Wendy Brawer is Green Map System's Founder and Director. She has been an eco-designer, public educator and consultant since 1990. Brawer created the first Green Apple Map of New York City in 1992 and published the 5th citywide edition in 2006. Wendy initiated the global Green Map System in 1995 and leads its development. She is founder of a small eco-design firm, Modern World Design, focused on energy generation and waste reduction. She has taught at NYU, Cooper Union and presented at more than 25 universities and conferences. Recognition includes Woman of Earth/Terre de Femmes (Yves Rocher Foundation 2005), Designer in Residence, (Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum 1997) and a Sea Change Award (Gaea Foundation 2003). To learn more about Wendy Brawer, please visit her website.
Green map making is a little different or a lot different every place in the world but usually it tends to be a group of people who may be coworkers, who may be part of an NGO, who could just be friends, start talking about what can we do for our community. They tend to know a lot of what's going o...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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