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Presents
The Global to Local Action Plan
Sustainable Development
AGENDA 21
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1992 CONFERENCE ON
ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
Earth Summit
Adopted by 178 nations including the United States.
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/
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Preamble
21. Management of solid waste
International Cooperation
22. Management radioactive waste
Combating Poverty
23. Strengthening major groups
Changing Consumption Patterns
24. Global action for women
Demographics & Sustainably
CONTROL OF: 25. Children & youth in sus dev
Protecting Human Health
26. Indigenous people
Land
Use
Human Settlements
27. NGO partners
Housing
Integrating environment
28. Local authorities in support
& development decisions
of Agenda 21
Transportation
9. Protecting the atmosphere
29. Strengthening trade unions
Food
Production
10. Planning & management of land
30. The role of business industry
Consumption Patterns
11. Combating deforestation
31. Scientific technology
12. Desertification & drought
32. The role of farmers
Water
13. Sustainable mountain
development
33. Financial resource mechanisms
Energy
14. Sustainable agriculture
34. Transfer technology
Education
15. Conservation biodiversity
35. Science for sustainable development
16. Management of biotechnology
Role of Business36.&Promoting
Industryeducation & training
17. Protection of oceans
37. International cooperation
Health
Care
18. Management of the use of water
38. International Institutions
19. Management of toxic Chemicals
39. International mechanisms
20. Management of hazardous wastes
40. Information for decision-making
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/
1976 U.N. Conference on Human Settlements
Habitat I
From the Preamble:
“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 the principle
instrument of accumulation and concentration
of wealth, and therefore, contributes to social
injustice..."
http://habitat.igc.org/vancouver/vp-intr.htm
Recommendations from Habitat I:
A-1. Redistribute population in accord with resources
D-1. Government must control the use of land to achieve
equitable distribution of resources
D-2. Control Land Use through zoning and land-use
planning
D-3. Excessive profits from land use must be recaptured by
government
D-4. Public ownership of land should be used to exercise
urban and rural land reform
D-5. Owner rights should be separated from development
rights which should be held by public authority.
http://habitat.igc.org/vancouver/vp-intr.htm
The Three Es Equity (Social): Using the Law to Restructure Human Nature to
transform our system of equal justice to one of social justice.
Economy: Redistribution of Wealth - Public/Private Partnerships
Draft Covenant on Environment & Development Article 8:
“...equity will be achieved through the transfer of resources
to developing countries.”
The economic policy restructures the economy molding it not on private
enterprise but on public/private partnerships.
Environment: Nature Above Man
Every societal decision would first be questioned as to how it
might effect the environment.
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AGENDA 21 COMES TO AMERICA
White House Press Release
June 14, 1993
Announcing President's Council on Sustainable Development
http://archives.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/?u=061493-press-release-on-sustainable-development.htm
AGENDA 21 COMES TO AMERICA
President Bill Clinton's
Executive Order # 12852
Created the
President's Council On
Sustainable Development
(PCSD)
June 29, 1993
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/pdf/12852.pdf
150 policy
recommendations
taken from
Agenda 21
http://clinton2.nara.gov/PCSD/Publications/TF_Reports/amer-top.html
“Participating in a U.N. advocated planning process would very
likely bring out many ... who would actively work to defeat any
elected official ... Undertaking Local Agenda 21. So we will call
our process something else, such as “comprehensive planning”,
“growth management,” or “smart growth”.”
J. Gary Lawrence
Advisor to the President’s Council
on Sustainable Development
http://www.unedforum.org/publications/millennium/mill%20paper2.pdf
CONVENTION OF
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Obama's Executive Order #13575
White House Rural Council
June 9, 2011
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/DCPD-201100431/pdf/DCPD-201100431.pdf
AGENDA 21 COMES TO VIRGINIA
http://leg2.state.va.us
AGENDA 21 COMES TO VIRGINIA
§ 15.2-4200 Regional Cooperation Act of 1995 - Power to regulate, create debt
and apply directly to the federal government for grants.
