Environmental water culture based on ancestral knowledge of the indigenous community of Yascual, Túquerres

Abstract

The indigenous cultures conserve the uses and customs related to the preservation and harmonization of the environment; However, it is evident that the new generations have shortcomings in the preservation of some social imaginaries, there is loss, little interest and lack of continuity in the development of scenarios that strengthen these thoughts and knowledge, due to the above, the present investigation is advanced in order to design an educational strategy to strengthen the environmental culture of water, from the perception and ancestral knowledge of the Yascual Indigenous Community through a participatory process in the Guanamá Grande Educational Center, Municipality of Túquerres, achieving a vision of conservation, management of economic activities in a controlled manner and at the same time develop sustainable productive projects aimed at minimizing the environmental impact contributing to the cultural strengthening of the indigenous community. In this way, by including the pillars of the Andean worldview on water as the fundamental basis of the School Environmental Project (PRAE), it contributes to the management of strategic alliances between the indigenous council, community leaders and the educational community; initiating organized, collaborative processes of cultural cohesion, as a first step to propose sustainable solution alternatives based on the needs and potential of the community, thus understanding the complexity of environmental education and its importance in the formation of environmentally friendly citizens. responsible from the valuation of their roots and their territory.