RLM News Show Blog and Podcast – July 12, 2013

Agenda 21 Quotes

“Agenda 21 is a global plan to inventory and control all land, all water, all minerals, all plants, all animals, all construction, all means of production, all energy, all education, all information, and all human beings in the world. Inventory and control.”
Rosa Koire

“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 a principal instrument of accumulation and concentration of wealth and therefore contributes to social injustice; if unchecked, it may become a major obstacle in the planning and implementation of development schemes…Public control of land use is therefore indispensable….”
This quote is from the Preamble from the UN Policy on Land

“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, a planner for the city of Seattle, and advisor to the President’s Council on Sustainable Development

“Individual rights will have to take a back seat to the collective.”
Harvey Ruvin, Vice Chairman, ICLEI

“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?”
Maurice Strong, founder of the UN Environment Program

“Generally, more highly educated people who have higher incomes, consume more resources than poorly educated people, who tend to have lower incomes. In this case, more education increases the threat of sustainability.”
Education for Sustainable Development Guide

“If we do a really great job on new vaccines, healthcare, reproductive health services, we could lower [the population] by perhaps 10 or 15 percent.”
Bill Gates