As the founding director of Green Map System, Wendy Brawer promotes sustainability through Green Maps of the natural and cultural environment in more than 600 cities in 55 countries. Her work has been covered by scores of print and broadcast news outlets worldwide. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was Designer in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Beginning in Manhattan with the celebrated Green Apple Map, Brawer pioneered the use of collaborative, interactive, web-based cartography to gather and present key local environmental information as an aid to political action, lifestyle and recreational choices, ecotourism, and green marketing. The Green Map System gives citizen mapmakers around the world the tools to create their own unique resources. The program has awards and recognitions from the US EPA, the President's Council on Sustainable Development, the United Nations, the World Urban Forum, and the Environmental Media Association. The Open Green Map sustainability mapping platform has been honored as Best Tool for Green Travelers by Treehugger.com.
Brawer and the movement she unleashed have been featured in publications from Newsday to The Oregonian, from the International Herald Tribune to The Jakarta Post, from Skanska Dagbladet in Malmö, Sweden, to the mass-market Mainichi Shimbun in Japan. I.D. magazine selected her as one of 40 Socially Responsible Designers, and Utne Reader placed her on its list of 50 Visionaries Changing Your World. The Yves Rocher Foundation in Paris has honored her as a Woman of the Earth.
Her other leadership roles include co-founding 02NYC, the first American chapter of the pioneering international environmental design organization o2, and serving as advisor to the UNESCO Social Design Network. She has been Environmental Chair of the Industrial Designers Society of America, a New York board member of Architects/Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility, and a member of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board. She has taught at New York University, Cooper Union, and the Parsons School of Design.
As principal of her own firm, Modern World Design, Brawer has developed innovative approaches to waste reduction, solar education, traffic calming, and community participation. Clients range from the Times Square Business Improvement District to Broward County, Florida, and from Manhattan Plaza to the Liberty Science Center.
Wendy Brawer speaks on green mapping and how the Web can support green lifestyles and recreation, locality-focused ecotourism, and the citizen-driven greening of cities and communities.
As the founding director of Green Map System, Wendy Brawer promotes sustainability through Green Maps of the natural and cultural environment in more than 600 cities in 55 countries. Her work has been covered by scores of print and broadcast news outlets worldwide. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was Designer in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
Beginning in Manhattan with the celebrated Green Apple Map, Brawer pioneered the use of collaborative, interactive, web-based cartography to gather and present key local environmental information as an aid to political action, lifestyle and recreational choices, ecotourism, and green marketing. The Green Map System gives citizen mapmakers around the world the tools to create their own unique resources. The program has awards and recognitions from the US EPA, the President's Council on Sustainable Development, the United Nations, the World Urban Forum, and the Environmental Media Association. The Open Green Map sustainability mapping platform has been honored as Best Tool for Green Travelers by Treehugger.com.
Brawer and the movement she unleashed have been featured in publications from Newsday to The Oregonian, from the International Herald Tribune to The Jakarta Post, from Skanska Dagbladet in Malmö, Sweden, to the mass-market Mainichi Shimbun in Japan. I.D. magazine selected her as one of 40 Socially Responsible Designers, and Utne Reader placed her on its list of 50 Visionaries Changing Your World. The Yves Rocher Foundation in Paris has honored her as a Woman of the Earth.
Her other leadership roles include co-founding 02NYC, the first American chapter of the pioneering international environmental design organization o2, and serving as advisor to the UNESCO Social Design Network. She has been Environmental Chair of the Industrial Designers Society of America, a New York board member of Architects/Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility, and a member of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board. She has taught at New York University, Cooper Union, and the Parsons School of Design.
As principal of her own firm, Modern World Design, Brawer has developed innovative approaches to waste reduction, solar education, traffic calming, and community participation. Clients range from the Times Square Business Improvement District to Broward County, Florida, and from Manhattan Plaza to the Liberty Science Center.
Wendy Brawer speaks on green mapping and how the Web can support green lifestyles and recreation, locality-focused ecotourism, and the citizen-driven greening of cities and communities.
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Bioneers Conference
In situ
J.P.H., Associate Producer, Bioneers Conference
As a long-time conference organizer, I have had the pleasure of arranging for Wendy Brawer to speak… Wendy, a live-wire by temperament, has invariably offered presentations that were both highly entertaining and deeply informative, very effectively communicating the essence of her Green Map System, whose global "viral" growth has been extraordinary.
Sustainable Hudson Valley
In situ
M.E., Executive Director, Sustainable Hudson Valley
If you want a sophisticated resource, presented in a style that looks effortless, bring Wendy Brawer into your community. Wendy is polished enough to address senior leadership audiences - and accessible enough to work with novice community groups. As she has with groups in the Hudson Valley over several years, she will energize, inform and guide you.
American Planning Association
In situ
R.K.M., Editor, ResourcesZine, American Planning Association
Wendy, an innovator and pioneer in mapping community sustainability, is a persuasive speaker whose pure commitment and genuine enthusiasm galvanizes eureka moments on the quality of life for audiences and inspires them to transform their connection to community. She is priceless!
The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
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I.G., Design Educator, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Wendy came to Glasgow to kick start our Green Map project. Her inspirational and motivational presentation reaches the heart and inspires the spirit… Wendy talks the talk and walks the walk.
Co-Director, Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design
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J.G., Parsons School of Design, Co-Director, Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design
Wendy Brawer is a far-too-rare creative person who inspires others to join her. She communicates collaboration in every sense of the word Sustainability: social responsibility, ecodesign, and the joy of being alive!
Parsons and The New School
In situ
J.G., author and educator, Parsons and The New School
Wendy Brawer is a skilled and accessible communicator. Her vast knowledge of mapping, community organizing and support plus her extensive experience working with diverse groups of people make her an ideal speaker about today's unprecedented issues.
Community Mapping Collaboratory
In situ
K.J., Coordinator, University of Victoria, Community Mapping Collaboratory
Every presentation I've witnessed is an engaging and personal conversation. Globally connected and locally relevant, inspiring and compelling action in audiences of three or three hundred.
In situ
E.G.
Wendy spoke at our event on location-based marketing for social enterprise. Her analysis of mapping solutions is completely thorough, organized and chock full of examples. Her extensive experience and personable attitude makes her an ideal speaker.
