Permaculture in Cuba: Urban Agriculture in Havana

Photos from permaculture courses in Cuba, 1995

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A permaculture course in Havana in 1995 - Mulching a new garden. Course participants laying down a green mulch of with banana leaves and long grass on rock-edged garden beds. Olguita Suarez at the far left.     - photo by Sarah Wright.

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Cuban course participants working on a large compost heap in Havana. Coconut trees in the distance. The rightmost person walking away is Toni Phillips, an Australian permaculture trainer in Havana 1995 and 1996.

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Women at a permaculture class around a table at the FMC (Federacion de Mujeres Cubanas. ie. Federation of Cuban Women). Olguita has her hands up and her back to us. Cool drinks in glasses with bed rolls sitting on top.

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Some Cubans exchanging seeds

Return to the Web page of the ACF Urban Permaculture Project in Cuba at http://www.peg.apc.org/~adamt/cuba

Contact Adam Tiller, Cuba Project Manager, at the ACF in Melbourne:
tel: (+61 3) 9416 1166, email: <adamt@peg.pegasus.oz.au>

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