Georgia Farmers & Rural Residents, Now Under UN Agenda 21

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, October 28, 2011
By Sue Ella Deadwyler

Good morning, Jim. In December 2011 a UN meeting in Cancun Mexico created a fund to finance a sustainable development strategy called Agenda 21. Congress was never consulted about it, but Agenda 21 was put in place by President Clinton’s executive order that created a Council on Sustainable Development to implement Agenda 21 through local governments that would accept federal grants and conform their environments to UN demands.

In our state the International Council on Local Environmental Implementation (ICLEI) is implementing Agenda 21 through the Georgia Sustainability Network. ICLEI has over 600 city and county members throughout the country, including 150 locations in California, alone. In Georgia, the seven local governments that are participating in ICLEI (a.k.a. Georgia Sustainability Network) are Athens-Clarke County, Atlanta, Chatham County, Decatur, Morgan County, Savannah and Tybee Island.

The Georgia Sustainability Network met on September 1, 2010 to explain its divided environmental strategy for Green Building, Community Energy Financing, and Green Business Challenge. ICLEI is working in Georgia on at least two levels – the Georgia Cities Foundation Green Communities Fund that’s responsible for downtown areas and Georgia Green Loans’ Save and Sustain program that focuses on businesses with 500 or fewer employees.

After the General Assembly convened January 10th, this year, freshman Senators Holmes, England and McCall introduced H.B. 225 that passed and was signed by the governor May 6th. H.B. 225 oozes UN power. It requires the Georgia Department of Agriculture, led by the Commissioner of Agriculture to oversee, regulate and control rural Georgia’s agriculture, social structure, economy, water, air quality, wildlife habitat, farm lands/farmers and communities. That’s total control, implemented through a Georgia law conformed to a UN plan that by-passed Congress! It’s a long shot, but if we work really hard maybe we can get H.B. 225 repealed! UN help is NOT needed by rural Georgians. They’re intelligent people. They can control their own lives and livelihoods and protect the environment at the same time. For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.