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July 17, 2012

From December 2008 to January 2009, activists travelled to Cuba for the Southern Cross Solidarity Brigade from Australia and New Zealand, organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society.

Resistance member Ash Pemberton was in Cuba for the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. He spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Jay Fletcher.From December 2008 to January 2009, activists travelled to Cuba for the Southern Cross Solidarity Brigade from Australia and New Zealand, organised by the Australia-Cuba Friendship Society.

Resistance member Ash Pemberton was in Cuba for the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution. He spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Jay Fletcher.

Few first World — let alone Third World — countries can match the legislative, planning and educational efforts that Cuba is applying in its commitment to environmental sustainability.

“A lot has been said about Cuba and its innovative approach to ecology, being declared the only country in the world to have achieved sustainable development by the World Wildlife Fund”, said Pemberton.

“This system came about out of necessity during the ‘Special Period’, when Cuba’s access to oil and other products was severely cut back due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the continuing US blockade”, he explained.

Overtime, through democratically planned and implemented changes, Cuba transitioned from an agricultural system based on large farms or plantations with a reliance on fossil-fuel-based pesticides and fertilisers, to one largely based on small organic farms and urban gardens.

As a result, Cuba has achieved a higher level of food security and a far healthier population. Sixty percent of the fruit and vegetables consumed in Havana are grown within the city limits.

There are many national initiatives that exist in the country, all under popular democratic control, including a national strategy for environmental education; projects for food production via sustainable methods, biotechnological advancement and sustainable animal food; and a national energy sources development program.

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