The Greener Side of Sydney is an initiative of local artist and cartographer, James - proprietor of maplocal.

Originally from Oxford in the UK - James has never looked back.

Moving his family to Berowra, then Hornsby Heights. The kids went to school in St Ives and North Turramurra.

He now lives in Wahroonga, works in Hornsby and keeps fit in Waitara, while shopping at Thornleigh, dining in Gordon, playing pickle ball at North Ryde, playing hockey at Pennant Hills, and watching films in Roseville.