What is Sustainable
Development?
The most common definition of Sustainable Development given by its proponents is a
statement found in the Bruntland Report, Our Common Future, released during the 1987 United
Nations World Commission on Environment and Development:
“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Historical Development and Origins
Even the term “sustainable” must be defined, since on the surface it appears to be
inherently positive. In reality, Sustainable Development has become a “buzz” term that
refers to a political agenda, rather than an objectively sustainable form of development.
Specifically, it refers to an initiative of the United
Nations (U.N.) called Sustainable Development
Agenda 21. Sustainable Development Agenda 21
is a comprehensive statement of a political ideology
that is being progressively infused into every level
of government in America.
Known around the world simply as Agenda
21, this initiative is “a comprehensive plan of
action to be taken globally, nationally, and locally
by organizations of the United Nations System,
Governments, and Major Groups in every area in
which human impacts (sic) on the environment.”1
Agenda 21 was unveiled in 1992 during the
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), commonly known as the
Rio Earth Summit, where more than 178 nations
adopted Agenda 21, and pledged to evaluate
progress made in implementing the plan every five
years thereafter. President George H. W. Bush was
the signatory for the United States






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Table of Contents:
What is Sustainable Development?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Historical Development and Origins
The Antithetical Foundations of Liberty
and Sustainable Development
Implementing Sustainable Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Equity: Using the Law to Restructure Human Nature
Economy: The International Redistribution of Wealth and
the Creation of Public/Private Partnerships
Environment: Nature Above Man
Educating the Youth to Mold the Minds of Tomorrow
Stakeholder Councils –
Restructuring American Government
Funding Sources
Political Support
Sustainable Development Land Use Programs. . . . . . . . . 11
The Wildlands Network
Smart Growth
The North American Union and the Trans-Texas Corridor
Abusing Eminent Domain to Promote
Public/Private Partnerships
What You Can Do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6 Practical Steps to Restore and Protect Liberty
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Introduction
You may have heard people talking about Sustainable Development – in public
meetings, on television and on the radio. Consultants talk about it, university
professors lecture on it, and at all levels of government, it is now being mandated.
But what is Sustainable Development?
That is precisely the question this guide is intended to address. In the following
pages, you will read of the origins of Sustainable Development, its theoretical
underpinnings, its major programs, and how it is implemented.
When you have finished reading this document, you will have the knowledge
necessary to begin identifying the vast array of Sustainable Development programs
that exist and continue to arise.
Please recognize this document for what it is: a unique opportunity to learn more
about Sustainable Development. Then you can make a difference in your community
by supporting present and future actions that restore and protect the rights and well-
being of you, your family, and your fellow citizens.
More information on the nature and consequences of Sustainable Development is
available from Freedom Advocates. (http://www.FreedomAdvocates.org)
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