{"id":32,"date":"2008-03-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/03\/22\/stephen-colbert-honors-world-water-day\/"},"modified":"2008-03-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-22T22:00:00","slug":"stephen-colbert-honors-world-water-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/stephen-colbert-honors-world-water-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Honors World Water Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>I can&#8217;t imagine not having easy access to clean water&#8211;it makes me thirsty just thinking about it. I&#8217;m glad to know that providing clean water is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/news\/blog\/list.asp?a=270\">key priority<\/a> of ELCA World Hunger&#8211;building wells, cisterns, reservoirs, water management committees, sanitation facilities&#8211;nice to know that each month when I give to this ministry I help make clean water more accessible for others.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This year on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwaterday.net\/\">World Water Day<\/a> I&#8217;m inspired to also learn more about my own source of drinking water&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheddaquarium.org\/pdf\/publicrelations\/fs_greatlakesfastfacts2005.pdf\">Lake Michigan<\/a>. Last summer, Indiana&#8217;s Department of Environmental Management approved a permit for the BP oil company to increase the amount of ammonia and &#8220;suspended solids&#8221; (what does that mean?!?) it can dump into the lake. There was a huge public outcry and BP has now said that they won&#8217;t do it&#8211;though as I understand it, the permit still stands.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I think I&#8217;ll check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glc.org\/\">Great Lakes Commission <\/a>and learn what they are working on to protect these bodies of water. And&#8211;if the weather ever warms up enough&#8211;I&#8217;ll resume my weekly lakeshore bike rides&#8230;I miss that quality time with my lake.<\/p>\n<p>Also, did you see Stephen Colbert&#8217;s special reporT on water Thursday night?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t imagine not having easy access to clean water&#8211;it makes me thirsty just thinking about it. 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