Green Map's director, Wendy Brawer, was returning to Cuba, 18 years after introducing it to local environmentalists. Today, over 1800 people are involved! Photos tell the story of how workshops, exchanges and site visits share best practices and impacts. Photos by Wendy, Ray Sage and Mapa Verde Cuba

1. Green Map in Cuba
11-2016

2. 40 Green Mapmakers worked together for 3 days in a seaside hotel

3. These are the organizers, with Green Mapmakers from MX & US

4. 1863 participants are in the network, in 8 ‘nodes’

5. Training, exchange and movement building are key themes

6. Participants are passionate about this work

7. Every ‘node’ made a SWOT analysis & planned for 2017
100% said the workshop was on target

8. Together, we went on a site visit – each place has many positive
changes that came with the locally-designed Green Map process

9. Alamar community celebration- 18 years of Green Mapmaking!

10. Rincon de Guanabo’s Eco Center has
mangrove restoration, scuba and a plant lab

11. Mangrove forests protect coastal communities and provide habitat

12. Part of a growing permaculture network, this organic farm is
opening a roadside juice stand and making Green Maps!

13. Pinar del Rio’s youth shared how rural communities use mapmaking

14. We toured biogas & coffee production, fields, gardens & a health spa

15. At the end, we saw a few changes in Havana since visiting in 1998

16. Green Map’s director, Wendy Brawer, was delighted to meet
so many dedicated and wise people!

17. Special thanks to all the participants, photographer Gustavo Blanco
(left), Mapa Verde Director Liana Bidart (right),
and Nathalie Castiaux, Green Mapmaker of Irapuato Mexico

18. Thank you Mapa Verde Cuba Y Centro Felix Varela!
Questions? info@greenmap.org www.cfv.org.cu/