GreenMap NYC: Green Map Events

Join Green Map at these Great Events!

Workshops, tours, exhibits, presentations, open houses, Green Map debuts, community picnics – these are among the kinds of events we create in New York City to encourage all New Yorkers to celebrate the Green Apple and to introduce many ways to get involved.

We're pleased to list 2012 events!

Jan 28 Activist Day at Eyebeam - we'll be showing our interactive mapmaking platform and gathering concepts for new icons, 3-6pm.

Feb 29 Festival of Ideas Think Tank at the New Museum- More details to come.

Past Events

October 22 - Design Like you Give a Damn at the AIA Center for Architecture. Find out about Green Mapmaking in crisis situations at 12:30.

October 25 Green Spaces Celebration- find us there, 7-10pm at 394 Broadway, 5th fl.

We're part of the Local Spokes coalition! We are taking part in 3 community visioning events in Fall - October 26, November 2, November 15 - you can download the flyer with all the details at LocalSpokes.org. Each event in English, Spanish and Chinese is free and includes snacks and a bike raffle.

November 16 - North Brooklyn Green Mapmaking Workshop with Parsons DESIS Lab! Join us 3-6pm at Arts@Renaissance, 2 Kingsland Avenue @ Maspeth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

#140edu NYC 2011
This 2 day conference on "The State of Education NOW" has a sparkling line up of presenters, as seen at 140edu.com, taking place August 2-3 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Green Map's director, Wendy Brawer, is presenting before lunch on Day 2. Good news for educators - you can apply for the special conference rate of $1.40, and it's just $15 for students. See you there!

Tenth Annual Nature, Ecology & Society Colloquium
On March 10-11, join graduate students at CUNY for this 2 day event as seen in their website. Wendy Brawer, Green Map's Director will be giving the keynote address at 3 pm on Friday.

Transforming and Connecting New York and New Yorkers
on Saturday March 12 from 10-5 at Hunter College, we'll be taking part in the Mapping Panel in this First Citywide Conference For and By Parks Supporters by Partnership for Parks.

GEL Conference
This exciting conference takes place on April 28-29 in New York City. Green Map will be hosting a special mapmaking and iconography workshop for participants of the GEL Conference with renowned map artist Connie Brown of Redstone Studio.

Ideas for the New City
Green Map will be taking part in the New Museum's Festival of Ideas for the New City special neighborhood event on May 7 & 8. We'll be at the StreetFest on Saturday, and on Sunday at noon, join us on a special Green Apple Walking Tour. Find details and registration online.

TEDX East Happy Hour
February 10 in Soho, Green Map's Wendy Brawer will be among those presenting a brief pitch.

Youth Bike Summit
on Friday January 14th - Sunday January 16th 2011 at The New School in New York City join us at Recycle A Bicycle's great Cycling Summit! We'll be giving a workshop in Session One on Saturday, and taking part in discussions, tabling, etc.

This event is the first of many in 2011! Our participation in this major design exhibition continues for a few days as well.

Why Design Now?
Find our work in the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Triennial, 2 East 91st Street, through January 9, 2011. We are delighted to be included in this remarkable exhibition of socially-conscious design.

Farm City Green Edge NYC Sustainability Speakers Series
Find our director speaking at this April 13 evening at Brooklyn's Local 61, 61 Bergen Street - details at Farm City. Organized By: Green Edge NYC & the Farm City Chautauqua

Green Thumb's Grow Together Find us tabling at this wonderful event on April 2 in the Bronx - details at GreenThumbNYC.org. Green Apple Tour: Lower East Side In Bloom!
On Monday, May 23, bring your bicycle and celebrate Bike Month with us. Our ride goes from 6:30-8:30 pm. This free event starts and ends at the Temperance Monument (near Ave A at East 9th Street) in Tompkins Sq. Park. Explore some of the resilient green and social innovations make this community a beacon for sustainability advocates, including the Garden District, greenways and riversides, composting, solar power and green buildings with special guest speakers. Easy ride but cancelled if pouring.

Sustainable East Village Walking Tour
Thursday, June 9 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Green Map team will be leading this free 2-hour tour starting at the Temperance Fountain in Tompkins Square Park (near Ave A and East 9th Street).

Explore some of the resilient green and social innovations that make this community a beacon for sustainability advocates. Great for all ages, the tour will showcase the area’s numerous community gardens, renewable energy uses, composting and recycling sites, green businesses, and historically significant buildings that convey the area’s green character and illuminate the efforts that the community puts into advocating sustainability. Celebrate the season by discovering new places to shop, play, and explore—all while learning about Green Mapmaking and how to get involved in our upcoming projects!

Find more details and RSVP on our Meetup page. Organized By: Green Map Interns - Alex, Brigid & Melanie. Special thanks to IOBY.org!

Sustainable East Village Walking Tour
Thursday, July 14 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm

The Green Map team will be leading this free 2-hour tour starting at the Temperance Fountain in Tompkins Square Park (near Ave A and East 9th Street).

Explore some of the resilient green and social innovations that make this community a beacon for sustainability advocates. Celebrate the season by discovering new places to shop, play, and explore—all while learning about Green Mapmaking and how to get involved in our upcoming projects!

Find more details and RSVP on our Meetup page. Organized By: Green Map Interns - Alex, Brigid & Melanie

If you would like to see where Green Map events are happening around the world (including those involving our New York staff), check the News blog at GreenMap.org/news!

Questions about Green Map events: Tel:212.674.1631 or apple@greenmap.org