
The London Green Map
Project
The London Green Map is an interactive map of London,
which maps community activities contributing to local sustainable development.
The London Green Map celebrates the diversity and creativity of our
communities, and the ways they have found to make a green and healthy future a
reality today.
Local residents can rediscover their London neighbourhoods, find where they can donate goods for re-use, grow their own food, join a park user group, buy from a farmers market, bring their kitchen waste to compost, support a local campaign and get their children to learn to cycle or get their hands in the soil.
The London Green Map project was initiated by London 21 in
October 2002 with the green mapping of Haringey and Hackney. The trial phase
was completed in March 2004 with the launch of a third pilot, Lewishams Big
Green Map, and the dissemination of the Green Maps for London Pack, which has
generated interest throughout the UK.
Green mapping has now started in another four London Boroughs, and contacts in
another six boroughs have expressed an active interest in the process. Borough
maps are printed locally, and there are plans to produce a large London-wide
map.
The London Green Map
Website
The London Green Map is searchable by entering your postcode to find the nearest community projects or activities, and the directory can be searched by category or key words. The directory is updated on an ongoing basis, and the website currently attracts over 12,000 visitors per month.
The London Green Map website was officially launched on 5th June 2004 and will be widely promoted throughout London over the next few months.
Further information on London 21 Sustainability Network and the London Green Map is available at: www.london21.org and www.londongreenmap.org
The Current Partners
The London Green Map has
partnership agreements between organisations supporting action for
sustainability in Greater London. Borough-wide partners so far include Haringey
Agenda 21 Community Steering Group, Hackney Environment Forum, Lewisham
Environment Trust, Community and Environment Project Office (CEPO) of Enfield,
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and London Borough of Lewisham.
Thematic partners are: Energy Matters in London (CSE), London Community
Recycling Network, and London Environmental Education Forum.
Becoming a London Green
Map Partner
Partners to the London Green Map agree to share information about existing community projects in return for promotion of these projects on the map, and acknowledgement of the partner organisation in printed materials and on the website.
Commitments of London Green Map Partners:
· Share information on community-based projects on their database, subject to members agreement see Data Protection below
· Provide a full postcode for the projects to be located on the Map
· Promote the London Green Map to their members, local groups, networks and/or contacts
Commitments
of London 21:
Data protection
No
information must be shared, either by the partner organisation or by London 21,
without the prior consent of the organisation or individual concerned.
Copyright
All
publicity material designed for the purpose of the London Green Map is the
property of the London 21 Sustainability Network and cannot be used by any
partners for any purpose other than promoting the London Green Map.
If you are
interested in becoming a Partner please contact Vinciane Rycroft, London 21 on
020 7359 8228 or vinciane@london21.org to discuss.
Please
return a signed copy of this Agreement to: London 21 Sustainability Network, 5
Blackstock Road, London N4 2JF and keep a copy for reference.
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