Great Lakes Summit Tackles Economy, Environment

The 2011 Great Lakes Summit was held in Detroit on Oct. 11—14, as part of Great Lakes Week. The summit brought a collaboration of various organizations and government agencies in an effort to educate one another.
Great Lakes Summit Tackles Economy, Environment
The Great Lakes region is home to over 30 million people and holds one-fifth of the world's freshwater resources. Courtesy of SeaWiFS Project NASA/GSFC and Geoeye
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Research has shown that 97 percent of people in the Great Lakes Basin believe the Great Lakes are important to their lives. Only four percent say they have a personal responsibility to protect them. (Tim Gebhart/The Epoch Times)
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