The Power of Community: How Cuba survived peak oil

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TitleThe Power of Community: How Cuba survived peak oil
NotesWhen Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the country faced an immediate crisis xe2x80x93 feeding the population xe2x80x93 and an ongoing challenge: how to create a new low-energy society. This film tells the story of the Cuban peoplexe2x80x99s hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity xe2x80x93 through cooperation, conservation, and community. xe2x80x83
Recommendations"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
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TypeDVD   PublisherThe Community Solution
LanguageEnglish   Year2006
AudienceYouth and Adult   Call IDJ 210 Power
Length53 minutes    
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