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Open Green Map to Support the Greening of China

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Open Green Map to Support the Greening of China

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Summary

With so much at stake and so much opportunity, we seek your help in developing a Chinese interface for our new interactive social mapping platform to support our emerging network of local leaders. read updates from the field

How You Can Help

Make a donation

$10 - Will support the translation of a key website page
$25 - will give a Chinese grassroots group an educational Green Mapmaking session
$50 - will support a Chinese Hub’s outreach and support of several local Green Map projects
$75 - will support an inclusive workshop for Chinese educators and youth group leaders
$100 - will help popularize the newly expanded Green Map Icons throughout Chinese communities

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Received $1,240 from 43 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Lack of resources and information prevents people from making better everyday choices, protecting biodiversity and addressing issues together. GreenMap.org already has a large Chinese audience and 15 diverse cities have locally-led Green Map projects underway. Supporting their access to the Open Green Map will lower technical and financial barriers to participation. Let's help them instantly chart green sites, nature, social and cultural resources thus guiding and inviting all to go green.

Activities

A Chinese interface will strengthen our emerging network and give their communities a healthier future. People are yearning to get involved and Green Mapmaking can fulfill that need, if we can provide the tools, trainings and universal icons to all.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,240
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $5,760
Total Funding Goal: $7,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

At this critical time, our efforts to promote and localize the budding sustainability movement in China will bring people of all ages together to discover, share and care for their communities, directly countering pressing environmental challenges.

Project Message

IThis quote compelled us to significantly expand our toolbox with the Open Green Map, "If the best greening resource in the world is around the corner but nobody knows about it , what good can it do?"
- Yelitza Espinosa, Green Map project co-leader in Pereira Colombia

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Wendy e. Brawer
Founding Director & Secretary
220A East 4th St.
New York, NY 10009
United States
+12126741631
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Tech Awards

Organization

Green Map System
220A East 4th Street (perm-175 Rivington 1D, NYC 10002)
New York, NY 10009
United States
1 212 674 1631
http://www.greenmap.org

Learn more about Green Map System and the project team.

Green Map System's Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Mapping a more sustainable future - for everyone!

Green Map System's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Green Schools Green Map for NYC & the World

Icons for Mapping Community Sustainability

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in China and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 9, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 6, 2008

Latest Update from the Field

Chinese Interface Underway at Open Green Map

By Wendy Brawer & Bo Wang - Founding Director and Intern, March 09, 2010 08:45 AM

This introduction is in Chinese below.
Dear supporters at Global Giving,
Thanks to you, we are now working on the Chinese interpretation of the Open Green Map. You can see the start of it online now here: http://OpenGreenMap.org/zh-hans/home
We expect to complete this important work in summer 2010. Then, we will reach out to Chinese media, bloggers, universities, municipalities and others, encouraging more people to become Green Mapmakers and create Open Green Maps!
Thank you again!
You may enjoy using the new mobile version of Open Green Map and the Green Map iPhone App, too. Find out more in our blog (linked below) (in English).
best wishes from everyone at Green Map!
亲爱的“全球捐赠网”的支持者们：
非常感谢您的帮助！目前我们正在着手“开放绿地图”(Open Green Map)的翻译工作。您可以在线看到我们的初步成果：http://OpenGreenMap.org/zh-hans/home
我们预期在2010年夏天之前完成这项重要的任务。之后我们希望能够能与中国的媒体，博客们，大学，行政部门以及其他机构开展合作，并以此鼓励更多的参与者加入到“开放绿地图”创建者的行列中。
再次表示感谢！
您还能够体验新的手机版绿地图以及iPhone绿地图应用程序。您可以在此找到更多的信息：http://GreenMap.org/greenhouse/en/node/7844
(此网站内容为英文)

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