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Is there an emerging digital Underclass?

2011-11-04T02:15:00.002Z

4BsHive green map of Knowle West

2010-03-14T18:52:00.001Z

The 4BsHive project now has its own website for the latest updates: http://4bshive.wordpress.com/ We're all looking forward to visiting Budapest in May.

Steve

Happy New Year!

2010-01-21T18:26:00.000Z

Happy New Year from all the 4BsHive Partners!

4BsHive: First Study Visit - October in Bristol

2009-12-09T00:13:00.027Z

In late October 17 participants from Germany, Hungary and Romania came to Knowle West for four days of activities around green mapping. An intense, enjoyable and productive time was had by all. Both this and the Partner's meeting in Berlin in September were filmed by Bjela Proßowsky from the Berlin team. As soon as they are available we'll post the videos up here. For more on the project: 4BsHive.

Outside Knowle West Media Centre

Taken by Jan Catterall - one of our Bristol participants.

Monica, Alin and Doris from Bistrita, Romania on the first day. (Jan Catterall)

Nandia (Bristol) interviewing Orsy and Judit (Budapest) with Pit (Berlin) monitoring sound for a professional (!) level recording. Orsy and Judit were giving their impressions of the area compared with Budapest. (Carsten; Berliner)

Sylvia, Nardia and Becca (Bristol) on Saturday's visit to the Climate Countdown event at the Harbourside. (Jan Catterall)

Feeding the goats at Lawrence Weston Community Farm on the way to see the bee hives and honey collecting operation. (Jan Catterall)

Becca, Jan, Judit, Suszan, Judit, Sylvia, Gergo and Gabriella visiting the 100 DAYS exhibition at Arnolfini. In the run-up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Arnolfini staged an exhibition of work around issues of climate change, social justice and the relationship between art and activism. (Steve Parry)

4BsHive Partner meeting - September in Berlin

2009-10-13T01:08:00.034+01:00

The four Partners met to discuss and agree project outputs and methodologies. Partners include: Steve and Ivor (GreenBristol; Bristol, UK); Pit and Bjela (Quesper Verein Video; Berlin, Germany); Gergo Horvath (Assn. of Conscious Consumers; Budapest, Hungary) and Ciprian Samoila (Associata Ascendenta; Bistrita, Romania). It was still very warm; 32 Centigrade that day!

From left: our host Pit van de Loo (Berlin), Steve Parry (Bristol), Szonja Andrasev (Budapest) & Ivor McGillivray (Bristol)

Lunch at the Neukoln Tenant Initiative for older people

One of the last cold war watch towers is now a museum

Local allottments

A women's forge making decorative ironwork and horseshoes

Cycling is the norm in the Berlin lifestyle

Two green campaign groups oppose each other over an outside activities space needed for a school

A fun welcome for children!

Pit (Berlin), Corina (Bistrita), Steve & Ivor (Bristol) & Szonja (Budapest)

A floating swimming pool - one of these would be uber popular in Bristol docks...

The German election was approaching...

Tempelhof airport closed a year ago - the authorities were afraid of drug dealers using the space so closed it with no plans or vision for the future

Frogs at the entrance to the infants school

Lively music culture in Berlin - I hope to sample it next time

Superb brickwork on a warehouse from DDR days - now a fun and busy flea market

GPS hire-bikes have been here for 10 years - Bristol is just about to get them...

Shop for cultural diversity in Neukoln near Pit's place

Wesserstrasse - in Berlin apartment buildings are the norm for accommodation - this one's been refurbished

4BsHive start-up seminar

2009-09-11T03:57:00.001+01:00

In Berlin...

European collaborative green mapping - update

2009-08-11T22:10:00.019+01:00

We recently heard from the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme regarding our application for a Partnership project with Berlin, Budapest and Bistrita (Transylvania, Romania). To our delight the news is all four partners have been approved! The project's aim is to facilitate collaborative green mapping within and between the four partners. We will use the Open Green Map system which interactively charts natural, cultural and green living sites.

