Community knowledge and stories from a telesecundaria on environmental conservation in Cuetzalan, Puebla

Abstract

Indigenous knowledge defined as organized knowledge, and shared to future generations, is relevant because it has allowed us to respect rules for a peaceful coexistence, preserves ethnopharmacological knowledge, and generates respect for nature. According to different studies, indigenous youth have expressed embarrassment when they show their ethno-knowledge. The objective work paper is to identify and to keep record of the knowledge and stories on environmental conservation from an indigenous community called Pepexta. A workshop was developed for the record of the indigenous knowledge and stories. Student histories show respect and mutual survival with nature. The stories about Pepexta show that this community is considered a product from nature, therefore, human are not a nature owner. Integrating indigenous knowledge into our way of thinking would allow us to transform our representations, behaviors and attitudes to biodiversity and environmental conservation.