In June of 2005 an international conference was held called World Environment Day. The conference was the full implementation of the UN’s Agenda 21 policy and sustainable development. This time the targeted audience was the nation’s mayors. They were going straight to the root of American society. Think globally–act locally.
Two documents were presented for the mayor’s signatures. The first was called the Green City Declaration—a statement of principles that set the agenda for the mayors’ assigned task. It says, in part, “As Mayors of cities around the globe, we have a unique opportunity to provide leadership to develop truly sustainable urban centers based on culturally and economically appropriate local action.” The final line of the Green Cities Declaration was the point of the whole affair: “Signatory cities shall work to implement the following Urban Environment Accords: Each year cities shall pick three actions to adopt as policies or laws.”
The second document, called the “Urban Environment Accords,” included exactly 21 specific actions (as in Agenda 21) for mayors to take, controlled by a timetable for implementation.
And what is the mayor’s reward for destroying private property rights, increasing energy cost on less consumption and banning something useful every year? He gets green stars. That’s right. According to U. N. documents, if your mayor can complete 8-11 of the prescribed 21 actions, the town will get a green star and the designation, “Local Sustainable City.”
With 12-17 actions completed, the town garners two green stars and the designation, “National Sustainable City.”
With 15-18 actions completed the town brings in three green stars and the title “Regional Sustainable City.” Finally, the energizer bunny mayor who gets 19-21 action completed will get a full four green stars and the ultimate designation of “Global Sustainable City. (They use the whole county, not just the city, to accomplish this.)
It is a policy of banning goods and regulating and controlling human action. It is systematically implemented through the creation of non-elected visioning boards and planning commissions. There is no place in the sustainable world for individual thought, private property, or free enterprise. It is the exact opposite of the free society envisioned by our nation’s founders. “Think globally, act locally” is a well-entrenched national policy bleeding down into our local community, carried there by those who have been elected by us.
Marion McKeever
Schroeder
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