This is a transnational project between four river cities: Bristol (UK), Berlin (Germany), Budapest (Hungary) and Bistrita (Romania). The project will set in motion a collaborative, green map-making process within and between these four European partners. This will involve the creation of online and possibly paper maps charting local resources for more sustainable living. These thematic maps will use the internationally standardized Green Map System (GMS) of icons.

Participants will have the opportunity to gain new ICT skills and learn more about sustainability issues locally and internationally. They will exchange experiences and learn about other European communities on Study Visits. This will be achieved through a participatory process that is creative, enjoyable and enhances confidence. The process may include storytelling, photography and film-making through group and public events.

Outputs and Products will include a Study Visit to each Partner, a shared website, four local green maps, documentary film (online/DVD) and a European Green Mapping Guide. Target Groups will include those from disadvantaged and under-represented sectors including older people and those without basic qualifications.

We will be welcoming participants from all three partner cities to an event in Bristol this October. We will be working with Knowle West Media Centre as our local partner in this project.

Preparatory Visit in Bistrita, Transylvania

2009-02-18T00:54:00.003Z

GreenBristol goes to Romania from Steve Parry on Vimeo.

Grundtvig Preparatory Visit

2009-02-02T03:55:00.017Z

Steve visited Bistrita, in the Transylvania (!) region of Romania for a conference with our European green mapping colleagues to discuss a transnational collaboration:

L to R: Ciprian Samoila (Bistrita), Steve Parry (Bristol), Bjela Prossowsky (Berlin), Corina Ernst (Associatia Ascendent, Bistrita), Alexandru (Bistrita), Gergo Horvath (Budapest), Pit van de Loo (Berlin), Alina (Associatia Ascendent, Bistrita).

Outside Hotel Castle Dracula

The heating under Romanian train seats is extreme...

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

2009-01-13T04:22:00.004Z

An inspiring video:

www.greenbristol.blogspot.com
www.greenbristol.org.uk

Mobile: 07960 319049
Landline: +44 (0)117 953 5087

Bristol shortlisted for European Green Capital

2008-11-11T23:48:00.002Z

We're currently preparing our application for the preliminary conference for the EU collaboration mentioned below. By co-incidence Bristol has today been shortlisted for the prestigious Green Capital of Europe award.

GreenBristol visits Berlin

2008-10-10T01:51:00.014+01:00

Last week GreenBristol visited our German greenmapping colleague Pit van de Loo in Berlin. This was to discuss the possibility of launching a European greenmapping collaboration with Berlin and Bistrita, Romania. Pit took Ivor and Steve on a whirlwind tour of the city taking in many fascinating nooks and crannies including a cafe offering free roast wild boar and beer! Steve's friends Mark and Christina were kind enough to provide accommodation, bicycle and more sightseeing during the trip.

Steve and Pit visited Dr Renata Eras of European Project Management, Neukölln. Renata is enthusiastic about the possibility of a collaboration and was very helpful in suggesting the first steps to take. Briefly these are for us to convene a preliminary conference in Bistrita in the Transylvanian mountains of Romania with Ciprian Samoila in January. The likely participants would be adult/lifelong learning groups who could use ICT to benefit their respective communities' environment.

We should submit a formal funding application with at least the three cities as participants - preferably two more to make up a five city project. This to be submitted before the deadline in March 2009. Consideration by the relevant EU Commissioners could take two or three months. Then we could get approval for the project assuming a suitable legal body (preferably in Bristol) could take charge of administration. Steve is approaching Knowle West Media Centre and Bristol Council to discuss possible support.

2008-08-02T02:25:00.003+01:00

We are now featured on Open Green Maps.

Evaluation of printed map

2008-03-18T15:21:00.023Z

GreenBristol was awarded funding recently from the DAFT panel at Community at Heart to commission an independant evaluation of its printed map. We commissioned Conrad Peberdy, former Director of BEST (Bristol East Side Traders), to carry this out. The full process has now been completed and the document is available for download here.

