Hi Everyone, here are the official details on Roberto's talk at Dundee Uni:
Roberto Perez
The Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill, University of Dundee
Saturday 27th September - 6pm
Drinks reception to follow
When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil, fertilizers, and export trade market in the early 1990s, the country faced virtual overnight economic collapse and an immediate crisis - feeding the population.
The story of how Cuba successfully developed permaculture in response to this crisis will be outlined in a thought-provoking lecture by renowned Cuban permaculturalist Roberto Perez in a major lecture at the University of Dundee.
Cuba has in the past 18 years transformed its food production using organic agriculture and Havana produces over 60% of its food requirements from within the city limits. The Cuban people’s hardship, ingenuity, and triumph over sudden adversity, through cooperation, conservation, and community, to create a low energy society is a truly inspirational story as evidenced in the documentary, The Power of Community in which Roberto features.
This lecture is being held in celebration of the University of Dundee being awarded Fair Trade Status earlier this summer.
The lecture is free and tickets can be obtained from the Tower Building Reception,
or from the online store at:
https://www.buyat.dundee.ac.uk/catalogue/products.asp?deptid=7&catID=&hasClicked=0
or by emailing: events@dundee.ac.uk
Hope to see you all there!
