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    Sandra’s Secret Cuba My wife and daughter and I recently returned from a fantastic ten-day trip to Cuba.  Tom Miller, co founder of Green Cities Fund, Imogene Tondre and Varun Mehra were incredibly generous to facilitate our trip, introducing us to Sandra Vasquez and her team of dedicated Cuban professionals. Sandra and her cousin, Anita,…

  • Melissa

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    “We had such a FABULOUS trip to Cuba.  Thank you so very much for your guidance and for introducing me to Sandra, my new best friend.  She made our trip so easy and smooth…. full service all the way.  It was a fascinating experience, can’t wait to go again and also to send my friends.”…

  • Cooperatives in Cuba – Christian Science Monitor 7/2/14

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    The new realities of running a business in Cuba Editors’ Picks In an attempt to jumpstart Cuba’s economy and shed unprofitable state enterprises, the government is converting select businesses into cooperatives. It’s an adjustment for many Cuban workers. ByJonathan Wolfe, ContributorJULY 2, 2014 Alfredo Sosa/The Christian Science Monitor/File
View Caption HAVANA, CUBA — The stakes were…

  • What A California Foodie Can Learn From Cuba – Global Post 6/27/14

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    http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/cuba/140624/california-cuisine-narsai-david-meets-cuba-organic ENLARGE Groceries in Havana. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images) HAVANA — San Francisco restaurateur Narsai David is in food heaven as he wanders through the stalls at a large farmer’s market. “The papayas are much sweeter and fresher here,” he exclaimed. At another counter, his lips puckered as he tasted a hot pepper. David is meeting with…

  • “There’s No Tomorrow” a 34 minute cartoon you must see

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    “There’s No Tomorrow” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg ] is an excellent 34 minute cartoon illustration of the environmental problems humanity faces and the adjustments we will all have to make if we are to survive.

  • Kim Phuc, “the girl in the photograph” brings peace message in Canada

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    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/girl-in-the-picture-brings-peace-message-to-winnipeg-1.1862521 EXCLUSIVE ‘Girl in the picture’ brings peace message to Winnipeg ‘Girl in the picture,’ Kim Phuc, reflects on war, peace and love over 40 years later By Teghan Beaudette, CBC News Posted: Sep 20, 2013 3:01 PM CT Last Updated: Sep 20, 2013 3:41 PM CT South Vietnamese forces follow terrified children, including 9-year-old…

  • Chez Panisse “Planting Seeds in Havana” Project

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    The Chez Panisse Foundation, Green Cities Fund and Cuba’s Antonio Nunez Jimenez Foundation have embarked on a program to improve the Cuban diet through local, sustainable, organic food production. Chez Panisse founder’s assistant, Varun Mehra reports in the May 2012 issue of ”Paper Magazine” on his exploratory trip to Cuba in March of 2012. http://milwaki.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/5.12-Paper-Mag.doc.pdf

  • The Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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    In 1972 Oscar winning documentary filmmaker Pierre Dominique Gaisseau traveled to Vietnam and made a film on the hospital Green Cities Fund co-founder Tom Miller established there with renowned reconstructive surgeon Arthur Barsky to treat war-injured children. The film was shown throughout Canada (on CBC) and the U.S. (NBC and PBS). With the help of…

  • High Tech Lynching

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    Letters to the editor – San Francisco Chronicle Monday, August 2, 2010 Lesson to blogger The Shirley Sherrod forced resignation should not only be a lesson on the importance of responsible journalism (“Sherrod controversy was about journalism, not race,” Open Forum, July 30), but it also should become a lesson to blogger Andrew Breitbart for…

  • Afghan War

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    July 26, 2010 – New York Times Leaked Documents Offer Candid Look at Afghan War To the Editor: Re “The Afghan Struggle: A Secret Archive” (“The War Logs,” front page, July 26):• To the Editor: It should come as no surprise that Pakistan has been aiding the Taliban (“Pakistan Spy Unit Aiding Insurgents, Reports Suggest,”…

  • Helping Afghan Women

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    Letters to Insight – San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, July 25, 2010 Helping Afghan women Barbara Lee is right. Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not being protected by the U.S. military occupation (“Rights advocates fear for women if U.S. withdraws,” July 22) because organizations that could benefit women are, for the most part, restricted to Kabul…

  • “Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”

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    San Francisco Chronicle – Letters to the editor Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Worse than warming Words matter, and it is misleading of The Chronicle to frame “Climategate” as, simply, a “warming debate.” CO{-2} increase in the atmosphere results in multiple climate changes as temperature and air and water currents are affected, resulting in different and…