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DESCRIPTION:"Velorution: One City's Solution to the Automobile": When trade relations 
 with the socialist block collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of their oil 
 supply.  "Velorution" documents how they bought 1.2 million bicycles, 
 switched bus factories to bicycle manufacturing, educated riders, changed 
 the city of Havana to accommodate bikes, posted bicycle signs, did job 
 swaps to reduce length of commutes, and in the process created more human 
 interaction and community.  "The Greening of Cuba": Another result of that 
 collapse was that Cuba lost most of its pesticide and fertilizer imports 
 and half its petroleum – the mainstays of highly industrialized 
 agriculture.  Challenged with growing food for 11 million in the face of 
 the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to 
 organic farming ever attempted.  Told in the voices of the campesinos, 
 researchers, and organic gardeners who are leading the organic agriculture 
 movement, "The Greening of Cuba" reminds us that developed and developing 
 nations alike can choose a healthier environment and still feed their 
 people.  The films will be followed by an open discussion led by Ana Perez, 
 Director of Global Exchange's Cuba Program.  Suggested donation $5 - $10.  
 Sponsored by:  Peninsula Peace and Justice Center - 
 http://www.peaceandjustice.org  World Centric - http://www.worldcentric.org 
  Peace Umbrella of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto - 
 http://www.uucpa.org  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/04/59533.php
SUMMARY:Films: "Velorution" and "Greening of Cuba"
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalist Church, Main Hall  505 East Charleston, Palo Alto  
 (Wheelchair accessible)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/04/59533.php
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