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False choicesAgenda 21 and Your Property Rights1UN Agenda 21 A Global to Local Action Plan,called Sustainable Development

In this presentation you will learn how the UNs Agenda 21, or Sustainable Development affects property ownership. You will also find sources for additional information.

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2Property Rights Matterunalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.- Declaration of IndependenceWithout property rights there is no freedom or liberty.

As Americans, our property rights matter. Land, buildings and material goods are the means by which we live. Without rights over our property, we have no rights over our very means of SURVIVAL; and [C1] are therefore no longer free.

Our Founding fathers knew this and declared our rights [C2]unalienable, meaning no person could ever take them away.

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3Property Rights MatterNo person shall bedeprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.- U.S. Constitution, Amendment V

So critical are property rights that our Constitution protects them in the Fifth Amendment. [C1] No personshall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; ...

Individual rights and freedoms are two elements that make America exceptional.

Not all nations think that way.

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4What is Sustainable Development?

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.1987 Brundtland Report to UN, Our Common FuturePoverty is a major cause and effect of global environmental problems.

Sustainable development was coined in a 1997 report to the UN called, Our Common Future. It is defined as, [C1] Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

This sounds fine, until you read the report.

It states [C2] Poverty is a major cause and effect of global environmental problems.

It then blames nations like the U.S. for consuming too much and having too much wealth, much of it in the form of private property.

The report concludes the only way to make the future sustainable, is to reduce America's living standards and transfer our wealth to developing nations.

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5UN Rio Earth Summit Agenda 21 - 1992

18,000 people attended

The radical ideas promoted in Our Common Future, were codified as Agenda 21 - at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development, known as the Rio Earth Summit. [C1] 18,000 people from around the world attended.

Agenda 21, according to UN literature, is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the UN systemin every area in which human beings impact the environment.

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6June 1992, George H.W. Bush signs Agreement in Rio to implement Agenda 21/Sustainable Development in U.S.June 1993, Bill Clinton signs EO creating the Presidents Council on Sustainable Development to begin implementation in federal agencies.June 2011, Barack Obama signs EO creating WH Rural Communities Act enabling implementation of Sustainable Development in 16% of U.S.

1997, The U.S. Conference of Mayors creates the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities.2001, The National Governors Association endorses Smart Growth advancing statewide Sustainable Development.

More than 178 nations adopted Agenda 21, including [C1] George HW Bush for the U.S.

Although congress never approved the program, Pres. Clinton established, by [C2] executive order, the President's Council on Sustainable Development ,whose stated purpose was to implement Agenda 21 in the U.S.

The PCSD operated through 1999, but its actions are now [C3] embedded in every federal agency and influence state and local communities across the U.S.

President Obamas Executive Order 13575 created [C4] The White House Rural Council which further authorized every federal agency to oversee all food, fiber and energy needs for all rural sustainable communities in America.

The UN groups use the terms Sustainable Development and Agenda 21 interchangeably. Most people never heard of Agenda 21 and heres why

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7Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out manywho would actively work to defeat any elected officialundertaking Local Agenda 21.

So, we will call our process something else, such as comprehensive planning growth management, or smart growth.

J. Gary LawrenceThe Future of Agenda 21 in the New Millennium The Millennium Papers

J. Gary Lawrence - Advisor to Pres. Clintons PCSD- Urban Strategies Leader, Arup Consulting- U.S. Smart Growth Leadership Council

J. Gary Lawrence is a world leader in Smart Growth. He served as advisor to the Presidents Council on Sustainable Development.

Writing for the Millennium Papers, a strategic planning publication for Agenda 21, Lawrence said:

[C1] Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out manywho would actively work to defeat any elected officialundertaking Local Agenda 21.

[C2] So, we will call our process something else, such as comprehensive planning growth management, or smart growth.

And they have

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8Smart growthSmart streetsVisioning projectsConsensusUrbanist communitiesPublic Private PartnershipsHistoric preservationSustainable communities

Agenda 21/Sustainable Development Uses Fuzzy NamesOpen spacesWalkable communitiesSustainable [your state or community]Environmental justiceMulti-use dwellingsGreenwaysHigh density urban development unitsBuffer zones

Agenda 21 uses fuzzy names that blanket it in environmental causes like: [C1]

Smart growthOpen spacesHistoric preservationto name a few.

Regardless of the name. The intention is to remove [C2] this called urban sprawl,and replace it [C3] with this.

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9States shall resolve all their environmental disputes peacefully and by appropriate means in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

Principle 26, UN Rio Declaration, Agenda 21Core UN Political PhilosophyU.S. Constitution and Bill of RightsUN Declaration ofHuman RightsAmendment V:nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensationMans rights are inherent to his nature as man. As such, they are unalienable.Article 17 Sec 2:Property shall not be arbitrarily takenMans rights are granted by other men. As such, they can be taken away by men.

