By Wendy Brawer | Founding Director
Hello to all our generous donors!
We've had a very good summer with new projects and new contacts made in China, thanks to your support. Perhaps you have noticed Global Giving’s special 100% match of new recurring donations in August – give 4 months in a row and Green Map will receive twice as much – follow the link below for details, thank you!
Last week, we had 7 important Chinese environmental officials visit our office in New York, including the Ministry of the Environment's Director, regional officials and NGOs such as Roots and Shoots Chengdu. Our discussion featured the Green Maps already created in China and how we might work together to extend it. This group came to us through the US State Department International Visitors Program.
Soon, we will be adding a grad student from Beijing to our staff - she will both help us follow up with new contacts and develop short videos in Chinese and English that will help us share our stories and tools more broadly. Video tutorials in Chinese will provide technical support for Open Green Map users, too.
She will also help us make Chinese versions of our newly released Social Media Guide for Green Mapmakers. Low cost, fun and effective!
We’ll soon be posting a blog by the Zhaoqing Green Map project. It's created by the Public Welfare Group of Lingnan Culture, which was founded by students from Guangdong Province. Working with “China Hand” cultural magazine, a number of sharing activities have taken place. They are planning more tours that introduce the methods of making Green Maps as well as the sites. A detail of their newest map-in-progress is featured.
We’re also planning to create a How to Create a Green Map Tour guide in Chinese. Bicycling and walking tours provide an exciting way to introduce green sites and hear from experts on the spot. Experiences from Zhaoqing and other Chinese Green Mapmakers will be referenced as will our own “Adapting to Change” cycling tours and maps highlighting Hurricane Sandy’s impacts and community resilience solutions on NYC’s Lower East Side – these offer a model that has generated media interest and new partnerships.
Lastly, August has been Impacts Month! We’ve been posting stories from our 2009 Impacts book on Pinterest and Facebook (link below), and gathering new stories to update the book. The Fresh Guangzhou project will be one of the first new stories added!
Enjoy the season and thank you for making all this happen!
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