More Fraud and Deceit Masked by New 2014 Terminology

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...

The Green Agenda: Do the ends justify the means?

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...

The Red List

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...

The American Smart Dream~Part II

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...

The American Smart Dream~Part I

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...

Counting Trees in San Diego

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...