Agenda 21 mandates that all States, including the U.S. , must resolve all environmental disputes peacefully and in accordance with Charter of the UN.

Not our own nations laws.

[C1] Our Constitution says that Mans rights are inherent to his nature as a man and as such, as unalienable.

This is in direct opposition to the UN Declaration which holds [C2] that "man's rights are granted by other men and therefore they can be taken away by men.

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10Which Philosophy of Rights?NatureSourceIndividual RightsUS Declaration ofIndependenceCommunity RightsUN Declaration of Human RightsPurpose of GovernmentProtect the natural or unalienable rights of each individual.

That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rightsControl the individual for the greater good of the global community.

Rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United NationsSummaryYou are born with rights. Government exists to protect them.

You and the product of your labor belong to you.Government grants, restricts or withdraws your rights according to its needs.

You and the product of your labor belong to the community.

Sustainable Developments political agenda originates in the UNs founding documents. This is not surprising since the many nations represented needed a point of agreement to rally around. The UN Charter provided that.

Whereas our Declaration of Independence [C1] protects our citizens and their labor, the UN Declaration [C2] grants government the authority to withhold your property for the good of the community.

To implement Sustainable Development in the United States, unalienable rights such as the right to property must be eroded or struck down altogether.

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11Social EquityEconomic ProsperityEcological IntegrityDevelopment that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.3 Es

The authors of Agenda 21 said it will affect every area of all human life, grouped according to three objectives: [C1] Equity, Economy, and Environment.

By defining these terms vaguely, a litany of abuses in States, Counties and local communities has resulted.

By: rubber-stamping pre-conceived plans, using manipulative visioning and consensus sessions to create the appearance of public buy-in, and acquiring grants from sources with questionable motives, the entire process of implementing Sustainable Development policies is suspect.

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12Social Equity

individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective in the process of implementing Sustainable Development. - Harvey Ruvin Member ICLEI Exec. Committee Clerk of the Courts Miami-Dade County Chair Climate Change Advisory Task Force Keynote Speaker at ICLEI 2010Laws coerce individuals to give up personal wants for needs of the community

Social Equity means [C1] using the law to restructure American life.

The authors of Sustainable Development knew their objectives, would clash with those of the average US citizen. Therefore, to achieve their objectives, they call for a shift in attitudes.

The premise of Sustainable Development is: That individual human wants, needs, and desires must conform to the views and dictates of planners.

Harvey Ruvin, Executive member of ICLEI has said that [C2] individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective in the process of implementing Sustainable Development.

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13Economic Prosperity

Secretary General UN Agenda 21 - Rio 1992...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 Opening speech at Agenda 21Redistribution of American wealthFree market replaced by public/private partnerships

The next E is Economy. Remember, Agenda 21s core purpose is the [C1] international redistribution of wealth and the [C2] creation of public-private partnerships. S13 Maurice Strong, at his opening speech at the Agenda 21 Earth Summit in 1992, said [C3] ...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.

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14Economic ProsperityAgenda 21 Preamble The developmental and environmental objectives of agenda 21 will require a substantial flow of new and additional financial resources to developing countries.

Rio Declaration on Environment and Development , Article 8 equity will be achieved through implementation of the international economic order and through transfers of resources to developing countriesTransfer of Wealth

According to Agenda 21s preamble, [C1] The developmental and environmental objectives of Agenda 21 will require a substantial flow of new and additional financial resources to developing countries.

This declaration mandates, if the conditions of the poor are to be improved, wealth must be taken from the rich, in our case, U.S. property owners.

Sustainable Development planners use conservation easements, eminent domain, re-authoring of master community plans, enhanced regulations and millions of dollars in grant money to acquire private property as the means to redistribute wealth both in theory and practice. This is effectively lowering the US standard of living to that of the rest of the world.

Agenda 21 states that [C2] equity will be achieved through implementation of the international economic order ... and through transfers of resources to developing countries....

In addition to its appeal for the international redistribution of wealth,

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15Economic ProsperityPublic Private PartnershipsPPPTax breaksLtd. liabilitiesEasy Fed. accessMonopoliesSubsidiesLarge contracts

Free EnterpriseHigh taxesNormal liabilitiesLtd. Fed. accessHigh competitionHigh cost of moneyStruggle to survive

Sustainable Development restructures the economy, by replacing our free enterprise system, [C1] with public-private partnerships.

PPPs provide lucrative contracts for those companies partnering with the government and non-governmental agencies, while [C2] non-partnered companies struggle to survive against their subsidies, regulations, tax-breaks, and insider privilege. With it goes the free market system.

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16EcologicalIntegrityRio Declaration on Environment and Development

Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature.Principle 1

To achieve sustainable developmentStates should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption- Principle 8Nature Over ManIndividual rights subordinated to nature

Sustainable development places nature over man.

