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 environmental 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 | Beyond Transparency Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design Leonardo Bonanni . Architecture Visual Arts Columbia University 1999 M. Arch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003 . 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 Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology September 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010. All rights reserved. archives Author Program in Media Arts and Sciences September 2010 Certified by Hiroshi Ishii Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology Accepted by V ----------------------------- Pattie Maes Academic Head Program in Media Arts and Sciences Beyond Transparency Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design 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 environmental 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 .