Excerpt: "All households who had not seen a map previously expressed an interest in acquiring a copy (i.e. 83% of those surveyed). During the discussions with (19) opinion leaders 75% of those interviewed said that they had learnt something new."

At the Harbourside Festival

2007-08-07T15:36:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol had a table at the Eco-tent along with many other local initiatives. We collected some interesting feedback from people about what their company did that was 'green'. Many thanks to the Sustainable City team at Bristol City Council. And thanks to CSV Environment for lending us their green map of Hartcliffe and Withywood - below.

The Green Movement on World Environment Day

2007-07-05T02:42:00.000+01:00

This is the video made on World Environment Day by students from City of Bristol College.

World Environment Day at Temple Quay

2007-06-12T06:43:00.000+01:00

We went to Temple Quay business centre in Bristol on World Environment Day. This is a United Nations initiative and the theme this year was the melting of the ice caps. The Green Movement performed again to much curiosity. We invited children from Hannah More environmental school - its just around the corner. We had previously chalked an outline of the earth with the Chalk Revolution. The children were invited to fill in the continents and we gave them stencils of the Green Map System icons to brighten up the plaza. Thanks to the Sustainable City team at Bristol City Council for its generous support. Photos are online and we hope to have a movie made by students of City of Bristol College up shortly. We also now have a MySpace set up with some videos to watch.

The Green Movement at Bristol Festival of Nature

2007-06-05T04:03:00.000+01:00

A performance at Bristol Festival of Nature on 2nd June 2007. Many thanks to the Fun Revolution for facilitation. View photos of all three performances. Watch the video.

The Green Movement

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City-wide online green map

2007-03-28T16:14:00.000+01:00

Ivor and I have been meeting recently with various groups who are interested in contributing to a city-wide green map. CSV already have a printed map of Hartcliffe and Withywood. Sustainable Southville are about to publish both a printed and online map of Southville and Bedminster. GreenBristol recently printed a map of Lawrence Hill in East Bristol. We will meet Keith Reay of the Chemistry Set on Thursday. Keith and others are interested in mapping Easton.

We hope that, together with Bristol Wireless, we can use Google maps and open layers to produce a multi-layered map of the whole city. Users will be able to upload their own multi-media content (eg photos/movies/audio) to any point on the map. Furthermore, we intend to make it accessible via mobile phone - including the uploaded photos/movies!

UK Digital Challenge/Connecting Bristol

2007-03-28T14:57:00.000+01:00

Sunderland won the UK Digital Challenge. Bristol's entry - Connecting Bristol - was highly praised by the judges. This was inevitably a disappointment but local stake holders and supporters, known as the Momentum group, met the day after the announcement to discuss the future. GreenBristol's work is a showcase model for Connecting Bristol and Steve attended on its behalf. Sixty people were there and agreed that, despite this set-back, the group will press on with the basic thrust outlined in the original bid. Of course time-frames and the scale of developments will be affected. But an unexpected bonus was announced at the ceremony in London; £2 million is to be distributed between all nine runners-up. This funding, whilst modest, will assist Bristol in promoting and liaising between the many diverse projects contained in the original bid.

Green Awards revisited

2007-03-28T14:44:00.000+01:00

Sadly GreenBristol didn't win at last year's Green Awards. But we all enjoyed immensely attending. There is a movie of the awards ceremony and some of the winners on the home screen of the website. Click on the Newsflash box.

Measuring Output

2006-11-10T16:29:00.000Z

GreenBristol has recently commissioned local resident and consultant David Mowat. David is to measure the outputs from the printed map by doing community consultation. This will involve a variety of methods including surveys of individual's responses and focus groups. The methodology will include Participatory Appraisal. This originated in African villages as a way of conducting democratic decision-making. David himself spent three years in Nepal working with VSO and set up the East Bristol Jazz Club.

