Collective Engagement in Sustainable DesignLeonardo Bonanni B.A.. Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab 2005 Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture
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Leonardo Bonanni
B.A Architecture/Visual Arts, Columbia University 1999
M Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003
M.S Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab 2005
Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
11 SSAG 'USETTS INSYTT Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences at the TU
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Muriel R Cooper Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Academic Head Program in Media Arts and Sciences
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Leonardo Bonanni
Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 2010
Abstract
For a timely answer to the question of sustainability, or how to provide for future generations, there
needs to be shared accounting of our social and physical resources Supply chain transparency makes it possible to map resource flows and ensure dependable production while avoiding social and environ-mental problems Open channels of communications can support a collective effort to account for the
impacts of supply chains and engage more people in the invention of long-term solutions, or sustainable
design.
This thesis proposes a crowd-sourced approach to resource accounting through the democratization of
sustainable design A web-based social network called Sourcemap was built to link diverse stakeholders
through an open forum for supply chain transparency and environmental assessment The scalable sys-tem points the way towards comprehensive sustainability accounting through the distributed verifica-tion of industrial practices
Sourcemap was developed over a two-year period in partnership with regional organizations, large businesses and SME's Small business case studies show that an open social media platform can moti-vate sustainable practices at an enterprise level and on a regional scale The public-facing supply chain publishing platform actively engages communities of producers, experts, consumers and oversight groups Thousands of user-generated contributions point towards the need to improve the quality of transparency to form a broadly accessible resource for sustainability accounting
Thesis Supervisor: Hiroshi Ishii
Title: Muriel R Cooper Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
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Leonardo Bonanni
Research Scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Leonardo Bonanni
Thesis Reader Mitchel Resnick on behalf of William J Mitchell
Alexander W Dreyfoos, Jr (1954) Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences
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Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design
Leonardo Bonanni
Gregory Norris
Adjunct Lecturer on Life Cycle Assessment Harvard School of Public Health
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Related Work
The Black Box of Supply Chains p.21 Towards a Collective Approach p.25 Crowdsourcing Verification p.29 Civic Media p.33
Sourcemap
Implementation p.37 System Description p.43 Verification p.45
Field Research
The Product Designer p.51 The Butcher p.53
The Hotelier p.55 The Brewer p.57 The Caterer p.59 Findings p.63
Pilot Studies
Regional Development Group p.65 Major US Retailer p.67
Evaluating Engagement
User-Generated Content p.71 Expert Contributions p.81
New Directions
Conclusions
Bibliography