Eco Cuba Network Environment and Sustainability Resources
Cuba's Biosphere Reserves
VIDEOS
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
by Faith Morgan, Community Solutions
!Salud!, a film on Cuba's health care system, in Cuba and abroad
by MEDICC
Trailer
Full film on vimeo
Cuba's Coral Reefs with Dr. David Guggenheim
on Sixty Minutes with Anderson Cooper
Cuba, Wild Island of the Caribbena / Accidental Eden
("Nature" Video, PBS)
Urban Gardens in Havana
"Around the World in 80 Gardens", BBC
New Cooperatives in Cuba
by Dave Lippman
"Is Cuba the First, Large-scale Maker Society?"
by Kelly McCartney
"The Greening of Cuba"
by Jaime Kibben
(This is the first film made about the sustainable agriculture revolution in Cuba, made in the early 1990's.)
Recommended Videos to Rent of Purchase:
Maestra, a film on Cuba's 1961 literacy campaign
by Catherine Murphy, The Literacy Project
- Trailer
- Interview
- To order (Discounted price available when you join the Zinn Education Project)
Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
by Saul Landau, Institute for Policy Studies
AUDIO SLIDE SHOWS
Cuba Naturally,
by Steve Winter, National Geographic Society
The Birds of Cuba,
by Steve Zack, World Conservation Society
WEB SITES
Ocean Doctor/Ocean Doctor, US-Cuba Project
by Dr. David Guggenheim
Pristine Cuban coral reef
BLOGS
La Vida Locavore Cuba Journal
by Jill Richardson, May 2010
Jill Dickenson, food writer, with Fernando Funes (right), Cuban organic agriculture pioneer, and local farmer
AUDIO BROADCASTS
Cuba and the U.S. Find Friendship and Hope in the Gulf of Mexico
by David Guggenheim, "The Ocean Doctor", WebTalkRadio.net, October 18, 2010
ARTICLES
General Environmental Articles
by Garry Leech, Counterpunch, September 18, 2015
Environmental Law in Cuba
by Oliver Houck, Tulane University Law School, Environmental Law Review, Fall 2000
Journey to Cuba's Underwater Eden
by Rod Griffin, Environmental Defense Fund, 2012
Cuba Naturally
by Steve Winter, National Geographic, November 2003
Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge,
by Peter Benchley, National Geographic
The Nature of Cuba
by Eugene Linden, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2003
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
by Megan Quinn, Community Solutions, 2005
Deep Cuba
by Chris Clarke and Bill Belleville, Earth Island Journal
Conserving Cuba, After the Embargo
NY Times December 2007
Why Cuba is the Only Nation to Achieve Sustainable Development
by Bharat Mansata, Eternal Bhoomi: For Earth Consciousness and
Sustainable Living, January 2010
Encyclopedia of Earth entry on Cuban Wetlands
Why Cuba's Sustainability is Not an Accident
by Rachel Cernansky, Treehugger Journal, April 2012
Cuba: Environmental Sustainability Discussed
by Dick Wood, Greenleft Journal
National Program to Prevent Desertification and Drought in the Republic of Cuba
Cienaga de Zapata, largest wetlands in the Caribbean
Renewable Energy Articles
Cuba's Power: The Energy Revolution, Part I
How Will Cuba's Re-opening Affect the Country's Energy Future? Part II by Shashank Gouri, World Watch Institute
This Cuban Province Is on Its Way to 100 Percent Renewable Power
by Laurie Guevara Stone, January 2015
La Revolucion Energetica: Cuba's Energy Revolution
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Renewable Energy World.com, 2011
Teaching Cuba's Energy Revolution
by Laurie Stone, SEI, Solar Today, Jan/Feb 2009
Revolutionary Education
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Dec 2001/Jan 2002
Revolutionary Health Care
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Aug/Sept 1998
The Sol of Cuba
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Oct/Nov 1996
Rural Cuban School with solar panels installed by Cuba Solar
Sustainable Agriculture Articles
La Via Campesina: the Campesino a Campesino Agroecology Movement of ANAP in Cuba by Peter Rosset et al
The Cuba Diet: What Will You Be Eating When the Revolution Comes?
by Bill McKibben, Harpers, April 9, 2005 (excerpts)
Roots of Cuba's Agricultural Renascence, Part 1
Roots of Cuba's Agricultural Renascence Part 2
by Paul Gersper
Cuba at an Ag Crossroads: La Finca Marta of Fernando Funes
by Adam Calo
Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Scarcity on Agriculture and Energy
by M. Dawn King, Lehigh University
Cuba's New Agricultural Revolution
by Laura Enriquez, Institute for Food and Development Policy, May 2000
Cultivating Havana: Urban Agriculture and Food Security in the Years of Crisis
by Catherine Murphy, February 1999, Institute for Food and Development Policy
Havana Farmers' Market
The Greening of Cuba
by Peter Rosset, NACLA Report on the Americas 1994, Institute for Food and Development Policy
Cuba's "Johnny Appleseed": Scientist Honored for Organic Farming Initiatives,
April 20, 2010
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Cuban schoolchildren in school gardening program
Socially Responsible Business & Cooperative Business Models in Cuba
New Cooperatives in Cuba
by Dave Lippman
Socially Responsible Enterprise, Local Development in Cuba (SRELDC)
by Cliff DuRand, Z Magazine, October 17, 2013
New Cooperatives Form Part of Cuba's Reforms
by Patricia Grogg, International Press Service, July 11, 2013
Potentials and Pitfalls of Cuba's Move Toward Non-Agricultural Cooperatives
by Arch Ritter, The Cuban Economy, January 30,2014
Coop Laws in Cuba Are Seen as Progress
by Damian Cave, New York Times, December 11, 2012
124 Non-Farms Up and Running, More Approved
by Reuters, July 1, 2013
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES OF CUBA
RESOURCES ON SOCIAL WELFARE, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN CUBA
GENERAL RESOURCES ON CUBA AND US-LATIN AMERICA RELATIONS
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