Green Awards 2006

2006-10-24T03:20:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol is delighted to hear that its printed map is shortlisted for the first Green Awards out of hundreds of entries. The map is in the category Best Direct Mail B2C. The winners of each of the eighteen categories will be announced at a gala dinner to be held at London's Guildhall on November 29th.

East Bristol's first green map

2006-10-24T02:50:00.003+01:00

The printed green map has now gone to press. It will be distributed to all 4,200 households in the Neighbourhood Solutions area in the next few weeks. Download a printable version here.

(Sep '06) Radius Glasgow

2006-10-24T02:31:00.000+01:00

Hannah Clinch of Radius Glasgow meets GB with Ben Barker of Sustainable Southville and Clare Cunningham. Hannah was on a fact-finding mission to find out about other green mapping projects and their diverse approaches.

(August '06) Connecting Bristol

2006-10-24T02:07:00.000+01:00

Connecting Bristol won through to the last ten finalists of the UK Digital Challenge. GB featured as a case study. The winner is expected to be announced in February 2007.

(July '06) Barbecue at the Settlement

2006-10-24T02:00:00.000+01:00

GB organises a barbecue in Barton Hill Settlement garden. This proved a valuable opportunity to gather feedback for the design of the printed green map. Thanks to Sarah Dailly and Maggie Reardon for their superb catering!

(15th July '06) Brislington Community Partnership

2006-10-24T01:50:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol were invited to attend Brislington Community Partnership's open day. Ivor and Steve met various members of of BCP and discussed the various ways of creating green maps. Thanks to Bristol City Council's Sustainable City Team for organising this event.

(June '06) Neighbourhood Solutions

2006-10-24T01:34:00.000+01:00

Neighbourhood Solutions commissions GB to produce a printed green map of its area - Barton Hill, Redfield, Lawrence Hill, The Dings, Upper Easton, Newtown - for inclusion in its Welcome Pack. This is to be distributed to all 4,200 households in the area. GB works with Claire Cunningham to design the printed map.

(June '06) Untold West

2006-10-24T01:26:00.000+01:00

We submitted a proposal to the BBC's Untold West for a five minute film about the potential for geothermal energy in East Bristol. This is a competition to uncover little-known stories from the West that are unusual and haven't been broadcast previously.

(June '06) Electric December

2006-10-24T01:19:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol were invited to contribute to Electric December 2006. We partnered with Martin Hanstead of Knowle West Media Centre to create an online game around Climate Change. The game is aimed at 14-19 year olds and is fun and educational. Clare Cunningham contributed to graphic design. All will be revealed this December!

(2nd May '06) Avon Organics

2006-10-24T01:00:00.000+01:00

Ivor gave a talk to Avon Organic Group on green mapping.

(Sep '05) GB at the Cube cinema

2006-10-24T00:50:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol showed an excerpt from a film at the Cube's Greenscreen. The film was made by Jon Wisbey for Digital Stories at the Watershed.

(27th March '06) It's all at the Co-op!

2006-10-24T00:45:00.000+01:00

GreenBristol has registered as a worker's co-operative. Ivor McGillivray and Steve Parry are now co-directors of GreenBristol Ltd. Many thanks to Katy Harkavy at Avon CDA for her continuing support and assistance.

(February '06) Logo and Green Futures conference

2006-10-24T00:37:00.001+01:00

GreenBristol has a shiny new logo designed by Clare Cunningham.

We also ran green-mapping workshops at the Green Futures conference organised by Bristol South Green Party.

Flickr

2006-03-03T16:24:00.000Z

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

GreenBristol's aims and objectives

2006-02-12T13:59:00.000Z

Green Maps illuminate the interconnections between society, nature and the built environment, helping residents get involved and make smarter lifestyle choices while also guiding visitors to successes they can replicate back home. Wendy Brawer

Project website: www.greenbristol.org.uk

GreenBristol aims to promote environmental awareness and community sustainability within Bristol by means of green mapping. Green mapping began in the early 1990s. Since then many projects have sprung up around the globe. A common element is the Green Map System - a visual language of green map icons.

