Peter Hanappe

My goal is to develop more thoughtful visions on how to use and integrate technology while assuring long-term environmental and economic sustainability. A first insight is that we will have to find a new bonding between humanity, nature and technology. In the future, we will probably have to rely more on biological and biology-inspired systems to generate energy, to produce and transform materials, and to collect, process, and transmit information.

The way that I choose to study this topic is to focus on sustainable farming, and more specifically intensive microfarms based on the 19th century farming methods of the Parisian market farmers. Because small-scale, urban farming is a world in a nutshell: it includes social, historical, economic, technical, human, natural and energetic aspects. This niche topic allows me to address some of the concerns raised above.