"Forty years ago when Yin Myo Su was a child, she would regularly wash in the waters of Inle Lake, in Myanmar’s Shan State. Not any more. “Today, the lake is dying,” says Yin, better known as Misuu, the founder of Inle Heritage, a not-for-profit organisation that works to preserve it and the culture of the lakeside communities. “And if we want it to survive, we have to take action.” Yin, who was born and raised in Nyaung Shwe, the main hub for visitors to the lake, has been involved in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years, and has spent the past decade at the forefront of the area’s steadily growing eco-tourism industry. She has implemented waste water management systems, opened a vocational training school, opened a resort of traditional houses built on stilts over the water, and held environmental workshops. She is determined to conserve the place she calls home..."