Green mapping is an exciting tool for raising awareness around sustainable development. The diversity of projects around the world proves its versatility. It has been used to publicise the green economy, to highlight recycling opportunities, to foster networking, to chart renewable energy and energy efficiency options, to promote urban and wildlife tourism and outdoor recreation and as a tool in youth and adult education.

The GreenBristol project is being piloted in the Bristol New Deal for Communities area. This area covers Barton Hill, The Dings, Lawrence Hill and Redfield.

The centrepiece of the Pilot Project is an online map. This has three functions, relating roughly to past, present and future:

1 To create a forum in which local people can explore and discover the human, natural and environmental history of their locality; and so appreciate and value the distinctiveness of their living neighbourhood

2 To serve as a hub for local people to air their thoughts, feelings and concerns about the place where they live

3 To begin to imagine – and bring about - a city of the future

Local people are invited to contribute content in the form of text, image, audio and video. The project also encourages the making of creative content – poetry, photography, digital stories etc - as well as factual content.

Mapmaking is supported by public events - sociable and enjoyable events open to all. These are occasions to bring together experts and local people - experts in their own neighbourhood. They are a chance to explore and discover the local environment. Finally, public events are opportunities to create media assetts for the website involving the local community in a proactive way.

GreenBristol featured on Electric December!

2006-02-08T23:11:00.000Z

See GreenBristol's present for you on Electric December (see 14th): www.electricdecember.org

Interviews recorded by Grassroots newspaper about the tree cutting issue

2006-02-08T22:28:00.000Z

Go here: http://www.greenbristol.org.uk/gms/map_browser.pl?x=513&y=429&z=2 and click on the audio files. With thanks to Grassroots newspaper.

GreenBristol website

2006-01-30T03:30:00.000Z

The wbsite has experienced some problems recently. We lost some of our media uploads. These have been re-uploaded except for links to Bristol City council's Ward profiles - coming soon.

Steve

Boat Trip photos 2

2005-07-15T19:12:00.000+01:00

Back through the tunnel on the Feeder

Whalebone Polly in the stern

Tom Philips reciting his poetry

The Tower Belle was originally built as a river steamer

The sky really was this colour!

Mitchel Solars with his photo competition prize - a digital camera

Vince helping with the quiz

Jon Wisbey - Poet

Out on the Avon

Boat trip photos

2005-07-14T17:59:00.000+01:00

Whalebone Polly playing at Chequers

The boat reaches Hanham

Mitchel using the camera he won

Feedback on boat trip

2005-07-14T17:13:00.000+01:00

These are some of the comments received by boat trippers in answer to the question: What did you most enjoy about the trip?

'The commentary was interesting.'

'The peace, the quiet, the riverside tranquility.'

'The scenery, the talks, the friendly conversation.'

'Good fun - good mix of people and entertainment.'

'Opportunity to see the flora of the riverbank, also hearing some of the history.'

'The fact that I saw a heron (my favourite bird!) and a new experience for me as I've not been on this stretch of water before.'

'Good to meet new people from the area. Very well organised. Lots of interesting info.'

'Getting out and meeting new people and the scenery.'

'Seeing all the lovely houseboats.'

'Finding out about different things.'

'Fresh air, appreciation of the countryside.'

Boat trip report

2005-07-14T16:39:00.000+01:00

The GreenBristol boat trip was a great success with around 65 people enjoying a mid-summer cruise through Feeder canal and up the river Avon to Hanham Lock and Weir. The event was to introduce the local environment to residents of the NDC area and invite discussion on topics of interest. Speakers included Ivor McGillivray on Chemicals at the Netham, Robin Acton-Campbell on Trooper's Hill and Tanya Darch (Environmental Quality team, Bristol City Council) on the water quality of the Feeder and river Avon.

