Wendy Brawer

Is there a store in your city that offers products made out of recycled materials? Are there grocery stores that sell local and organic foods? In 1992, I wanted to design a catchy way to help people locate such green living resources in New York City. So, I started to map out every farmers market, solar site, community garden, and park in the city. Keep in mind, this was before the internet, before Yelp, and Google Maps. Within a few months of printing that first Green Map, people wanted to know how they could make their own editions, and now, the network of locally-led Green Map projects includes 65 countries.

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