Pedestrian City, in collaboration with the Vancouver Public Space Network's Mapping & Wayfinding group, is engaging Vancouver residents in the creation of a green map.

The City of Vancouver states that “greenness” is a key to our collective identity and that we live in a green paradise. In response, the VPSN is initiating a Green Map -style inventory to help them advocate for public “green” space within the City. A Green Map can "create perspective-changing community ‘portraits’ which act as comprehensive inventories for decision-making and as practical guides for residents and tourists."

Several sesisons took place at the Toast Collective in October and November, where participants drew memory maps to discover the local public spaces that matter to them. These spaces will eventually be included on the VPSN’s green maps.

The project is currently on hold and sessions will resume in Sprig 2011.  The maps that have been collected so far can be viewed here .   

In the meantime, we will participating in the Liveable Laneways event in Mount Pleasant on Saturday Sept. 25th.