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Beyond Transparency: Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design 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 11SSAG 'USETTS INSYTT Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology TU SEP 14 210 September 2010 L RAR iE S @ 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 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 scalable system points the way towards comprehensive sustainability accounting through the distributed verification 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 motivate 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 Beyond Transparency: Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design Leonardo Bonanni is Reade Chris Csikszentmihalyi Research Scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology Beyond Transparency: Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design 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 Beyond Transparency: Collective Engagement in Sustainable Design Leonardo Bonanni Thesis Reader Gregory Norris Adjunct Lecturer on Life Cycle Assessment Harvard School of Public Health