Photographer Liz Milner presented the photo competition winner, Mitchel Solars, with a Canon digital camera. Liz commented on the high standard of entries to the competition. Mitchel's photos, and those of other entrants, will be on the online map when it goes live and in an exhibition at Barton Hill Settlement next week. Several poets gave readings including Pippin Sadler, Jon Wisbey, Mark Adams, Sean, Helen Sheppard, and Editor of Venue magazine; Tom Philips. We were also enchanted by the melodies of Whalebone Polly singing their hearts out!

Whalebonepolly

Steve

Food mapping

2005-06-22T11:17:00.000+01:00

The Sustainable City team have mapped food links across the city. The NDC area:

Key to map

Sustainable Neighbourhoods display

Report of the Medical Officer of Health on the sanitary condition of the City and County of Bristol

2005-06-14T13:23:00.000+01:00

During quarter ending September 29th 1877:

p.8
Deaths from diseases of the lungs show the quarterly average for the season. 196 deaths were registered under this class, viz.: 101 from Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy, and 95 from Phthisis.
After deducting deaths from the Royal Infirmary and the General Hospital from the returns of the Sub-registration Districts of St James and St Mary Redcliff, the deaths from affections of the lungs show a higher rate in St Phillips than in any other. The rate of mortality from these diseases in the whole city was 3.9, but for the district of St Phillips it was 4.6. I think this must be due to the concentration of our manufacturing industry in that district, and the want of open spaces to dilute the irritating fumes unavoidably connected with certain manufactures.

David Davies

During quarter ending December 28th 1878:

Deaths from diseases of the Respiratory Organs reach the large number of 482 i.e. 386 of Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy; and 96 of Phthisis. These 482 deaths give a general rate of mortality of 9.4, but in Clifton the rate is only 5.8; and in the Westbury Sub-registration District (geographically a part of Clifton) only 5.1, although many invalids, subject to Diseases of the Chest, reside in those districts. It thus seems that the inhabitants on the higher levels of the city are not inordinately subject to suffering from the accession of inclement weather. It is clear that persons living in the Clifton and Westbury Districts have better chances of life than their fellow citizens in the lower districts.

Joseph Yeates

Boat trip on Tower Belle - 6th July

2005-06-10T17:40:00.000+01:00

Greenbristol have booked the Tower Belle to sail along the Feeder canal and river Avon to Chequers on Wednesday 6th July. The boat starts at Temple Quay at 5.30 returning to the Ostrich pub in Bristol at 10 pm. Information packs about the route and things to look out for (eg kingfishers, herons, glow worms, bats, fish, strange plants, industrial archeology etc) will be provided. Bring your cameras/videos/sketchbooks - we want to collect as many pictures for the website as possible. This event is to invite people to learn more about their immediate environment, its history and ecology and the huge changes the area has undergone. Feedback will provide a rich mixture of unique, individual points of view shared via the green map.

There will be speakers talking about the history and ecology of the route along the way eg The Netham Chemical Works, Lead Works, Crew's Hole Tar Works, invasive plants. We hope also to take samples of the canal and river and project a live display from a microscope showing the bugs and organisms that inhabit the water. There will also be a live band/poetry! Cost £1.50 For more information contact Greenbristol: Ivor McGillivray (07791) 752574 ivor.mcgillivray@btopenworld.com or Laura Hamilton: 0117 954 0729 lorhamilton@yahoo.co.uk

More photo trail shots

2005-06-10T17:34:00.000+01:00

Barbed Cloud - Liz Milner

Rhubarb Tavern - Liz Milner

Chugging along - Mitchel Morgan

Fishing - BethanyHamilton

Rowersinhats-LizMilner

Rowers pursued - Steve Parry

Faster rowers - LauraHamilton

Yellow vans - MitchellMorgan

Jewish cemetry - Tashie & Bethany

Hope by Photo Joe

2005-06-10T17:32:00.000+01:00

View from Barton Hill Settlement

Barton Hill photo trail

2005-03-31T15:24:00.000+01:00

On Saturday 26th March a group of youngsters from Lawrence Hill Church group were given a photo workshop. Liz Milner showed how to use the digital cameras (lent by Barton Hill Settlement) and look anew at everyday views. They then explored the locality, taking photos as they went, of things they might normally overlook.