According to the Rio Declaration: [C1]

Human beings are at the centre of concerns for sustainable development. We are only entitled to a healthy life IF it is in harmony with nature.

It continues [C2] To achieve sustainable developmentStates should reduce and eliminate unsustainable patterns of production and consumption

Most people support laws to protect the environment, Sustainable Development uses the environmental movement as the means to promote a political agenda.

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ICLEI is the non-governmental organization tasked with rolling out sustainable development

Their action plan restructures the worlds governments so that all people will be the subjects of a global collective. Implementation requires the surrender of many individual and property rights.Once fully implemented, ordinary people will be left unprotected from de facto decrees placing nature above man, while relegating man to the status of a biological resource.

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18Sustainable Development ProcessStakeholders Stakeholders StakeholdersPlanning GroupICLEI/NGOLocal Committee personsSurveyInvite stakeholdersVisioning(Consensus)Implementation committees

The method of implementing Sustainable Development in communities is alarming.

Projects are often initiated by groups such as [C1] ICLEI or the American Planning Association who create fear over problems portrayed as a crisis:. Farm land development, urban sprawl, poor water management, wildlife preservation, or too many cars on the freeway are examples.

[C2] Stakeholder council meetings are typically arranged under the auspices of soliciting input from community members. Often these are [C3] already supporters of the plan.

Surveys poll a small number of residents and include loaded questions such as: [C4] Which of the following areas do you think should be protected or acquired?

[C5] A typical stakeholder council meeting is run by a trained facilitator. His job is not to enter all views into the record. But to guide the group to a predetermined consensus.

Tactics vary between facilitators, but consensus generally is reached by subtly marginalizing opposition, while recording the good ideas, and allowing criticism only for the bad ideas.

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19A treasure trove of boilerplate solutions

Once a problem has been identified, every NGO, non-profit, and local government body has a [C1] vast stock of boilerplate solutions at hand, enabling them to identify problems with the goal of implementing predetermined outcomes that advance Sustainable Development policies.

The same stock solutions are applied in Stockholm, Boulder, Santa Cruz or anywhere in the world.

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20 Key West Lake Worth Lee County Leon County Maitland Marathon Miami Miami-Dade County Miami Gardens Monroe County North Miami Orange County Orlando Palm Bay Palm Beach County Plantation Sarasota Seminole County South Daytona South Miami Tallahassee Tamarac Volusia County West Palm Beach

New Jersey Belmar Clifton Eatontown Hamilton Maplewood Marlboro Monmouth County Newark New Brunswick Passaic County Somerset County West Windsor

Pennsylvania Allegheny County Cranbury Township Falls Township Haverford Lower Southampton Meadville Middletown Montgomery Township Mt. Lebanon Nether Providence Penn Hills Philadelphia Pittsburgh Warwick Township West Chester Fremont Fullerton Glendale Hayward Hermosa Beach Hillsborough Irvine Lafayette Lakewood La Mirada Livermore Los Angeles County Los Gatos Martinez Menlo Park Merced Millbrae Mill Valley Milpitas Monterey Moorpark Moraga Mountain View Murrieta Napa Napa County National City Newark Novato Oakland Oakley Orinda Pacifica Palmdale Palm Springs Palo Alto Pasadena Pittsburg Portola Valley Redwood City Riverside Rolling Hills Estates Sacramento County Salinas San Bruno San Clemente San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Leandro San Luis Obispo San Mateo County San Mateo San PabloAlabama Birmingham Huntsville

Alaska Fairbanks Homer Juneau Sitka

Arizona Chandler Flagstaff Goodyear Maricopa Peoria Phoenix Tempe Tuscon

Arkansas Fayetteville North Little Rock Pulaski County

California Albany Aliso Viejo American Canyon Antioch Arcata Belvedere Benicia Berkeley Beverly Hills Burlingame Capinteria Chula Vista Cloverdale Concord Covina Culver City Cupertino Davis Del Mar Dixon Dublin East Palo Alto El Cerrito Emeryville Encinitas Fairfield Foster City Santa Ana Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara San Ventura San Carlos Santa Clara County Santa Clara Santa Clarita Santa Cruz Santa Monica Santa Rosa Santee Seaside Solana Beach Solano County Sonoma city Sonoma County South Gate Temecula Tiburon Tracy Union City Ventura County Vernon Visalia Vista West Sacramento Willits Windsor Woodside Yountville

Connecticut Branford Bridgeport Essex Groton New Haven New London Ridgefield Stamford Stonington Windsor

Florida Alachua County Boynton Beach Broward County Collier County Davie Delray Beach Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Meyers Gainesville

ICLEI, whose mission is to help local governments implement Sustainable Development, has worldwide offices and operates in over 600 US communities.

