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Small business applications of sourcemap: a web tool for sustainable design and supply chain transparency

Authors:

Leonardo Bonanni,

Matthew Hockenberry,

Chris Csikszentmihalyi,

Hiroshi IshiiAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 937 - 946

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753465

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

Abstract

This paper introduces sustainable design applications for small businesses through the Life Cycle Assessment and supply chain publishing platform Sourcemap.org. This web-based tool was developed through a year-long participatory design process with five small businesses in Scotland and in New England. Sourcemap was used as a diagnostic tool for carbon accounting, design and supply chain management. It offers a number of ways to market sustainable practices through embedded and printed visualizations. Our experiences confirm the potential of web sustainability tools and social media to expand the discourse and to negotiate the diverse goals inherent in social and environmental sustainability.

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