PARTICIPANTS

Scott Boylston is Program Coordinator and co-author of the Masters in Design for Sustainability at SCAD, and professor in Design for Sustainability. He’s the author of three books, including Designing Sustainable Packaging, and a book of poems on global environmental degradation. He has published over a dozen short stories in respected literary journals, and numerous essays in design journals such as Core 77, Design Observer and Communication Arts.

Scott is co-founder and president of Emergent Structures, a non-profit organization dedicated to innovative, community-based material reclamation and re-use. He founded SCAD’s Design Ethos conference and ‘DO-ference,’ a workshop-based event that brings together design practitioners with community leaders to address social and economic issues. He speaks internationally on design and sustainability, and holds a masters from Pratt Institute. Scott has served on the Georgia State Board of the US Green Building Council, and presently sits on the National Academy of Environmental Design.