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Agenda 21 - In one easy lesson:
What is Sustainable Development?
According to its authors, the objective of sustainable development is to
integrate economic, social and environmental policies in order to achieve
reduced consumption, social equity, and the preservation and restoration of
biodiversity. Sustainablists insist that every societal decision be based on
environmental impact, focusing on three components; global land use, global
education, and global population control and reduction. Social
Equity (Social Justice) Social justice is described as the right and
opportunity of all people “to benefit equally from the resources afforded
us by society and the environment.” Redistribution of wealth. Private
property is a social injustice since not everyone can build wealth from it.
National sovereignty is a social injustice. Universal health care is a social
justice. All part of Agenda 21 policy.
Economic Prosperity?
Special dealings between government and certain, chosen corporations which get
tax breaks, grants and the government’s power of Eminent Domain to implement
sustainable policy. Government-sanctioned monopolies.
Local Sustainable Development policies Smart Growth, Wildlands Project,
Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, STAR Sustainable Communities,
Green jobs, Green Building Codes, “Going Green,” Alternative Energy,
Local Visioning, facilitators, regional planning, historic preservation,
conservation easements, development rights, sustainable farming, comprehensive
planning, growth management, consensus.
Who is behind it?
ICLEI
– Local Governments for Sustainability (formally, International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives). Communities pay ICLEI dues to provide
“local” community plans, software, training, etc. Addition groups
include American Planning Council, The Renaissance Planning Group,
International City/ County Management Group, aided by US Mayors Conference,
National Governors Association, National League of Cities, National Association
of County Administrators and many more private organizations and official
government agencies. Foundation and government grants drive the process.
Where did it originate?
The term Sustainable Development was first introduced to the world in the pages a 1987
report (Our Common Future) produced by the United Nations World Commission on
Environmental and Development, authored by Harlem Brundtland, VP of the
World Socialist Party. The term was first offered as official UN policy in
1992, in a document called UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21, issued at the
UN’s Earth Summit, today referred to simply as Agenda 21.
What gives Agenda 21 Ruling Authority?
More than 178 nations adopted Agenda 21 as official policy during a signing
ceremony at the Earth Summit. US president George H.W. Bush signed the
document for the US. In signing, each nation pledge to adopt the goals of Agenda 21. In
1995, President Bill Clinton, in compliance with Agenda 21, signed Executive
Order #12858 to create the President’s Council on Sustainable Development in
order to “harmonize” US environmental policy with UN directives as
outlined in Agenda 21. The EO directed all agencies of the Federal Government
to work with state and local community governments in a joint effort
“reinvent” government using the guidelines outlined in Agenda 21. As a
result, with the assistance of groups like ICLEI, Sustainable Development is
now emerging as government policy in every town, county and state in the
nation.
Agenda 21 and Private Property:
“Land…cannot be treated as an
ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and
inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principle
instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth, therefore contributes
to social injustice. ”From the report from the 1976 UN’s Habitat I
Conference.
“Private land use decisions are often driven by
strong economic incentives that result in several ecological and aesthetic
consequences…The key to overcoming it is through public
policy…”Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable
Development, page 112.
“Current lifestyles and consumption
patterns of the affluent middle class – involving high meat intake, use of
fossil fuels, appliances, home and work air conditioning, and suburban housing
are not sustainable.” Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the
UN’s Earth Summit, 1992.
Reinvention of Government:
“We need a new collaborative decision
process that leads to better decisions, more rapid change, and more sensible
use of human, natural and financial resources in achieving our goals.”
Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable
Development
“Individual rights will have to take a back
seat to the collective.” Harvey Ruvin, Vice Chairman, ICLEI. The
Wildlands Project
“We must make this place an insecure and
inhospitable place for Capitalists and their projects – we must reclaim the
roads and plowed lands, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free
shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres
or presently settled land.” Dave Foreman, Earth First.
What is not sustainable?
Ski runs, grazing of livestock, plowing of soil, building fences, industry, single family
homes, paves and tarred roads, logging activities, dams and reservoirs, power
line construction, and economic systems that fail to set proper value on the
environment.” UN’s Biodiversity Assessment Report.
Hide Agenda 21’s UN roots from the people!
“Participating in a UN advocated planning
process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracy- fixated groups and
individuals in our society… This segment of our society who fear ‘one-world
government’ and a UN invasion of the United States through which our individual
freedom would be stripped away would actively work to defeat any elected
official who joined ‘the conspiracy’ by undertaking LA21. So we call our
process something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management or
smart growth.” J. Gary Lawrence, advisor to President Clinton’s
Council on Sustainable Development.
What is Sustainable Development?
