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DESCRIPTION:The Ecology Center and Eco Cuba Exchange invite you to a special 
 presentation by Cuban permaculturist,\n\n--Roberto Perez 
 Rivero--\nRepresentative of the Cuban NGO, the Antonio Nunez Jimenez 
 Foundation for Nature and Humanity\nand featured in the internationally 
 acclaimed film, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil\nFood 
 Sovereignty and Permaculture in Cuba\n\nRoberto Perez Rivero is the 
 Environmental Education and Biodiversity Conservation Program Director of 
 the Cuban NGO, the Antonio Nunez Jimenez Foundation for Nature and 
 Humanity, the oldest environmental organization in Cuba.  Mr. Perez has 
 also served as their Project Officer on Urban Agriculture and Environmental 
 Programs, Publishing Editor, and teacher of Environmental Education, 
 Sustainable Agriculture and Permaculture.  He has a Graduate Degree in 
 Biology from the University of Havana and studied Community-based Resource 
 Management at the University of St. Francis Xavier, Nova Scotia, Canada.  
 Since 1999, Mr. Perez has traveled extensively in Latin America and the 
 Caribbean, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, southeast Asia, and the 
 United States, presenting Cuba’s approach to sustainable living in the 
 face of declining petroleum and other nonrenewable resources.\n\nIn 2006, 
 the World Wildlife Foundation, using a combination of the UNDP Human 
 Development Index (health, education and shelter indices) and the Carbon 
 Footprint (carbon use per capita), determined that Cuba was the only nation 
 in the world living sustainably. How did this small, poor island nation 
 achieve this distinction?  \n\nMr Perez will talk about Cuba's progress and 
 struggles in sustainable agriculture and sustainable living, especially in 
 the last twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet bloc. If you have 
  not yet seen the film, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, 
 in which Mr. Perez is a featured interviewee, we highly recommend that  you 
 do so prior to attending the presentation.  The film is less than an hour 
 in length and is available, in its entirety,  at the website below.  The 
 first ten minutes focus on the issue of peak oil in general, followed by 50 
 minutes of interviews with the Cuban environmental policy makers and 
 practitioners, including Mr. Perez, who have brought about this dramatic 
 evolution toward sustainability in Cuba.\n\nThe Power of Community: How 
 Cuba Survived Peak Oil\nhttp://www.vimeo.com/8653921\n\n\nFor more 
 information on this presentation, please contact: Beck Cowles, 
 beck@ecologycenter.org or 510-548-2220 x 233\n\nFor more information about 
 the Bay Area tour of Roberto Perez Rivero, please contact: \nPam Montanaro, 
 Eco Cuba Exchange, a project of Global Exchange\npam@globalexchange.org or 
 510-318-4910  http://www.ecocubaexchange.org\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/30/18675961.php
SUMMARY:Food Sovereignty and Permaculture in Cuba
LOCATION:Ecology Center\n2530 San Pablo Ave,\nBerkeley, Ca, 94702
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/03/30/18675961.php
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