Save Lake Atitlán.
One of the most beautiful lakes in the world — and one of the most threatened. Regeneration here isn't theory. It's the difference between a living lake and a dying one.
Lake Atitlán is under pressure.
The watershed that feeds this living system is in crisis — and the lake's survival depends on restoring it.
Lake Atitlán sits in a highland watershed shared by hundreds of thousands of people. Surrounding forests have been cleared for pasture. Hillsides shed water in destructive torrents instead of absorbing it. Topsoil washes into streams and the lake, clouding its clarity and choking its ecosystems with sediment and nutrients from runoff.
Untreated wastewater flows into the lake from surrounding communities. Fishing has become precarious as fish stocks decline. And the communities most dependent on the lake's water — for drinking, farming, and livelihoods — face growing scarcity.
The lake isn't dying by accident. It's the result of how we've managed the land upstream. Which means restoration is possible too. But only if we act now, and only if we change how people work with the watershed.
Healing happens at the watershed scale.
We don't work on the lake. We work upstream — on the land, with landowners and communities, restoring the systems that feed and sustain the watershed.
Watershed Restoration
Water moves through landscapes like a living system. By slowing, spreading, and sinking rainwater back into the soil, we rebuild the watershed. Swales, ponds, and forest cover capture water upstream, reducing erosion and replenishing the aquifer that feeds the lake.
Regenerative Land Design
Hillsides that shed water in torrents become sponges for the watershed when designed thoughtfully. Working with landowners across Lake Atitlán, we build agroforestry systems, food forests, and soil-building practices that heal degraded land while producing food and livelihoods.
Education & Training
Regeneration scales when knowledge spreads. Through permaculture design courses, hands-on internships, and community workshops, we train regenerative leaders who can design and steward projects on their own land and in their communities.
Living Demonstration
Granja Tz'ikin is our proof. On these regenerated hillsides, visitors and students see what's possible — food forests thriving, water cycling visibly, soil alive and dark. We don't just teach regeneration. We live it.
Regeneration is a shared practice.
Whether you're curious, committed, or ready to lead — there's a way for you to be part of bringing this lake back.
Humans can be a beneficial force on the planet.
Lake Atitlán's story is not finished. For fifteen years, we've proven that regenerative design works — that hillsides can heal, that water can be restored, that communities can thrive. But the lake's future depends on far more than one farm. It depends on hundreds of people, working on thousands of hectares, shifting how they relate to the land.
That starts with belief. With seeing what's possible. And with choosing to build it.
Join the movement to bring the lake back.
Whether you want to learn, train, visit, or support — there's a role for you in this restoration.