The Path to Sustainable Development

1. The Path to Sustainable Development The information included in this presentation was provided by: Tom DeWeese/Donna Holt of American Policy Center

2. What Is Sustainable Development Sustainable Development is the 1992 action plan set forth by the United Nations in 40 chapters of a political agenda called Agenda 21 to control most aspect of life.

3. Wikipedia Definition of Sustainable Development Sustainable development (SD) is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of sustainable development as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."[1][2]Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social challenges facing humanity. As early as the 1970s "sustainability" was employed to describe an economy "in equilibrium with basic ecological support systems."[3] Ecologists have pointed to The Limits to Growth[4], and presented the alternative of a "steady state economy"[5] in order to address environmental concerns.

4. The Goals of Sustainable Development • Change consumption patterns • Promote sustainable human settlements • Plan & manage all land resources, ecosystems, deserts, forests, mountains oceans, fresh water, agriculture • Rural development • Ensuring equity (social justice) • Increased power for NGOs • Redefine the role of business and finance resources • All of this is to be accomplished on a global, national, local level

5. 5 Paths to Sustainable Development • Wildlands (the rural plan) • Smart Growth (the city plan) • Stakeholder councils (local governing body) • Public Private Partnerships (government controlled monopolies) • Education (indoctrination, consensus not facts, global citizens with no alliance to family, God or country) • The first two paths call for strict land use policies designed to tell humans where and how they will live

6. Wildlands Project (the rural plan) • Created by David Foreman of Earth First (environmentalist) • Re-wilding 50% of all land in every state (only wildlife managers and researchers will be allowed) • Herd humans off rural land and into human settlements • The Wildlands Project became the blueprint for the UN’s Biodiversity Treaty (which was never ratified by the Senate but being implemented just the same) • These areas will be interconnected by “corridors of wilderness.”

7. The Re-Wilding Plan • Take a large wilderness area with no human activity (National Park - Blue Ridge National Heritage Area in VA) • Create a highly regulated buffer zone around the area which will require permits for almost every activity making it impossible for land owners to make a profit. EX: Down zoning requires 25 acres to build 1 home • Eventually the land owner is forced to accept conservation easement relief to reduce the tax burden. In exchange the land owner loses the right to use the land • As rural land is removed from the tax base the tax burden increases to the remaining land owners • Now the buffer zone is expanded and they just keep doing this until 50% of all land is off limits to growth or use of any kind. • This is how we move people into the human settlements one step at a time.

9. Smart Growth (the city plan) • Once moved to the city a line will be drawn around the city (VA calls this Urban Development Areas)- no growth to take place outside of the line - land outside the line will be worthless - while land inside will be extremely expensive • Limited space inside will create a housing shortage • Population controls will be needed to address congestions, air pollution and housing shortage. • Green regulations for home building will be very bureaucratic and expensive (higher cost for housing will create higher taxes) • Refuse to build or repair roads to get you out of your car and into public transportation - limit mobility • Strict regulations onwhat you can do. Permits to remove a tree, plant a garden, what materials can be used to build a home, tiered rate for water usage, energy audits that will result in costly refitting of a home on order to meet ones’ daily needs for water and energy.

10. Wikipedia Definition of Smart Growth Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl and advocates compact, transit-oriented, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets, and mixed-use development with a range of housing choices. The term 'smart growth' is particularly used in North America. In Europe and particularly the UK, the terms 'Compact City' or 'urban intensification' have often been used to describe similar concepts, which have influenced Government planning policies in the UK, the Netherlands and several other European countries.

12. Stakeholder Councils • Non-Elected ruling class inside the human habitat called Stake Holder Councils • NGO’s enforce their own private agenda • You will have to ask them for permission (usually denied) for anything necessary to live in the community • They control and ruin business. In SF, CA there can only be 7 McDonalds even if demand could support more. • They dictate the kind of building materials you can use to build homes, whether you can build at all, they may allow you to build then not allow water or electricity • Extremely controlling and you can just imagine the corruption surrounding this type of set up. • A system of councils that report to an apex council and then implement a predetermined outcome. • These councils are an operating mechanism of a government-controlled economy

13. Public Private Partnerships • Government sanctioned monopolies. Only those approved by internationally recognized Leadership in Engergy & Environmental Design (LEEDS) will survive. • A favored few are granted special favors like contracts, tax breaks, eminent domain, non-compete clauses, specific guarantees of return on investments • They can charge whatever they want and can use the power of government to put competition out of business. This is not a system of free enterprise • GE forcing “green” light bulb on you charging 5Xs the price of incadescent. They put their own product out of business • PPPs are building the TTC • PPPs are taking over highways and local water treatment plants • PPPs controlling the water can also control consumption • Success as a PPP is not based on quality of product but by who you know • In order to become a PPP you must buy-in to Sustainable Development and help to implement it even if that means destroying your own product • This is why Home Depot uses it commercials to oppose cutting down trees, British Petroleum advocates reducing the use of oil

14. Education • Chapter 36 of A21 makes it clear an intention to integrate A21 into ALL curriculum as a de facto international education standard • SD education began in the US with No Child Left Behind Act to reinforce the US commitment to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) goals for education. • Race To The Top is the new program implemented by President Obama’s administration. • International Baccalaureate (West High School, Knoxville in process of implementing) • Eventually the government will decide our childrens career path. • The intent is to destroy our children’s alliance to God, family and country. To align themselves with the collective and the One World Government • The US Dept. of Education carefully insulated themselves from critics of this radical plan by funding tax-exempt, NGO’s to do their dirty work. Sometimes an NGO is several layers removed from its true funding source.

15. What Is Unsustainable? • Large hoofed animals • Grazing • Refrigeration, air conditioning, irrigation • Golf courses, ski slopes • Modern agriculture equipment • Paved roads, fences, paddocks, dams • Population growth • Property rights, single family homes • Pesticides, fertilizers • Fossil fuels This is a partial list. The source for this list is the UN Global Biodiversity Assessment Report.

16. UN Agenda 21 Timeline • 1992 George Bush signs agreement in Rio for the Administrative Implementation of Agenda 21 (Bush called it The Plan for One World Order) • 1993 Bill Clinton by EO creates the “Presidents Council For Sustainable Development” • 1996 Sustainable America A New Consensus for Prosperity, Opportunity and a Healthy Environment for the Future (Feb.) • 1997 Counties and Mayors create - Joint Center for Sustainable Communities • 2001 National Governors Assoc. Endorse Smart Growth • 2011 Barrack Obama by EO 13575 creates the “White House Rural Council” • 2012 Earth Summit 20th Anniversary June 4-6, In Rio.

17. IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE A DECISION! "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."Sir Winston Churchill Sustainable Development or Sustainable Freedom - WHICH WILL YOU CHOSE?? Americadontforget.com