When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the 1990s, the country faced an energy famine that threatened to starve the Cuban people. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY - HOW CUBA SURVIVED PEAK OIL tells the story of the Cuban people's successful transition from large, fossil-fuel intensive farming to small, energy-conserving organic farms and urban gardens to meet the challenge of living in a new, low-energy society. Told in the Cuban people's own words, this film shows how ordinary people, plunged into sudden adversity, can overcome hardship through cooperation, conservation and community.

Important viewing for anyone concerned about Peak Oil, this film is described by Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Powerdown, as "one of the most important and hopeful stories of the past few decades...not just of individual achievement, but of the collective mobilization of an entire society to meet an enormous challenge."

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