Month: April 2004

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Articles

Sustainable Developers Invade Santa Cruz County

April 20, 2004 Michael Shaw Comments Off on Sustainable Developers Invade Santa Cruz County

4/20/2004 –  Wildlands and Smart Growth programs are implemented through state and federal government agency directives. The Wildlands programs use government regulations to wrest control of rural lands away from private property owners. Smart Growth is a term used to describe high density commercial and residential development built within walking distance to rails and work. You will find similar programs developing in your community. It is not just property owners that are under attack. It is also your safety and freedom that is at stake.

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Wildlands Network

Federal Agency Uses Fire Code to Attempt Land Grab

April 20, 2004 Nick Vrolyk Comments Off on Federal Agency Uses Fire Code to Attempt Land Grab

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Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) have two primary effects on the landscape; first, they prohibit the innovation that promotes ecological diversity and productivity, and second, they lead to an increased accumulation of fire fuel. Even the ostensible purpose of an HCP — environmental protection — is not served. The local adoption of an international fire code, called the Urban Wildand Intermix Code (UWIC), is the first step toward creating a countywide HCP.

Local citizen Nick Vrolyk makes clear to Santa Cruz County fire districts that their responsibility will change very dramatically from one of fire protection to one of facilitating the access to our private properties by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), under the auspices of fire protection. USFWS’s agenda is to look for and map endangered species and wildlife habitats.

One must look to the real purpose in order to understand the goal of Habitat Conservation Plans — they are part of a program designed to eliminate private property.

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Education Transformation

Learning Globally: U.N. Program Takes Root in U.S.

April 20, 2004 George Archibald Comments Off on Learning Globally: U.N. Program Takes Root in U.S.

4/20/2004 – George Archibald reports on United Nations International Baccalaureate (IB) schools operating within the United States. UNESCO maintains that the IB curriculum promotes human rights, social justice and the need for "sustainable development".

Parents who send their children to these schools have a responsibility to understand that Article 29 Section 3 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights stands in sharp contrast to the essence of the American experiment. Under the United States Declaration of Independence each individual has an unalienable right to life, liberty and property. Under Article 29 section 3 of the United Nations Declaration for a new global order, man’s rights will not be unalienable, but rather decreed and rescinded by a ruling elite.

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Liberty - Legitimate Government

Sustainable Development or the Constitution — Which do you Choose?

April 20, 2004 Michael Shaw Comments Off on Sustainable Development or the Constitution — Which do you Choose?

By Michael Shaw, 4/20/2004 –

Achieving Abundance Ecology requires a direct relationship between man and the land, Abundance Ecologist Michael Shaw said in a presentation to the Trans-Heritage Association annual meeting and conference in Alpine Texas in May 2003. Shaw speaks from experience, having received acclaim for creating an ecological oasis from a weedy 75-acre parcel on the central coast of California — what he calls "Liberty Garden."

"To release the potential productivity and diversity of a landscape, an owner must be free to engage in rigorous disturbance, and free to pursue a reasoned and creative process of trial and error. This process would be suited to the choice of each individual and the uniqueness of each property," Shaw said. Read some key excerpts from Shaw’s presentation to the Trans-Texas Heritage Association.

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