Shifting Values Towards an Agenda
Agenda 21 was unveiled in 1992 as a United Nations blueprint of action to govern every country in the world. Over the years our Presidents, State leaders, and County/City officials have embraced and implemented many parts of this plan under the name of "sustainability". See below for more information on Agenda 21.
One of the major goals of Agenda 21 is that our country must shift our values and beliefs to a new way of thinking about life, economics, our planet, and more. Some people call it socialism, some call it communism, but there is a religious zealousness with which these new values are being imposed on all of us; all for the sake of the planet and a one-ness, interdependent quality of thinking and living. Gone are our old fashioned tools of measuring financial success and failure by the dollar, and all decision-makers are being forced to consider the impact of their policies on the wellness and happiness of the community at large, not on the merits of the project itself.
In Olympia some of the bills that exemplify this attempt to shift our values and beliefs are:
1) Banning wood stoves and fireplaces in homes and businesses
HB 2326 & SB 6102: Protecting air quality that is impacted by high emitting solid fuel burning devices.
This bill would severely regulate the use of wood stoves and fireplaces. No more romantic evenings in front of your fireplace, no more Christmas Eve family gatherings in the glow of the cheery fire. Unless you have no other source of heat the government will now tell you when and if you can burn wood in your own home. You may only use government approved devices, and behind the scenes there is discussion on how to "tax" the smoke as well as offering a bounty to encourage people to turn in their neighbors. The Pierce County the News Tribune had an article on how that county would implement this type of law which includes plans to expand the "burn ban police" and to use infrared devices to ensure compliance to the regulations.
thenewstribune.com
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2) Creating a new economic structure to fit Agenda 21 goals
HB 2239 & SB 6230 – Establishing Social Purpose Corporations
Currently the success / failure of a business is measured in terms of dollars. A business usually exists because there is a need and the business performs a service to fulfill that need. The fair market value represents a compromise between a willing buyer and seller. One if the final pieces of the Agenda 21 puzzle is to change those long-standing assumptions and to create a new assumption that the purpose of a business is to serve the common good – as defined by social justice fairness for all and less harmful effects on mother earth. This new "social purpose corporate" structure is a step towards that change.
Information on Social Purpose Corporations:
Understanding Social Purpose corporations from their point of view:
corporation2020.org
Article on Social Purpose corporations
dwt.com
New York Times article on this trend of corporations
nytimes.com
The new measurement tool – Corporate social responsibility rankings
csmonitor.com
More in depth analysis of the need to transform corporations
gtinitiative.org
The standards on which to judge corporations – Int'l Organization for Standardization
iso.org
Example of the rating system
bcccc.net
3) Using the "litter tax" to fund the Dept of Ecology's Americorp program
HB 2260 - Increase penalties for littering
This bill appears to be stopped for now, but it is an example of shifting values about the purpose of meaningful work. The bill increases fines for illegal dumping and apportions part of the increase to a "sustainable" fund for the Dept of Ecology's Washington Conservation Corps. In times of plenty it might be good to subsidize college age young adults to go out and make trails and help in the forest, but these folks also go into schools to "teach environmentalism." Just as businesses provide a product or service to solve a problem or satisfy a need, good job creation should be about solving a problem or satisfying a need and not about creating a job to satisfy the needs of the GOVERNMENT. In this case we must remember that the need of the Dept of Ecology, according to their website, is to follow the U.N. Earth Charter. Dept Ecology Sustainability webpage - ecy.wa.gov See below for more information on the Earth Charter.
4) Adding health to transportation goals
HB 2370 – Including health in state transportation system policy goals.
Transportation policies should focus primarily on the movement of goods and people and flow of vehicles in the most effective and efficient manner. With the emphasis on "sustainability" and now health, the new approach dictates that transportation decisions must include the impact on the health and wellness of the people and the planet. Transportation "cost / benefit" analysis are to include the consideration of how many more children walked and biked under the policy thereby decreasing obesity. Air quality and carbon emissions considerations may have a higher priority than the movement of goods and people.
Information on blending health and transportation decisions:
U.S. Dept of Transportation webpage on transportation as a public health issue
fastlane.dot.gov
Understanding the "theories of change" policies guiding the interlinking of health with transportation and more.
depts.washington.edu
Toolkit to merge transportation and health
convergencepartnership.org
5) Finally, in the area of education, the teaching of United Nations doctrines in our schools
SB 6300 – Encouraging educating students on …Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Every year it seems that there is one bill that is introduced to "test" the awareness and acceptance of the public. One year it was the carbon tax, one year it was to place a tax on intangible assets, and this year it is to teach of United Nation's policies in schools. JUST SAY NO !!
More bills can be found at ResearchMom.Homestead.com
Continue to call TO OPPOSE the other bills such as
Civil Marriage, Early Learning and Elections!
LINKS TO CONTACT LEGISLATORS
Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000
Link to Legislators phone numbers
Link to Legislators email addresses - House - Senate
Information on Agenda 21:
Good websites to find information
freedomadvocates.org
americanpolicy.org
discerningtoday.org
democratsagainstunagenda21.com
Read the Agenda 21 book
un.org
Information on The Earth Charter – the companion to Agenda 21
Read the charter
earthcharterinaction.org
Article about the Earth Charter
canadafreepress.com
Essay on the significance of the Earth Charter in International Law
earthcharterinaction.org
Maurice Strong and the Earth Charter
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