LOW-TECH MAGAZINE

How Sustainable is High-tech Health Care?

Can we make modern health care carbon-neutral and maintain the levels of care, pain relief, and longevity that we have come to take for granted?

Illustration: The human powered hospital. By Golnar Abbasi & Arvand Pourabbasi. Taken from Human Power Plant: Human Powered Neighbourhood, Melle Smets & Kris De Decker.

Vertical Farming Does Not Save Space

If the electricity for a vertical farm is supplied by solar panels, the energy production takes up at least as much space as the vertical farm saves.