HB3202 Urban Development Areas (2007)- Mandates high-density urban
development using “new urbanism” design principles
§ 10.1-1700 - Open-space Easement Act
Chapter 10.1 - Virginia Conservation Easement Act to provide incentives for
the conservation of land into perpetuity.
§ 10.1-563. Regulation of land-disturbing activities
§ 15.2-2316.2. Purchase and transfer of development rights.
§ 15.2-5102 Water, sewer & refuse authorities, etc.; specified as political
subdivisions of State § 15.2-5114 – given powers of eminent domain.
2003 International Conference on Education
for a Sustainable Future
“The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development” (DESD)
2005 – 2014 – UNESCO named leader
“The Decade of ESD is a far-reaching and complex undertaking…
that potentially touches on every aspect of life. The basic vision…
is a world where everyone…learns the values, behavior, and
lifestyles required for a sustainable future and for positive
societal transformation.”
http://www.desd.org/About%20ESD.htm
http://vsbn.org/docs/GreeningVA_K-12_Schools_Report2008.pdf
Partners for Sustainable Development in Virginia
ICLEI - International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
ICMA – International County/City Management Association
American Planning Association – member of the PCSD
Virginia Municipal League - association of city, town, and county
governments
VaCo - Virginia Association of Counties
VSBA - Virginia School Board Association
VAIS – Virginia Association of Independent Schools
AKA International Council for Environmental Initiatives
Assisting Local Governments with boilerplate solutions
for Sustainable Development.
ICLEI Member Requirements:
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Identify liaisons: elected officials, media, and staff
Pass a resolution within 6 months to prioritize "Climate Change
Mitigation" and how they'll go forward with Climate Change
Mitigation policies.
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Set 5 milestones to reduce carbon footprint.
PLANNERS NETWORK
MEMBERSHIP
PLANNERS NETWORK
http://www.plannersnetwork.org/about/statement.html
IMPLEMENTATION – Global to Local
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Millions in grants awarded to the American Planning Association
for the Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook
The EPA issued millions in grants to local governments and organizations
for “visioning” projects.
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HUD issued millions in grants for “sustainable communities” programs
The Dept. of Energy issued millions in grants to local governments under
the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Block Grant Program. (Cap & Trade)
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Department of Education & NGOs issued millions in grants for education
in sustainable development and social justice.
Local Visioning Projects
EPA Grant
NGO Organization
Local Government
Initiator
Visioning Council
(Bankers, Politicians, NGO leaders,
Businessmen, Planners, and Bureaucrats)
“Visioning Council”
• Present PCSD recommendations as local goals for the community
• Through the consensus process, eliminate any objections that might arise
• Develop specific recommendations to achieve goals
“Comprehensive Plan of Action”
LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMP PLAN FOR LAND USE:
Zoning for high-density (clustering, mixed-use housing, affordable
housing, workforce housing, businesses, public transportation
 Down-zoning in rural areas to require 25 or more acres to build one
home.
 Incentives for land conservation & historical preservation
 Land disturbance ordinances (tilling/plowing is prohibited)
 Landscape and food production regulations
 Tree removal ordinance
 Higher percentage of land left natural and undisturbed
 Decreased setbacks in high-density areas and increased set backs in
rural areas.
 Open space, greenways
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LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMP PLAN FOR
TRANSPORTATION:
Traffic circles
 Bicycle paths & walking trails
 High speed rail
 Narrowing of roads
 Elimination of cul-de-sacs
 Steering of all future growth to public transportation hubs
 No parking zones
 Road closings
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LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMP PLAN FOR
ENERGY:
Smart meters
 Energy Star appliances, heating & air conditioning
 Wind & solar energy
 Energy audits of homes and businesses
 Energy efficiency strategies (reduce consumption, rationing)
 Green building codes to meet LEED standards (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design)
 Retrofitting of existing buildings to meet new standards
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LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMP PLAN FOR WATER:
Greater expansion and protection of wetlands
 100 – 300 ft. buffers to streams & ponds
 Expansion of watershed
 Water conservation strategies (reduce consumption, rationing)
 Green building codes to meet LEED standards
 Meters on private wells
 Strict ordinances on septic tanks – often prohibits them
 Increased setbacks in rural & coastal areas
 Wetlands mitigation
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LOCAL AGENDA 21 COMP PLAN FOR THE
ROLE OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Public/Private Partnerships (subsidies, tax breaks, insider
privilege)
 Green Marketplace - Carbon Credits, water credits, riparian
habitat credits, conservation banking credits, wetlands mitigation
 LEED approved building materials
 Energy Star Appliances and Heating/Air Conditioning
 Forestry – strict limits on forestry – preservation of forests
 Agriculture – restricts what and how much you can grow.
