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The Institute of Nature and Society (INSO) is a nonprofit working in Oaxaca, Mexico.  They dedicate their work to conservation of resources, the implementation of appropriate technologies, and research into nature and human relationships.  While working with indigenous communities their strategy is not to just bring preprepared solutions, but to exchange information so that modern technology and knowledge can be merged with the social structure and wisdom of traditional communities. 
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The Institute of Nature and Society (INSO) is a nonprofit working in Oaxaca, Mexico. They dedicate their work to conservation of resources, the implementation of [[appropriate technologies]], and research into nature and human relationships. While working with indigenous communities their strategy is not to just bring preprepared solutions, but to exchange information so that modern technology and knowledge can be merged with the social structure and wisdom of traditional communities.


==Education and Outreach==
== Education and Outreach ==
*library with 5000 titles on rural, Oaxacan, ecological, alternative technologies
*exchange programs with international and domestic universities to continue knowledge transfer with interested parties
*intiating and supporting the [[Oaxaca Water Quality Forum]]
*academic initiatives and support for the Oaxacan Network for Community Tourism


==Appropriate Technology Projects==
* library with 5000 titles on rural, Oaxacan, ecological, alternative technologies
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* exchange programs with international and domestic universities to continue knowledge transfer with interested parties
* initiating and supporting the [[Oaxaca Water Quality Forum]]
* academic initiatives and support for the Oaxacan Network for Community Tourism
* Manual of Technologies for Environmental Defense. 1st Ed. is a compilation of different appropriate technologies with technical specifications, 1994. Compiled by Enrique Vignau, Marcela Robles, Laura López, L.Gustavo Esteva.


== Appropriate Technology Projects ==


==Conservation==
* [[Permaculture Demonstration Center in San Andres Huayapam]]
*Successful Ecological regulation of the Manialtepec River watershed
* Water and Soil Conservation research
*Current efforts to protects the Aguaxaca, in the Oaxaca city watershed, the Cordillera Norte
*[[Oaxacan Commission for Ecological Defense]] (CODE), a project of INSO dedicated to effecting policy changes for a more ecological and socially just world.  CODE gives recommendations to the National Assembly, litigates on behalf of city residents and social organizations, and collaboratively helped start the  state ecology program and the State Ecological Institute. CODE also works to gain financial support from international and international groups for different conservation projects.
*[[State System for Natural Space Conservation]] (SECEN)


== Conservation ==


* Successful Ecological regulation of the Manialtepec River watershed
* Current efforts to protects the Aguaxaca, in the Oaxaca city watershed, the Cordillera Norte
* [[Oaxacan Commission for Ecological Defense]] (CODE), a project of INSO dedicated to effecting policy changes for a more ecological and socially just world. CODE gives recommendations to the National Assembly, litigates on behalf of city residents and social organizations, and collaboratively helped start the state ecology program and the State Ecological Institute. CODE also works to gain financial support from international and international groups for different conservation projects.
* [[State System for Natural Space Conservation]] (SECEN)


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Type Nonprofit organization
Location Oaxaca, Mexico

The Institute of Nature and Society (INSO) is a nonprofit working in Oaxaca, Mexico. They dedicate their work to conservation of resources, the implementation of appropriate technologies, and research into nature and human relationships. While working with indigenous communities their strategy is not to just bring preprepared solutions, but to exchange information so that modern technology and knowledge can be merged with the social structure and wisdom of traditional communities.

Education and Outreach[edit | edit source]

  • library with 5000 titles on rural, Oaxacan, ecological, alternative technologies
  • exchange programs with international and domestic universities to continue knowledge transfer with interested parties
  • initiating and supporting the Oaxaca Water Quality Forum
  • academic initiatives and support for the Oaxacan Network for Community Tourism
  • Manual of Technologies for Environmental Defense. 1st Ed. is a compilation of different appropriate technologies with technical specifications, 1994. Compiled by Enrique Vignau, Marcela Robles, Laura López, L.Gustavo Esteva.

Appropriate Technology Projects[edit | edit source]

Conservation[edit | edit source]

  • Successful Ecological regulation of the Manialtepec River watershed
  • Current efforts to protects the Aguaxaca, in the Oaxaca city watershed, the Cordillera Norte
  • Oaxacan Commission for Ecological Defense (CODE), a project of INSO dedicated to effecting policy changes for a more ecological and socially just world. CODE gives recommendations to the National Assembly, litigates on behalf of city residents and social organizations, and collaboratively helped start the state ecology program and the State Ecological Institute. CODE also works to gain financial support from international and international groups for different conservation projects.
  • State System for Natural Space Conservation (SECEN)
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Keywords conservation
Authors Carrie Schaden
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
Related 0 subpages, 6 pages link here
Aliases Institue of Nature and Society in Oaxaca
Impact 468 page views
Created September 5, 2010 by Carrie Schaden
Modified October 23, 2023 by StandardWikitext bot
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