Human Power Plant

The Human Power Plant is an artistic research project into the possibilities of human power production in a modern society. Unlike solar and wind energy, human power is always available, no matter the season or time of day. Unlike solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries, humans don't need to be manufactured in a factory. Unlike all other power sources, human power increases as the human population grows.

Human Powered Neighbourhood: Sustainable Decadence

Life in the first climate-neutral neighbourhood in the Netherlands is largely determined by the weather and the seasons.

Collage: Golnar Abbasi & Arvand Pourabbasi. Lees dit artikel in het Nederlands.

Human Powered Neighbourhood: The Hospital

The first carbon-neutral district in the Netherlands says no to modern healthcare, which is completely dependent on fossil fuels. Yet the inhabitants are just as healthy as other Dutch people.

Human Powered Neighbourhood: The Internet

As the first carbon neutral neighbourhood in the Netherlands, Bospolder-Tussendijken is an outsider. But that does not mean that the residents are cut off from the outside world: they have a mobile phone and use the Internet. The difference is that the local communication network is not dependent on fossil fuels.

Lees dit artikel in het Nederlands. Collages by Golnar Abbasi & Arvand Pourabbasi.