Food with a Future - In Conversation with Roberto Perez
Seven years into the 21st century we are at the very brink of catastrophic Global Warming. Two degrees of warming is at the upper end of what civilisation can adapt to. But what might adaptation involve?
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Apr 16, 2008 from 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm |
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Cuba’s special period - 1989/93
A nation under threat is capable of dramatic change. Ten years is all it took for Cuba to transform itself in the face of disaster.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba’s highly industrialised farms lost their supply of oil overnight. The US embargo made their transition into a low carbon economy much harder. Medical imports and foreign investment almost ended. Premature births from malnourished mothers were common. The economy went into free-fall.
In desperation, everyone started growing food wherever they could - on roofs, in public parks, streets, gardens and vacant land.
But Cuba made important decisions fast...come and hear from one of Cuba’s leading community gardening experts how these decisions have transformed Cuba into the world’s first low carbon economy where farmers have secure jobs and earn a good income.
Jerry Coleby-Williams
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Brisbane PARK(ing) Day 2008
