Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca

by Instituto de la Naturaleza y la Sociedad de Oaxaca, A.C.
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Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca
Regenerate the social & natural fabric in Oaxaca

Project Report | May 26, 2023
Inspiration

By Juan Jose Consejo | Project Leader

Nature as a constant source of inspiration
Nature as a constant source of inspiration

In a recent meeting, someone asked us what was the source of inspiration to carry out the work we are doing. Perhaps a common question, but not so easy to answer anyway. Among other things, because there are several sources of inspiration.  I have been thinking on that and would like to share some ideas.

  1. Nature is always a great source of inspiration but sometimes, with our busy schedules, we forget: Plants, animals, their complex interactions, the ways of water, the resilience of life, cycles, flows, diversity, uniqueness… Always astonished me the way nature reacts when we go along with her processes and not against.
  2.  We have been inspired by many people, specially by old peasants from the communities we work with: their interest in benefitting others, the spiritual way in which they relate to nature, their pursue of a better world for generations to come, their careful everyday observation of natural processes.
  3. We also feel great affinity with the movement of slow food, since we agree to promote the practice of a different quality of life, based on respect for natural rhythms. We have been working for years in the Central Valleys to achieve a paradigm shift that evokes the sacred meaning of water and its quality as a fragile and precious element, with the goal of regenerating the watershed´s natural and social fabric. In 2012, while doing research to back our initiative and analyzing how water moves in the region, we realized that the metaphor of fast food could be applied very well to water: the industrial society –though outstanding in many realms-- has not only accelerated work, production and distribution of food, but has produced drastic changes in the water cycle. In order to face that, sustainability, tolerance, search for social well-being, leading by example, is constantly required.  
  4. And of course, altruistic support from people like you is always incredibly inspiring. Thank you!
Call for the photography contest "dilute & forget"
Call for the photography contest "dilute & forget"
Tour with students at El Pedregal
Tour with students at El Pedregal
Creating Oasis
Creating Oasis

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Instituto de la Naturaleza y la Sociedad de Oaxaca, A.C.

Location: Oaxaca - Mexico
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Project Leader:
Juan Consejo
Oaxaca , Oaxaca Mexico
$18,544 raised of $24,000 goal
 
198 donations
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