cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/34684111
Duration - 3:02
[a video on Peertube about Cuba from the news collective Belly Of The Beast]
Havana has a garbage problem. El Rampeño has a solar-powered solution.
Meet the Cuban initiative using renewable energy to collect garbage with tricycles in the face of fuel shortages caused by the U.S. oil blockade
5 Comments
ShaperSyris@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 7d
This is amazing. And it reminds me of another "Solinera" project that opened up elsewhere in Havana as a place for people to go and charge portable batteries and other electronics
https://apnews.com/article/cuba-solar-power-charging-station-panels-santa-clara-solinera-0dc6f6ea3fcc3edb37a4e045425e26f0
Charliebeans@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 6d
Not only cool to see this approach to fixing the issue, but also I'm glad to view this report on PeerTube!
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 6d
love to see it
budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 6d
The Electric Vehicles community might be interested in this too.
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 6d
The shit we do to Cuba, it's so fucked up