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Roberto Perez: Cuba - from collapse towards sustainability

Chris | 12.10.2008 22:41 | Ecology | Sheffield

Urban permaculturist, Roberto Perez, spoke in Sheffield on 25th September 2008 at a meeting organised by Sheffield Cuba Solidarity Campaign and Grow Sheffield,  http://www.growsheffield.com/ . Following are some photos form the talk and a audio recording of it, the recording includes the soundtrack from a short version of The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil,  http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php

Roberto Perez: Cuba - from collapse towards sustainability - mp3 94M

Cuba - from collapse towards sustainability
Cuba - from collapse towards sustainability

Cuba - Colonial Period 1500-1900
Cuba - Colonial Period 1500-1900

Cuba Post Colonial Republic 1900-1960
Cuba Post Colonial Republic 1900-1960

Cuba Deforestation
Cuba Deforestation

Conventional Cuban Agriculture Model 1965-1991
Conventional Cuban Agriculture Model 1965-1991

1991 East Block collapses
1991 East Block collapses

Government measures
Government measures

SA Achievments fertilization
SA Achievments fertilization

Urban Agriculture in Cuba
Urban Agriculture in Cuba

Some lessons learned in Cuba
Some lessons learned in Cuba

Some lessons learned in Cuba
Some lessons learned in Cuba

Two approaches
Two approaches

Roberto Perez
Roberto Perez

Conclusions
Conclusions

Another world is possible
Another world is possible

Q and A sesssion
Q and A sesssion


Earlier in his tour Roberto Perez visited Totnes and this talk was also recorded, see the write up on the Transition Culture blog,  http://transitionculture.org/2008/10/06/roberto-perezs-visit-to-totnes/

Chris
- Homepage: http://www.transitionsheffield.org.uk/