Informing and activating waste reduction in NYC, recycled materials projects and related Green Maps by Wendy Brawer, 1977-present. Created for #NYHacksWaste at IDEO, NYC July 2014

1. Waste Projects
1977-2014
Wendy E. Brawer
Modern World
Green Map System

2. Reuse Art
‘77-80s
Put N Take
public space
exchange post

3. Co-develop Cooper Union
Design for the Environment
course - ‘90-92
Stamp Out Junk Mail Kit ‘90

4. Manhattan Plaza
Eco Program ’93-95
Juror - International Design
Resource Awards
recycled & bio materials

5. SolSpherica
Liberty Science
Center 2000
recycled rubber base
solar interaction
with Amelia Amon & Robert Moog

6. Original Green Apple Maps 1992 include waste

7. Now 902 locally-led projects in 65 countries
Green Mapmakers are of all ages and backgrounds

8. Manhattan Compost Green Map ’06
psrtner: LES Ecology Centet

9. Our 2007 compost chart is used in
Green Maps worldwide

10. Compost Map events, media

11. Compost Map ’08
helped triple food
collection rate
this layout for
the book
Food, an Atlas
2010

12. Youth
mapping
and free
modules for
charting
waste

13. Interactive Compost
Citywide
Open Green Map ’10
gathering sites in the Bronx

14. Less = More
designed for
youth,
2013
waste
reduction
map
complements
interactive
edition

15. Communications and consulting for
engaged, green communities
Wendy E. Brawer
web@greenmap.org
ecoCultural.info
GreenMap.org
GreenMapNYC.org
#GreenMap