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Institute for culture and Ecology
(ICE) is a national indigenous non-governmental organization started in 2006. With
its secretariat based in Thika, ICE was founded out of a visible need to promote
the inherent and natural role of culture in environmental and resource management
in
Kenya
. ICE is committed to buttressing traditional knowledge in community-based environmental
and resource management initiatives and facilitating culture-based learning that
would lead to social and ecological well-being of the earth community.
ICE is well linked with like-minded
organizations in
Kenya
,
Africa
and beyond who are pioneering innovative culture-based strategies and policy advocacy
for recuperation, recognition and promotion of traditional knowledge and practices
relevant to environmental rehabilitation and management.
For up to ten years, the founders
of ICE have been involved in environmental work together and in different places,
and ICE represents a consolidation of their experiences and passion of promoting
traditional knowledge in environmental rehabilitation and conservation, and resource
management.
A distinctive strategy for ICE is the recognition and promotion of traditional governance
structures as vital elements in resource and environmental governance initiatives. |