Cuba Resources
RESOURCES ON CUBA AND U.S. CUBA POLICY
Over 20 years of Global Exchange's Cuba Program and Cuba Reality Tours
RECOMMENDED NEWS ARTICLES ON CUBA
Check out this Global Exchange Press page for the latest news on Cuba, the US embargo of Cuba, and the opinions of the progressive community regarding US Cuba policy, including on the Cuba travel restrictions. You will also find updated articles on Global Exchange's many other important national and international projects and campaigns.
The most recently issued Cuba travel regulations by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasurey Department, January 2012
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
The Closest of Enemies
by Wayne Smith, Center for International Policy
Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know
by Julia Sweig, Council on Foreign Relations
Lost and Found in Cuba
by Jeanne Parr Lemkau
RESOURCES ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CUBA
RECOMMENDED VIDEOS
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
by Faith Morgan, Community Solutions
Cuba's Coral Reefs with Dr. David Guggenheim
on Sixty Minutes with Anderson Cooper
Cuba, Wild Island of the Caribbean
("Nature" Video, PBS)
Urban Gardens in Havana
"Around the World in 80 Gardens", BBC
RECOMMENDED WEB SITES
Ocean Doctor/One Planet One Ocean, US-Cuba Project, Director Dr. David Guggenheim
RECOMMENDED BLOGS
La Vida Locavore Cuba Journal by
by Jill Richardson, May 2010
Lives in Tandem: Journey from California to Cuba
by Pete Rasmussen and Kati Greaney, November 2010
RECOMMENDED 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
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
General Environmental Articles
A Door Opens in Cuba: A new era for ocean conservation
Environmental Defense Fund, May 8, 2009
Cuba Naturally
by Steve Winter, National Geographic, November 2003
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
by Barbara Chicherio, International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Renewable Energy Articles
La Revolucion Energetica: Cuba's Energy Revolution
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Renewable Energy World.com
The Sol of Cuba
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Oct/Nov 1996
Revolutionary Health Care
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Aug/Sept 1998
Revolutionary Education
by Laurie Stone of SEI, Home Power, Dec 2001/Jan 2002
Teaching Cuba's Energy Revolution
by Laurie Stone, SEI, Solar Today, Jan/Feb 2009
Sustainable Agriculture Articles
Campesino a Campesino, the Agroecology movement of ANAP in Cuba
by Peter Rosset et al
The Roots of Cuban Agriculture
by Paul Gersper
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
The Greening of Cuba
by Peter Rosset, ACLA Report on the Americas 1994, Institute for Food and Development Policy
Cuba's `Johnny Appleseed': Scientist honored for organic farming initiatives
April 20, 2010
photo credit: Brad Cleveland