Baltimore Green Map launched
Calling on all Baltimore area nature lovers! You can help create a new map of the coolest hiking spots, organic food stores, farmers markets and other green resources in our area.
It's called the Baltimore Green Map. You might have heard about it this morning on WYPR 88.1 FM. The project is part of an international campaign to get more information about green living out to residents of local areas around the world. Baltimore coordinator Janet Felsten was on the radio, announcing the website for our local map and describing how the concept works. She's inviting people from the community to make entries on a Google-based interactive map. People can nominate their favorite park or walking trail, a healthy restaurant or a store where people can buy wholesome products. And then they and others can comment on the sites and give their opinions about them.
It's free. But it requires folks to help out by adding to the green map. So everyone pitch in!
Check out the map so far by clicking here.
Or to get an explanation of the project, go to www.baltogreenmap.org.
I report on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, I have focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, I've crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. Recently, I have been covering the growth and development transforming the landscape. I love seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. I hope to share some here.
