Youth

En españolStory from 2016Story from 2018Map: Sitios históricos del Reparto Camilo Cienfuegos, mpio. Habana del Este 

En InglésHistoria de 2016Historia de 2018Mapa: Sitios históricos del Reparto Camilo Cienfuegos, mpio. Habana del Este Principales Resultados:

In 2024, the Human Impacts Institute launched a Green Map project that placed youth leadership and community storytelling at its core. Through the Youth Speak Out! fellowship, 12 young people (primarily from underserved neighborhoods) received training in creative climate communication and collaboratively built a Green Map highlighting over 100 local climate and cultural initiatives across Marseille.

Yongchunpi Wetland Ecological Park Real-life Puzzle Game

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Charting Forgotten Spaces: This particular project was in some ways an outlier for Green Map – set in a Catholic Church on a block of Harlem (East 129th Street) which the NY Times had designated as the “most hopeless” in all of New York City and investigated by young people who were hoping that their findings would inspire some accelerated positive change in a neighborhood which had not experienced much of that in their short lifetimes.

Tororo Green Mapmakers made two maps, printed map and digital. The maps were made by youths and adults. The map has helped in raising environmental awareness to the people of Tororo which has resulted in taking some positive actions to create green sites which are friendly to humanity.  

Rain gardens are the first line of defence against toxins leaking into local watersheds. Gardens of marshy, native plants attract pollinators with their blooms and filter polluted runoff with their roots, making sure that no chemicals end up in urban streams and rivers!💧Together we can protect our watersheds and generations of salmon to come!

High school students help shine a light on various projects on this park-like island

Our Connected! Green Maps raised awareness of the amenities inside major parks, along trails, and in surrounding neighborhoods, emphasizing the unique local assets, history, opportunities to learn and take action, and the symbiotic relationship potential. Check out the Passport we created earlier, too!In 2014, we contributed to the book, Green Map Impacts.  We also undertook many 'Green Map Your Community' projects with youth.Provided by Janet Felsten, Feb 2025