Cape Town gets a Green Map!
The City of Cape Town gives the go-ahead to A&C maps and urban sprout to begin work on producing a Cape Town Green Map for the Mother City. The team is to create both an online and a printed map...
View ArticleCape Town's logo & website
Our logo is designed, selected and finalised (after much debate), and the team begins work on the website and blog. At the same time, work begins on adding sites to the online map, as yet not viewable...
View ArticleWebsite goes live in beta
The website - www.capetowngreenmap.co.za goes live in beta version on 30 March. The team is happy with its progress, although there are still a few things to iron out before the official launch of the...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map goes 'live' with a virtual launch on World Environment Day
The Cape Town Green Map - www.capetowngreenmap.co.za isn’t just a bunch of intersecting lines and street names. Rather it is the heart of the city, a green life-force, which sends out information via...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map reaches 167 sites
Cape Town Green Map currently has 167 sites listed and is growing steadily. The project team decided that it was neccessary to inform the residents of Cape Town about the project and the availability...
View Article200 listings for the Cape Town Green Map
The Cape Town Green Map has reached the 200 listings mark! This is an exciting time as we embark on compiling our printed Green Map. Our website receive a considerable boost in traffic after we placed...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map - Now Available in print
The 24 November 2009 was the launch of the print version of the Cape Town Green Map - a user-friendly, handy guide that makes green choices both accessible and meaningful. The print map is a fresh take...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map reaches 300+ listings!
The Cape Town Green Map recently surpassed the 300 listings mark! This is a great achievement! We also received some super coverage on CNN, with the Green Cab's, Amiene van der Merwe including the Cape...
View ArticleBiodiversity deferred!
Read the article by Dr Janice Golding, an Honorary Research Associate (Botany) at the University of Cape Town who is also the author of Extinction by Design: plant ecology, species extinction and...
View ArticleCape Town Green Maps make it to New York!
We were very happy that our parcel made it to the Green Map office in New York and hope that as many map makers as possible can get a copy of our map."so happy to find such a nice big box of your cool...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map wins Golden Trash Award
The Cape Town Green Map was recently awarded a Golden Trash Award, receiving 2 Leaves!The criteria for this award are: We’re looking to celebrate the world of Green online. We want to award people and...
View ArticleExplore the Cape Town Green Map with Google Earth & Streetview
Bring the Cape Town Green Map to life using Google Earth & Street View. You can explore the sites in 3D, look at them using Streetview and bring a new dimension to how you experience the CapeTown...
View ArticleVote for Table Mountain in Cape Town Today
VOTE FOR TABLE MOUNTAIN TODAYTable Mountain is one of only 28 natural sites from around the globe shortlisted to be named one of the Official New7Wonders of Nature.From an initial list of 440...
View ArticleThe Cape Town Green Map is evolving
It has been a very busy few months. The Cape Town Green Map team has just finished and printed its 3rd Edition of its Green Map. We even managed to get the City's Mayor to pose for the cover. Added to...
View ArticleCRUNCH TIME FOR TABLE MOUNTAIN, Cape Town, South Africa, IN SEVEN WONDERS RACE
Table Mountain could be named one of the New7Wonders of Nature, an accolade that could generate up to 11 000 new jobs and an additional R1.4 billion in annual revenue for South Africa.The only way to...
View ArticleA New Brand of African Environmentalism
Janice Golding argues that Africa needs to cultivate environmental champions and high-thinkers who live by the heart, relate to the land and who can articulate an alternative indigenous environmental...
View ArticleCape Town Green Map – a legacy project on the move
Although 2010 FIFA World Cup™ is now only a fond memory, it did leave a few legacy projects that have benefitted Cape Town in its wake. The Cape Town Green Map is one such project that has kept up the...
View ArticleCape Town prints 4th Edition Cape Town Green Map
2012 was a busy year for the Cape Town Green Map. Through it all we managed to produce our 4th Edition Print Map, with the support of the City of Cape Town's Waste Management Department.See our Media...
View ArticlePlease Support Cape Town Green Map in the SA Blog Awards 2013
The public vote phase for the South African Blog Awards 2013 opens on Monday 2 December 2013. Please support the Cape Town Green Map's blog and cast your vote!Simply click the button on our page and...
View ArticleHelp us to vote for Cape Town for a sustainable future powered by renewable...
Supporters of the Cape Town Green Map can now start voting to show the world why Cape Town should be named the world's most loveable sustainable city #welovecapetown Cape Town has been selected as a...
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