DVD The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (0143) In Stock Now

DVD. When Cuba lost access in Soviet oil in the early 1992, the country faced an immediate crisis - feeding the population - and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. Cuba transited from large, fossil-fuel intensive farming to small , less energy-intensive organic farms and urban gardens, and from a highly industrial society to a more sustainable one.

This film tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity and triumph over sudden adversity - through cooperation,conversation and community, told in their own words. As the world approaches Peak Oil, Cuba prides a valuable example of how to successfully address the challenge of reducing our energy use

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www.communitysolution.org

2006

Run time: 53 minutes

Audio: English

Subtitles:

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Norwegian
  • German
  • Dutch
  • Danish
  • Taiwanese-Mandarin