Sustainable Development

Agenda 21, adopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 at the U.N. Conference o­n Environment and Development, has had profound influence o­n local public policy. The objective of this document is to integrate environmental protection, economic development, and social equity under the management of global authorities.

Understanding Sustainable Development AGENDA 21: A Guide for Public Officials

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

Transforming America: Sustainable Development

• The Destruction of Your Rights
• Creating Crisis, Shortage and a Police State

Achieving Abundance Ecology requires a direct relationship between man and the land. To release the potential productivity and diversity of a landscape, an owner must be free to engage in rigorous disturbance, and free to pursue a reasoned and creative process of trial and error. This process would be suited to the choice of each individual and the uniqueness of each property. In comparison, "Sustainable Development" represents the efforts to eliminate private property in America and to control and limit human action. Sustainable Development is a synonym for "shortage ecology". The philosophy behind the creation of a shortage ecology underlies the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Endangered Species Act is the foundation of the land use element of Sustainable Development. Since the ESA puts the government in control of plants, the ideals of private property are destroyed, natural resource shortages arise, and natural calamities--such as devastating forest fires--increase. Read More...



Public-Private Partnerships, the undermining of free enterprise, and the emergence of soft facism

Sustainable Development: the Hidden Threat to Liberty was presented to the Austrian Scholars Conference 2006, March 18, 2006 Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama. One of the presenters was Professor of Philosophy, Dr. Steven Yates. Reprinted with permission from Freedom 21 Santa Cruz. Read More. . .