Wilson et al: Environment, Development, and Sustainability
Chapter 6
The Lexington Institute http://lexingtoninstitute.org/cuba publishes a wide variety of Cuba related reports; this link http://lexington.server278.com/docs/cuba4.pdf is to a 24-page report published in May 2002 called ‘ Survival story: Cuba’s economy in the post–Soviet decade’ (Philip Peters) which gives a good summary with photos for the period discussed in the chapter.
http://globalpublicmedia.com/the_power_of_community_how_cuba_survived_peak_oil. This is a short article by Megan Quinn (a permaculture agriculturist) who describes how many Cubans have used the collective agricultural campaign to increase food production, reduce fuel and pesticide use, and provide work. See also www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php.
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