How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

[Guest guest]

Film Screening - The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Wed, Jul 11, 2007 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Global Exchange Conference Room

2017 Mission Street, Second Floor (near 16th St & Mission St. BART)

San Francisco

 

Please join us for Global Exchange's lunchtime screening of the film " the Power

of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil " .

 

 

When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990's, the country faced an

immediate crisis - feeding the population - and an ongoing challenge: how to

create a new low energy society. Cuba transitioned 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, conservation and community, told in

their own words. As the world approaches Peak Oil, Cuba provides a valuable

example of how to successfully address the challenge of reducing our energy use.

 

For more information contact:

Alison Lowrie, Global Exchange

415-255-7296 ext 253

speakers

 

 

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