In Defense of Atitlán Lake

The blue of Lake Atitlán fades into the dark green vegetation on the slopes of the Atitlán, Tolimán and San Pedro volcanoes in the department of Sololá, Guatemala. Over one hundred thousand people live in Kaqchikel, Tz’utujil and K’iche’ villages around the lake and they depend upon its water to live. The lake has faced [...]