January 27-30, 2026, Havana, Cuba
The III International Colloquium JOSÉ MARTÍ FOR A CULTURE OF NATURE was convened for the first
time in 2004, with the support of the José Martí World Solidarity Project, registered with UNESCO in the
same year. The Colloquium is destined to become a space for exchange in which people of good will
converge again to reflect on the relation between Human Beings and Nature.
Since the second colloquium, held at the Havana Convention Center in 2010, the world situation has
changed significantly: imbalances have deepened, new challenges have emerged, but local and
international activism and alliances to save the planet and humanity have also multiplied. Therefore, the
José Martí Cultural Society and its working groups with José Martí Forests, Gardens and Orchards,
together with the Antonio Nuñez Jiménez Foundation, the National Botanical Garden of Cuba, and many
other Cuban institutions and international platforms, invite you to participate in this event and to spread
the word.
With this space we wish:
• To delve into essential topics for the planet's survival, such as the harmonization of human well-being,
environmental preservation, peace, and sustainable development.
• To address the environmental thinking of prominent figures from Cuba, Latin America, and the world.
• To promote a universal culture of the dialectical relationship between human beings and nature through
the analysis and sharing of diverse paradigms and experiences.
• Contribute to the necessary connection between the different disciplines of knowledge, in order to analyze
the relationships between human beings and the impact of our cultures on the natural environment.
• Contribute to the creation and transmission of knowledge through academic activity and other modalities.
The event will combine in-person and virtual working commissions with experience-sharing workshops,
demonstration spaces, community impact, and engagement with art and literature
With this in mind, the main thematic axes will be:
• Ethics and environment
• Environmental policy and education
• Interdisciplinary and historical perspective of the environment
• Biodiversity, climate change, soils, oceans and other global challenges
• Paradigms and initiatives for a sustainable world
MODALITIES OF PARTICIPATION
Delegates may present papers, posters, scientific or educational articles, teaching experiences, working
methods, as well as editorial and audiovisual materials for educational and training purposes.
Delegates will be able to participate in:
• Spaces for presenting academic results
• Exhibition fair for posters and other promotional and sample materials.
• Workshops and visits to different places to exchange experiences
• Intervention in community spaces for cultivation (demonstration of good practices)
• Pre- and post-event courses organized jointly with various Cuban institutions
Event delegates will receive a diploma from the Organizing Committee with the corresponding academic
credits, according to international standards. Participants in pre- and post-event courses will also receive
the corresponding certificates.
The event's proceedings will include a compilation of all speeches and written papers submitted by
November 30, 2025. These can be sent to cultura.naturaleza@josemarti.co.cu and
martinaturaleza@cubarte.cult.cu with a copy to porunaculturadelanaturaleza@gmail.com and with the
following data:
• Title of the work. Abstract of up to 250 words in Spanish
Author(s)'s full name(s). Institution(s). City, country. Email address.
• Full text (presentation, speech, special intervention, poster (in pdf or jpg format), video, etc.)
Speakers may submit the full texts of their papers to the Colloquium Organizing Committee upon
accreditation in Havana, so they can be incorporated into the event's Memoirs. These will be distributed
to universities and other research, innovation, and activism centers and networks around the world.
REGISTRATION: $100.00 for delegates. $50.00 for undergraduate students (please present proof of
registration). Online registration will be available in the months leading up to the event through the platform
https://ecotur.travel/. Payment may also be made in person (in cash or by card) starting January 26, 2026.
Cuban delegates and foreigners residing in Cuba will make their payments in local currency at the current
official rates.
VENUE AND LANGUAGES: The event will be held at the National Botanical Garden of Cuba and will be
conducted in Spanish and English.
LOGISTICAL FACILITIES:
ECOTUR SA Travel Agency
Event Director Francisco Longino Franquiz
Domínguez
Email: esp.eventos@occ.ecotur.tur.cu
Phones: (+53) 52853074
Amistur Cuba SA Travel Agency
General Manager, Alfredo Mateo Díaz Fuentes
Email: comercial@amistur.cu ;
c.promocional@amistur.cu
Phones: (+53) 78301220 / (+53) 78332374
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CONTACTS
• Presidency: Dr. Eduardo Torres-Cuevas, national president of the José Martí Cultural Society and director
of the José Martí Program Office jmarti@cubarte.cult.cu ; opm@josemarti.co.cu
• General Coordinators : Víctor Hernández Torres, Vice President of the José Martí Cultural Society and
Deputy Director of the José Martí Program Office (subdireccionopm@josemarti.co.cu ); Lil María Pichs
Hernández, National Coordinator of the work with the José Martí Forests, Gardens and Orchards and
Deputy Director of the José Martí Program Office (+53) 52119204 lmpichs95@gmail.com
• Pre- and post-event course design: Alelí Morales Martínez, Head of Department, National School of
Horticulture and Landscaping, National Botanical Garden of Cuba (+53)52133179 ENHP@gmail.com
• Attention Cuban participants: Dinorah González Villar, executive secretary of the José Martí Cultural
Society sec.ejecutiva@martiano.cu
Organizing Committee Headquarters: José Martí Cultural Society, located at the corner of 17th and D,
Revolution Square, Havana, Cuba. Telephones: (+53) 78304493 and (+53) 78360040
More information will be available on the event website: https://ecotur.travel/
