Brawer, Wendy

Wendy E. Brawer is a New York-based designer, public educator and consultant. She is best known as creator of NYC’s Green Apple Map and as Founding Director of the award-winning Green Map System, which has energized communities in over 50 countries to chart a sustainable future. In addition to producing maps and related websites (GreenMap.org, GreenAppleMap.org), books, exhibits and presentations, Wendy has taught, spoken and written on eco-design internationally since 1990. Her diverse consulting and production projects for Times Square, Liberty Science Center, and others have promoted renewable energy and highlighted waste reduction. She was Designer in Residence at Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in 1997 and a 2005 Terre de Femme/Woman of Earth. Wendy chaired the national eco-committee for the Industrial Designers Society of America and co-founded O2 NYC in the mid-nineties, current affiliations can be found at EcoCultural.info. Panel: Global Concerns, Local Actions What is localization, and how can it help restore community economic decisionmaking, moderate climate change, decrease alienation, create green jobs and build social equity? This participatory session will explore this question. Learn what communities can do to address global issues, support locally-owned businesses and farms, and meet more of their needs—such as food, mobility, energy and culture—near home.