: Takashi Hojo, Baltimore USA: Janet Felsten, and Green Map staff and advisors Bob Zuber, Beth Ferguson and Carlos Martinez.

We'll be adding more credits, and invite you to click News on the right for updates.