{
  "id": 19889978,
  "title": "How a Bolivian Woman Is Reviving a Dying Lake with Plants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/how-a-bolivian-woman-is-reviving-a-dying-lake-with-plants",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T00:17:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/how-a-bolivian-woman-is-reviving-a-dying-lake-with-plants-11794615468240.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Uru Uru Lake in Bolivia once provided pristine water, fish, and birds for generations, but toxic contamination from mining and nearby Oruro city began in the 1990s. Dayana Blanco Quiroga, an Aymara Indigenous woman, co-founded the Uru Uru Team in 2019 to clean the lake by hand. Their efforts are showcased in the documentary \"How to Plant a Lake,\" which won the 2026 Bloomberg Green Docs competition. The film, directed by Satomi Blair and CG Foisy, follows the team's ten-year mission to restore the lake and involves planting pollution-absorbing totora reeds in the basin. The filmmakers, 4Hawk Productions, traveled to Bolivia and collaborated with The World Around, a nonprofit promoting sustainable architecture.",
  "summary": "The winner of the 2026 Bloomberg Green Docs competition follows an Aymara Indigenous woman trying to bring Uru Uru Lake in western Bolivia back from the brink.",
  "key_points": [
    "Dayana Blanco Quiroga co-founded Uru Uru Team in 2019",
    "Team plants totora reeds to absorb lake pollution",
    "Documentary \"How to Plant a Lake\" won 2026 Green Docs competition"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Utilizing native totora reeds to absorb industrial toxins offers a grassroots model for restoring ecosystems devastated by mining and urban runoff through direct, community-led environmental intervention.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}