Earth Day Showcase of Urban EcoMap in San Francisco

In advance of the launch of the Urban EcoMap, the application was previewed during the Mayor of San Francisco's Earth Day event.

San Francisco is the first city worldwide to introduce the Urban EcoMap. The web-based tool will will be made available to the general public at the Connected Urban Development conference in Seoul, 21st May 2009. The visual demo can be viewed on the CUD program website, and at the application website: www.urbanecomap.org.

Urban EcoMap gives every person the ability to see the collective results of individual climate change actions, while also motivating people to make responsible environmental choices and creating competition among neighborhoods to reduce their carbon footprint. Urban EcoMap provides information on carbon emissions from transportation, energy and waste among neighborhoods, organized by ZIP codes.

Great feedback so far from the citizens of San Francisco on the comments section of the website, enquiries for updates, on Twitter, and Facebook. Come and have a look at the preview, and engage in the conversation.

Shane Mitchell, Cisco IBSG, Connected Urban Development