Institue of Nature and Society in Oaxaca
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The Institute of Nature and Society (INSO) is a nonprofit organization which works to: find new approaches to resource conservation, support the implementation and research of alternative technologies, and merge modern knowledge and technology with the social structure and wisdom of traditional communities in ways that are reciprocally beneficial. INSO is located in Oaxaca, Mexico. They work in the Central Valleys, in the Southern Sierras, and on the Oaxacan coast with local organizations to maintain plant nurseries and appropriate technology projects.
[edit] Appropriate Technology Projects and research at INSO
- Permaculture Demonstration Center in San Andres Huayapam
- Water and Soil Conservation research
[edit] Education and Outreach
- library of more than 5,000 titles on ecological, rural, Oaxacan, appropriate technologies.
- work with domestic and international universities
- support for the Oaxacan Network for Community Tourism, to bring tourists to towns off the map and to where the artisans live.
[edit] Conservation Efforts
- Manialtepec River watershed protection
- Aguaxaca, in the Oaxaca city watershed, the Cordillera Norte protection