Liz and Laura

Amy

Bethany

Group by the Feeder canal

Mitch

Mitch and Amy

Community photography event/website

2005-03-24T18:16:00.000Z

This weekend - 26th/27th March - Greenbristol are holding the first of this year's local community events. Photographer Liz Milner has been commissioned to facilitate two photography trails around the NDC area. Liz has lots of experience using photography to explore diverse subjects with community groups. Barton Hill Settlement has kindly loaned five digital cameras for this event. Let's hope the sun shines!

The beta version of the live website - covering the NDC area - will be online by early May for feedback from communities and individuals. The fully tested site is scheduled to go live in June.

Steve

May Day marquee event in Barton Hill

2005-03-24T16:29:00.000Z

The first community event in Bristol to introduce the map was held in a marquee.

Dublin Convergence Sustainable Living Festival

2005-03-24T16:18:00.000Z

In May 2004 a green map exhibition and community mapping symposium was held in Dublin. Green mappers from New York, London, Dublin and Bristol attended workshops.

Wendy Brawer; Founder of www.greenmap.com

Participatory Appraisal tools including Quick Marking were used to develop a taxonomy for maps

Men's group activities

2005-03-24T16:01:00.000Z

Barton Hill men's group created a large canvas map of the NDC area as artwork

Sustainable Development wiki

2005-03-09T16:59:00.000Z

The map project has been added to the wikipaedia.

This is a space for communities to share information about local sustainable development initiatives and ideas.

Steve

Bristol Green map website

2005-03-02T15:33:00.000Z

A website with background info on the pilot project at Barton Hill and surrounding areas has gone live:

http://www.greenbristol.org.uk

A competition is being held for artwork for the home page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenmap/

The full site - with detailed, layered mapping - is scheduled to go live by May 1st.

Steve

Photojoe

2005-02-28T18:14:00.000Z

Photojoe - 12 yrs - has made a movie about the Barton Hill area. You can see it here:

http://homepage.mac.com/joesheppard/iMovieTheater1.html

You will need Apple's (free) Quicktime to view it. Download Quicktime here:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Steve

Green Maps world-wide

2004-09-02T18:51:00.000+01:00

This is the best starting point for exploring Green Maps:

http://www.greenmap.com/

Steve

Old map of Barton Hill

2004-08-24T14:59:00.000+01:00

Click on the Gazeteer, scroll down and click on Somerset. Then click on a region, like Barton Hill:

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

The map is an old Ordnance Survey of 1887.

Steve

First photo post

2004-08-18T19:15:00.001+01:00

We can post photos here! But Blogger doesn't host images to keep bandwidth costs down. So the photo needs to be online somewhere already. You must paste the address of the photo in your posting to this blog. To find out the address right click on the photo and save its address. Then, in this blog, add a post. In the preview area click the 'Upload Image/File' button when composing your posting. Then paste in the address of the photo. You can also download Blogger's tool for uploading images - see Help in upper right of the screen.

Steve

creating a green map for Bristol

2004-08-11T23:45:00.000+01:00

Green mapping took off at the beginning of the 1990s. Since then over 200 green maps have been published around the world in both printed form and digital form. Many of these maps have an urban focus. These maps show sites of environmental significance: provision of green goods and services; availability of open space; toxic hot-spots; and so on. They make use of a broadly recognised set of map icons called the Green Map System developed by a team of eco-designers led by Wendy Brauwer from New York. Green mapping has the potential to facilitate the spread of innovative greening ideas from place to place.

GreenBristol aims to set in motion a green mapping process in Bristol. The project is being piloted in the Bristol New Deal for Communities area: Barton Hill, Redfield, Lawrence Hill, The Dings. Community at Heart awarded funding to the project in February 2004. It is hoped that the idea will catch on in other neighbourhoods of Bristol too.