According to its authors, the objective of sustainable development is to
integrate economic, social and environmental policies in order to achieve
reduced consumption, social equity, and the preservation and restoration of
biodiversity. Sustainablists insist that every societal decision be based on
environmental impact, focusing on three components; global land use, global
education, and global population control and reduction. Social
Equity (Social Justice) Social justice is described as the right and
opportunity of all people “to benefit equally from the resources afforded
us by society and the environment.” Redistribution of wealth. Private
property is a social injustice since not everyone can build wealth from it.
National sovereignty is a social injustice. Universal health care is a social
justice. All part of Agenda 21 policy.
Economic Prosperity?
Special dealings between government and certain, chosen corporations which get
tax breaks, grants and the government’s power of Eminent Domain to implement
sustainable policy. Government-sanctioned monopolies.
Local Sustainable Development policies Smart Growth, Wildlands Project,
Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects, STAR Sustainable Communities,
Green jobs, Green Building Codes, “Going Green,” Alternative Energy,
Local Visioning, facilitators, regional planning, historic preservation,
conservation easements, development rights, sustainable farming, comprehensive
planning, growth management, consensus.
Who is behind it?
ICLEI
– Local Governments for Sustainability (formally, International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives). Communities pay ICLEI dues to provide
“local” community plans, software, training, etc. Addition groups
include American Planning Council, The Renaissance Planning Group,
International City/ County Management Group, aided by US Mayors Conference,
National Governors Association, National League of Cities, National Association
of County Administrators and many more private organizations and official
government agencies. Foundation and government grants drive the process.
Where did it originate?
The term Sustainable Development was first introduced to the world in the pages a 1987
report (Our Common Future) produced by the United Nations World Commission on
Environmental and Development, authored by Harlem Brundtland, VP of the
World Socialist Party. The term was first offered as official UN policy in
1992, in a document called UN Sustainable Development Agenda 21, issued at the
UN’s Earth Summit, today referred to simply as Agenda 21.
What gives Agenda 21 Ruling Authority?
More than 178 nations adopted Agenda 21 as official policy during a signing
ceremony at the Earth Summit. US president George H.W. Bush signed the
document for the US. In signing, each nation pledge to adopt the goals of Agenda 21. In
1995, President Bill Clinton, in compliance with Agenda 21, signed Executive
Order #12858 to create the President’s Council on Sustainable Development in
order to “harmonize” US environmental policy with UN directives as
outlined in Agenda 21. The EO directed all agencies of the Federal Government
to work with state and local community governments in a joint effort
“reinvent” government using the guidelines outlined in Agenda 21. As a
result, with the assistance of groups like ICLEI, Sustainable Development is
now emerging as government policy in every town, county and state in the
nation.
Agenda 21 and Private Property:
“Land…cannot be treated as an
ordinary asset, controlled by individuals and subject to the pressures and
inefficiencies of the market. Private land ownership is also a principle
instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth, therefore contributes
to social injustice. ”From the report from the 1976 UN’s Habitat I
Conference.
“Private land use decisions are often driven by
strong economic incentives that result in several ecological and aesthetic
consequences…The key to overcoming it is through public
policy…”Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable
Development, page 112.
“Current lifestyles and consumption
patterns of the affluent middle class – involving high meat intake, use of
fossil fuels, appliances, home and work air conditioning, and suburban housing
are not sustainable.” Maurice Strong, Secretary General of the
UN’s Earth Summit, 1992.
Reinvention of Government:
“We need a new collaborative decision
process that leads to better decisions, more rapid change, and more sensible
use of human, natural and financial resources in achieving our goals.”
Report from the President’s Council on Sustainable
Development
“Individual rights will have to take a back
seat to the collective.” Harvey Ruvin, Vice Chairman, ICLEI. The
Wildlands Project
“We must make this place an insecure and
inhospitable place for Capitalists and their projects – we must reclaim the
roads and plowed lands, halt dam construction, tear down existing dams, free
shackled rivers and return to wilderness millions of tens of millions of acres
or presently settled land.” Dave Foreman, Earth First.
What is not sustainable?
Ski runs, grazing of livestock, plowing of soil, building fences, industry, single family
homes, paves and tarred roads, logging activities, dams and reservoirs, power
line construction, and economic systems that fail to set proper value on the
environment.” UN’s Biodiversity Assessment Report.
Hide Agenda 21’s UN roots from the people!
“Participating in a UN advocated planning
process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracy- fixated groups and
individuals in our society… This segment of our society who fear ‘one-world
government’ and a UN invasion of the United States through which our individual
freedom would be stripped away would actively work to defeat any elected
official who joined ‘the conspiracy’ by undertaking LA21. So we call our
process something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management or
smart growth.” J. Gary Lawrence, advisor to President Clinton’s
Council on Sustainable Development.
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