 Aquaculture – restrictions or elimination of commercial fishing
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TWO QUESTIONS:
What decisions are left that we don't need
government permission for on our land?
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How does this differ from Socialism?
Socialism is defined as:
A political and economic theory that advocates that the
means of production, distribution, and exchange should
be owned or regulated by government
CONSEQUENCES – Growth management (Smart Growth)
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Redistribution of wealth, tax liability, and resources
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Leaves taxpayers on the hook for grants, subsidies, tax breaks, and other incentives.
Creates monopolies & kills jobs through Public/Private Partnerships & LEED
standards.
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Makes home ownership less affordable increasing the cost of homes to up to 4
times what is considered affordable by standard qualifying lending practices.
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Higher rate of foreclosures
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Increase in unoccupied housing stock
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Extinguishes the right of rural landowners to ever develop their land
Discourages economic growth(Government manipulated market, picking the winners
& losers in business)
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THE EXCUSE…
Global Warming/Climate Change
RIO DECLARATION #15: “Precautionary Principle.”
“In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach
shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities.
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack
of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for
postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental
degradation.” (Global Warming)
How do they do it?
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What if you wanted to eliminate candy manufacturers
from the world? How would you do it?
Which would be easier… Banning candy or promoting
healthy teeth?
And if we were going to promote healthy teeth,
shouldn’t we also promote general health and avoidance
of diabetes?
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How would you do it?
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Get a NGO like the American Dentistry Association on your side
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Create a health sustainability coordinator that belongs to an
international organization that promotes the benefits of a
candy-free society
Pass legislation that requires schools and households to use
healthy diet templates
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Require schools to teach the evils of candy
How would you do it?
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Explain how the consumption of Candy consumes an
excessive portion of the world’s sugar cane supplies.
Publish selective articles “proving” that candy is harmful
to your health
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Endorse organizations that promote healthy eating.
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Offer smart sugar-free growing awards
Pass resolutions that argue, “in the absence of positive
proof”, we should err on the side of caution and avoid candy.
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How do they do it?
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Get non-candy companies to sell alternatives
Offer grants to companies that manufacture healthy
desserts.
Offer grants to schools, communities, and businesses
that provide healthy desserts in lieu of candy
Promote technology that would monitor sugar consumption
How would you do it?
Require a transfer of funds from rich countries to poor
countries in order to help wean them off of sugar-based
foods.
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Have government create dietary commissions staffed with
anti-sugar political appointees.
Require all schools and businesses to adopt a sugar-free
diet planning template.
Require all members of the dietary commission be trained
in proper diets
How would Michael Moore or Al Gore do it?
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Produce a movie about corruption at Hershey’s Chocolate,
“Candy and Me”
Produce a movie denigrating the system that enables us to
have chocolate in every household, “Capitalism and CandyHow greed is killing America”
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Produce a movie on the evils of cavities,
“An Inconvenient Tooth”
And finally Create a false moral equivalency… if you do not support the
banning of candy, you must be cold, callous, selfish, and in
favor of harming children.
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Declare the debate is over. Sugar must go!
Blame the poor health of children worldwide on capitalism;
the wasteful exporting of sugar; and wasteful sugar
consumption habits of wealthy nations.
GLOBAL TO LOCAL PLAN
Comprehensive Plan of Action
Sustainable Development Control over every aspect of human life.
You have a right to own property
OR
YOU BECOME PROPERTY!
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