Community Mapping Project Outreach
5. Community Mapping Project Outreach Position
Time commitment: 6-8 hrs a week
Position for 3 moths – 6 months
Community Project
This project will create interactive web community maps of the green space hot spots (green spaces that are significant to communities and have been threatened by development in the past, present or future). The maps will allow people to share why those spaces are significant to them and what are people’s dreams for the future of the hot spot.
Responsibilities
- Work with the researcher in locating community organizations who are involved with the struggles to protect the hot spots that are on the researcher’s list
- Contact those organizations and tell them about Green Dream and the Mapping Project in development
- Look for organizations that might be interested in becoming partners in the Mapping Project
- Look for organizations who are doing work related to preserving green spaces and compile a contact list, tell them about the project establish contact with them
- the list of the community organizations will be posted on the Green Dream Website and be available to the public
The perfect person:
This is a perfect position for a person who loves learning about the community’s relationship to green spaces and is interested in green space issues, sustainable growth and urban planning and development. It could be done by a student who can count this as part of their research for an accredited course or academic paper. It could also be done by a person who is working with a community organization that can benefit from such research. As an intern you will have the chance to learn a lot about community struggles for green space and share the concise list and description you create with the public, this will be an invaluable resource. You will be able to draw knowledge and inspiration from the Green Dream team. You will exchange ideas, be inspired and inspire others.
To apply contact
greendreammedia@gmail.com