The Equator Principles and Sustainable Poverty

By Tom DeWeese

 

“Planet Earth.” Credit: Wikimedia

“The only hope for the world is to make sure there is not another United States. We can’t let other countries have the same number of cars, the amount of industrialization we have in the US. We have to stop these Third World countries right where they are.” Michael Oppenheimer (Environmental Defense Fund)

The reminders are put in front of us every day. Poverty in the world. How horrible. Starving children. Unimaginable hardships. Hopelessness. “SOMEONE MUST DO SOMETHING!”

Of course, the answer for the world leadership is to throw money at the problem, either

Lies and Doublespeak of American Planning Association And How to Fight Back

By Tom DeWeese

I don’t know about you, but when I take on a cause or a project I’m proud of what I do. I support it against all detractors and nay-sayers because I believe in it. So, when proponents of a cause suddenly start to hide what they are doing, or deny they are even doing it – that should set off alarm bells and raise questions about the honesty and legitimacy of that cause.

2011 Was an Incredible Year as Agenda 21 Becomes a Major Issue

By Tom DeWeese, President, American Policy Center

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After hiding under the radar for more than 19 years, Agenda 21 became the cause of 2011 as thousands of concerned Americans began to study United Nations documents side – by – side with their local comprehensive development plans. To the horror of

most, they found identical language – and the battle was on.

New Strategies in the Fight to Stop Agenda 21

by Tom DeWeese

Plantation, Florida has just voted to NOT renew its ICLEI contract. That’s the eighth community in eight months to take such action. Plantation joins the growing list that includes Carroll County, MD; Amador County, CA; Edmond, OK; Las Cruces, NM; Spartanburg, SC and Albemarle, VA.

This is wonderful, positive news, indicating that

Sustainable Development Means a Wrenching Transformation of Your Life

Downtown Lincoln, Nebraska/Image via Wikipedia

Tom DeWeese

Recently W. Cecil Steward, dean emeritus of the UNL College of Architecture (Lincoln, Nebraska) launched what can only be described as a diatribe against a talk I gave recently in Lincoln. My topic was Sustainable Development and how it is transforming out nation. In his article, Mr. Steward, rather than provide any substance on the issue, prefers instead, to use words designed to paint me as an extremist playing on people’s fear.