by Mary Baker | Jan 17, 2014 | International, National, Property Rights, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized, Urban |
The architects and supporters of the Sustainable Development movement both abroad and at home are routinely in the process of changing terms to define their initiatives and agenda. In fact, the early implementers of Agenda 21 in America knew better than to call this...
by Mary Baker | Jul 30, 2013 | Exurban/Suburban, National, Property Rights, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Urban |
Yesterday I posted an article by Mimi Steele, President of Citizens Alliance for Property Rights, SF Bay Chapter, that describes the disastrous consequences to the future economy and quality of life in the San Francisco Bay area after a vote by ABAG and MTC to approve...
by Mary Baker | Jul 29, 2013 | National, Property Rights, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development |
By, Mimi Steel, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views, 7/21/13 On July 18, 2013, the city of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. On that same day, just before midnight, a group of unelected, regional bureaucrats in the San Francisco Bay Area voted...
by Mary Baker | Aug 11, 2012 | Exurban/Suburban, National, Smart Growth, Urban |
In the mid-1800s, Alexis de Toqueville, a French political thinker and historian, shared his thoughts about how Americans might lose their sovereignty if they became apathetic and lost their civic virtue. In his book called Democracy in America, de Toqueville...
by Mary Baker | Jun 5, 2012 | International, National, Sustainable Development |
Sustainable development principles are intended to balance environmental protection with economic development. This concept, which is the main focus of this year’s Rio+20 Summit being held in Brazil, is lauded by advocates all over the world as the requisite paradigm...
by Mary Baker | May 24, 2012 | International, National, Sustainable Development |
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is a highly funded organization that was created in 1948 for the purpose of “evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species” and to open dialogue between...
by Mary Baker | May 18, 2012 | Exurban/Suburban, National, Rural, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Urban |
Today and in the past, social engineers have been defining the ideal plan for human settlements. The Thoreau Institute published an article in May 2005 called Smart Growth and the Ideal City.1 In the article, what appears to be a contemporary description of smart...
by Mary Baker | May 18, 2012 | Exurban/Suburban, National, Rural, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Urban |
Every American has the opportunity to own private property and for those who own land or who dream of owning land, their American Dream is threatened by a massive initiative known to us now as Smart Growth/Sustainable Development. As our country copes with dwindling...
by Mary Baker | May 14, 2012 | Exurban/Suburban, National, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, Urban |
Recently, while scanning the news in the San Diego Union Tribune, I came across this article about “Taking Inventory of County’s Trees”. The article describes Robin Rivet’s “ambitious effort to map every urban tree in San Diego...
