The Social Cost Tracker is an open-source mobile technology designed to promote just labor and ecological practices by informing consumer choices at the point of purchase. The phrase "social cost" here refers to both the human capital exploited and the natural resources expended in the production of consumer goods. We are in the early stages of development and conceptualization and are looking for organizations and companies interested in collaboration.

A Project of University of California Santa Cruz graduate students from the Departments of Engineering, Digital Arts and New Media, Social Documentary, and Anthropology. This interdisciplinary team is working under the guidance of faculty members Sharon Daniel, Professor and Chair of Digital Arts New Media MFA program, and James Davis, Associate Professor, Computer Science, School of Engineering.

For more information or to collaborate, please contact:
Sharon Daniel
James Davis