Hemingway village turns new page as eco trailblazer

HAVANA - Cojimar, just a few minutes' drive east of Cuba's capital, is a small picturesque fishing village where US writer Ernest Hemingway docked his boat and which became an inspiration for his novel The Old Man and the Sea.

Now it has found fame again thanks to its environmentally-friendly carwash.

Owner Ernesto Rivero didn't know much about environmental conservation until in 2013, when he casually took a permaculture course offered by the Antonio Jimenez Foundation for Man and Nature.