Green Map Icons
Welcome! Green Map Icons, version 3 are available for mapping and more - all to help you and your community thrive and become a healthier and more sustainable place! Now available under the Creative Commons rather than by copyright, you can use them according to the overview and licensing guidelines. This includes giving credit to Green Map, sharing alike and non commercial use on a variety of projects (with reciprocal support from income generation).
Co-designed since 1995, the Green Map Icons evolve with our understanding of sustainability. Our thanks to everyone who took part in the development of Green Map Icons, Version 3. This set of Green Map Icons includes 170 icons in 12 categories arranged in 3 genres. Generally, Green Map projects do not use all of the icons on a single map.
Several resources, including the Icon font and image sets, are available to make them easier to use. At http://GreenMap.org/icons, find these and public resources that will be useful in workshops and project outreach.
Icons can be added to this platform, too! More details to come.
Icons
Sells ecologically-conscious products (eco-products). 100% of all products may not truly be major improvements over conventional products, but the ...
A property, café, shop, residential complex, service or other business that is cooperatively managed and/or benefits society. Eco-villages, communa...
Place to sell and exchange reusable goods and antiques by barter, free or cash. May be a second-hand, thrift, charity shop or online resource. May ...
Sells regionally grown produce. May be organic or traditional foods, sold in a lively permanent or temporary setting. Food does not travel far, so ...
Produced in accordance with green standards. At this site, they may be sold alongside conventional products. Adding your criteria to your map can h...
An economic enterprise solely based within the community, not a national franchise or chain store. Locally owned and managed, but not necessarily a...
Encompasses small-scale city farm to full-size rural farms that are organic, biodynamic or using other sustainable methods. Can be used to indicate...
Site where an experienced technician can fix your bike, appliance, computer, shoes, etc, keeping resources out of the waste stream. May be consciou...
Business or service that offers sustainable products and/or practices and includes resource conservation and environmental responsibility, corporat...
Ecological and socially conscious tourism that promotes energy efficiency, water/waste conservation, awareness and local economic opportunities in ...
Products, materials or building elements exchange, second-hand market or store. Significant reused buildings, other examples of creative reuse and ...
A place that contributes to sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers an...
The emphasis is on wholesome, healthful, fresh foods, made with local and/or organic ingredients. Vegetarian and vegan foods (no animal products wh...
Business with exemplary environmental and social responsibility standards and practices, and is a good neighbor. Ideally, their products are green,...
Place where you can rent or share items (such as a bicycle, vehicle, garden tools, outdoor activities or party-ware) rather than purchasing it. Mem...
Local food that is grown very near to where it is consumed, so it has fewer 'food miles' that decrease freshness and increase ecological impacts as...
Drop-off site for materials that can be reprocessed or refilled. Includes businesses that buy, work with or sell products made from recycled materi...
May include earth-built homes of natural materials such as adobe or straw, or other locally-sourced materials. This homemade housing often reuses m...
Site where greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone) are reduced, preferably using green technology. May be...
Renewable, alternative or other sustainable technology sites. May include clean technologies, zero emission, biomass and clean energy generation, n...
Practice of increasing the efficiency of buildings and their use of energy, water, and materials while reducing building impacts on health and the ...
Place that efficiently eliminates or carefully manages the use of paper through digital document sharing and archiving, double-sided printing, pape...
Place where you can see solar panels, passive solar examples and/or get information about this form of renewable energy. Includes buildings, organi...
Site or service that uses non-toxic products designed to work as well as typical commercial products, but that use renewable, less harmful, phospha...
Place where food waste, leaves, garden and lawn cuttings are biodegraded into rich new soil. Can include large-scale or demonstration projects, dro...