The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

DVD, 2006, 53 min.
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When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis -- feeding the population -- and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. This film tells the story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity -- through cooperation, conservation, and community.
"Everyone who is concerned about Peak Oil needs to see this film. Cuba survived an energy famine during the 1990s, and how it did so constitutes one of the most important and hopeful stories of the past few decades. It is a story not just of individual achievement, but of the collective mobilization of an entire society to meet an enormous challenge." - Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Powerdown
TypeVideo
GenreIntroductory Reference
ExpressionDocumentary/Interview
TopicOil Industry, Agriculture
AudienceAdults, Youth
LanguageEnglish
PublisherThe Community Solution
CollectionCuba
ISBN9780910420327

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