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04-01-2011
Tom Deweese
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Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson
Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson
By Tom DeWeese
Awareness of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development is racing across the
nation as citizens in community after community are learning what their
city planners are actually up to. As awareness grows, I am receiving more
and more calls for tools to help activists fight back. Many complain that
elected officials just won't read detailed reports or watch long videos.
"Can you give us something that is quick, and easy to read that we
can hand out," I'm asked.
So here it is. A one page, quick description of Agenda 21 that fits on
one page. I've also included for the back side of your hand out a list of
quotes for the perpetrators of Agenda 21 that should back up my brief
descriptions.
A word of caution, use this as a started kit, but do not allow it to be
your only knowledge of this very complex subject. To kill it you have to
know the facts. Research, know your details; discover the NGO players in
your community; identify who is victimized by the policies and recruit
them to your fight; and then kill Agenda 21. That's how it must be done.
The information below is only your first step. Happy hunting.
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
Public Private Partnerships (PPP). 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 Gro 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.
Revealing
Quotes From the Planners
“Agenda 21 proposes an array of actions which are intended to be
implemented by EVERY person on Earth…it calls for specific changes in the
activities of ALL people… Effective execution of Agenda 21 will REQUIRE a
profound reorientation of ALL humans, unlike anything the world has ever
experienced… ” Agenda 21: The Earth Summit Strategy to Save Our Planet
(Earthpress, 1993). Emphases " DR
Urgent to implement " but we don’t know what it is!
“The realities of life on our planet dictate that continued economic
development as we know it cannot be sustained…Sustainable development,
therefore is a program of action for local and global economic reform " a
program that has yet to be fully defined.” The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide, published
by ICLEI, 1996.
“No one fully understands how or even, if, sustainable development can be
achieved; however, there is growing consensus that it must be
accomplished at the local level if it is ever to be achieved on a global
basis.” The
Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide, published by ICLEI, 1996.
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 justice.” 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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