The “Green map” (www.Greenmap.by) is a resource where information on important ecological sites is collected: collection points for waste and unnecessary things; organizations involved in environmental protection; places where there are renewable energy units; unique natural areas such as parks, gardens, nature reserves. The map makes it possible to leave comments about individual points and their photos. The community of the volunteers of the map who take constant part in the work on the project, has increased to 50 people. The resource receives 5000–5500 visits per month.

the map is based on OpenStreetMap software and allows to program additional layers on it. On the picture above the map shows the collection points for paper waste, as an example, and you can see that the whole territory of Belarus is covered with Green Map.

The “Green map” displays information on all the towns of the Republic of Belarus. Educational institutions, eco-NGOs, state environmental organizations, laboratories, wind generators, solar installations, solar water heaters, hydroelectric power stations, biogas plants, natural territories, natural sites, specially protected natural areas, recreation parks, nature monuments and many other environmental objects are marked on the “Green map”.

For the outstanding contribution into the development of the information society, the widespread implementation of information and communication technologies, elimination of the digital gap between and within the countries, the project “Green map of Belarus” won the first place in the nomination “E-environment” at the largest world competition “World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)”. The prize was awarded at the WSIS Forum held in Geneva on 12-15 June 2017. A total of 345 projects from all over the world were submitted for the contest, and the winners were selected in 18 categories. That's how the volunteer work of Maria was rewarded on a very high level. This is a wonderful example how digital tools can help to organize the volunteer work.