Organic Sacramento Update/The Power of Community

Hi Everyone,

Please see the below announcement about the upcoming film screening of
"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil." It will be shown
this Tuesday, November 28 at 7:00 p.m. at the Peace Action Center at 909 -
12th Street. It is good for us to learn from the difficult times that
Cuba went through so that we can be better prepared as we begin to deal
with our own "Peak Oil" and "Climate Change" issues. At any rate, this
film seems very timely and I think will provide valuable information.
(See attached flier for additional details.)

Also, Sacramento County is sponsoring a day-long "Going Organic Kick-Off
Meeting" this Thursday, November 30, to offer information for those
wanting to learn more about transitioning to organic farming and
gardening. Additional information and details are available in the
attached flier (see attachment) or by contacting Greg House at (530)
753-3361 or Jenny Broome at (916) 875-6421.

On another note, our next Organic Sacramento meeting will be on Monday,
December 4 at 6:30 p.m. at our new location - Miracles of Sacramento at
3120 O Street (a couple blocks from the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op).
We will be catching up on what has transpired over the last number of
months and strategizing as to how we want to plug into some key efforts
such as the GE issues, continued front yard garden ordinance strategies,
as well as Chem-Lawn and other campaigns. Hope you can make it.

I hope everyone had a very wonderful Thanksgiving and is having a good
autumn/beginning of winter. Take good care - and be safe and well.

Kim



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"THE POWER OF COMMUNTY: HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL" FILM SHOWING

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Showing at Sacramento Area Peace Action’s 4th Tuesday Films
Tuesday, Nov 28, 7pm
909 12th Street, Sacramento
Contact: 916-448-7157; sypeaceact [at] jps.net

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, documents Cuba’s
emergency transition to local organic agriculture, renewable energy, and
large-scale mass transit. The transition occurred following the Soviet
collapse in 1990, when their massive subsidies of imported oil and food to
Cuba were halted.

In this documentary, ordinary Cubans talk about the immediate hardships
they faced. Their GDP dropped by more than one third, transportation
nearly stopped and food became scarce - the average Cuban lost 20 pounds
during the first years of this economic crisis.

The film visits urban gardens and organic farms, explains the
relationship between food and fossil fuels, and shows how a society can
change from an industrialized, global focus to a local, community-based
one. It is a rare view into this island culture, using firsthand
reporting that focuses on what Cubans learned about adapting to living
with less.

Cuba’s experience provides a living model for how the rest of the world
can respond to the coming world oil production peak and irreversible
decline some oil experts say will occur this decade. "Everyone who is
concerned about Peak Oil needs to see this film," said Richard Heinberg,
author of The Party's Over and Powerdown. "It is a story not just of
individual achievement, but of the collective mobilization of an entire
society to meet an enormous challenge."

The film runs 53 minutes.