Today, every county in the US has Sustainable Development directives guided by federal agencies, NGOs, and/or ICLEI.

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21Funding Sources are ImpressiveNational NGO Akron Zoological Park Association of Zoos and Aquariums Atlantic Center for the EnvironmentCenter for Biodiversity and ConservationAmerican Museum of Natural History, NY Center for Environmental Legal StudiesCenter for International Environmental Law Center for Plant Conservation Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park Chicago Zoological Society Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Earth Day Network Environmental Defense FundFoundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability George Wright Society Global Institute of Sustainability National Parks Conservation Association National Wildlife Federation National Heritage Institute

Ocean Conservancy Smithsonian Institution St. Louis Zoological Park The Heinz Center The Nature Conservancy The Pew Charitable Trusts The Wildlife Society United Nations Foundation Wildlife Alliance Wildlife Conservation Society World Wildlife Fund US Zoological Society of San Diego

Affiliates US Department of State National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration US Department of Commerce US Department of Agriculture Forest Service US Department of the Interior

NGOs often gain local community compliance with promises of funding grants.

Their list of money sources is impressive and includes the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, the National Audubon Society, the American Planning Association, and the National Teachers Association.

Over two thousand NGOs are accredited by the United Nations for the purpose of implementing Sustainable Development in America. They receive massive tax advantages from the I.R.S.

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This map shows the UNs vision for our countrys land use when sustainable development is fully implemented. The black areas are where humans will be permitted to live.

Sustainable Development is a plan for global control, using land and resource restriction, social transformation through education, and other programs. The land use element of Sustainable Development calls for two action plans designed to reduce or eliminate private property: the Wildlands Project, and Smart Growth. Upon implementation, all human action is subject to control.

Since all things ultimately come from natural resources on rural lands, the transfer of the land from citizen to government control will make it easy for government and its partners to control what we have, what we do, and where we go. The rural land-use plan embodied in the Wildlands Project is tied to its urban counterpart, Smart Growth. As human beings are barred from rural land, there will be a concentration of human activity in urban areas. Through Smart Growth, the infrastructure is being created for a post-private property era in which human action is subject to centralized government control.Sometimes called comprehensive planning or growth management, Smart Growth is the centralized control of every aspect of urban life including: energy and water use, housing, population growth and control, public health and dietary regimens, resources and recycling, social justice and education, toxic technology and waste management, transportation and air quality, business and economic activity.

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23Communities are pushing back

Citizens are becoming aware.

Commissioners in Carroll County Maryland abolished the Office of Sustainability. [C1} Spartanburg, South Carolina; Las Cruces, New Mexico; New Rochelle, NY; Amador County California; Carver, Massachusetts and dozens of other communities are either pulling out, or pushing back against ICLEI, the American Planning Association and Smart Growth.

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24What you can do Learn more: Google agenda 21 sustainable development Challenge claims we are losing open space Challenge the notion of economic justiceDemand planners reveal sources of statistics, surveys and crisis claims Join concerned groups in your area Find your representatives names and educate them Demand political candidates say no to Sustainable Development Recruit your friends and neighbors to get involved Hand out flyers

There is a lot you can do [C1] Learn more Google: Agenda 21, Sustainable Development [C2] Challenge claims we are losing open space. [C3] and the notion of economic justice [C4] Demand planners reveal sources of statistics, surveys and crisis claims [C5] Join groups in your area [C6] Find your representatives names and educate them [C7] Demand political candidates say no to Sustainable Development [C8] Recruit your friends and neighbors to get involved [C9] Hand out flyers

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25ConclusionOur local communities are in peril because a small group seeks to convince us that unless we surrender our property and freedoms; unless we subsume our individual rights to the good of the community, the planet will not survive.

Yet, this is a false choice. For over 200 years Americans have protected our planet, our nation and our liberties. As communities, we can pull together to create our own plans to improve the environment without the control of international groups and the seductive lure of easy federal grants.

Together, we can save our environment, and keep our rights and freedoms. That is the real choice.

[C1] Our local communities are in peril because a small group seeks to convince us that unless we surrender our property and freedoms; unless we subsume our individual rights to the good of the community, the planet will not survive.

[C2] Yet, this is a false choice. For over 200 years Americans have protected our planet, our nation and our liberties. As communities, we can pull together to create our own plans to improve the environment without the control of international groups and the seductive lure of easy federal grants.

[C3] Together, we can save our environment, and keep our rights and freedoms. Working together is the real choice.

Here are some resources to check for more information. Thank you.

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26Resources:

Didyouknowonline.com

Freedomadvocates.org

Democratsagainstunagenda21.com

Sovereignty.net

27Special thanks to:

Karen BrackenHenry LambNick PurpuraRoseAnn SalanitriFreedomadvocates.org

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