Agenda 21 Locally
What does it look like today?
How is it implemented?
Option 1 - Sign the ICLEI Charter
• Promise that none of your zoning laws, regulations, ordinances,
policies, plans will conflict with ICLEI and UN policies.
• You get help from ICLEI and potential grants and matching funds
from ICLEI, Federal and State sources.
• You get help with developing your comprehensive development
plans and in networking with media, community organizing
organizations, business organizations and other government
bodies to sell it.
• You get to send a voting representative to the biennial meetings
of the ICLEI Board to vote on changes to the ICLEI Charter.
• You get to use ICLEI logos and materials on your website and in
your published documents.
Option 2 – Don’t Sign the Charter
• Federal and state environmental laws, grant rules, and
development/business regs incorporate many Agenda
21 principles.
• A whole industry of “consultants”, “facilitators”, and
“professional planning” “expert” companies has grown
up around Agenda 21.
• The environmental movement and Left pressure and
advocate into local Planning Boards.
• The push is for Comprehensive Development Plans,
Bicycle Transportation Plans, Pedestrian and Hiking
Trail Plans, Natural Habitats, Bird Sanctuaries, etc.
How do you tell?
• Option 1 – More Obvious. They usually flaunt it.
There are budget items. Or the members are listed
at: http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=11454
• Option 2 – Camouflaged. You have to recognize
the code language, the principles, and the policies
which are consistent with Agenda 21.
– You have to review the Planning Board document,
comprehensive plans, zoning laws, etc.
– You have to understand the Agenda 21 principles and
precepts to recognize what is being implemented.
2 Long Term Goals of Agenda 21
1. Government Ownership and Control of all Land
a) Set aside 50% of land as Core Reserves and Corridors
– off limits to Humans
b) Set aside 25% of land as Buffer Zones with
Government controls over resource use and limited
human encroachment only as necessary to
accomplish government-approved activities.
c) All human habitation to be limited to the remaining
25% of land in high-density planned urban areas
based on 20 minute rule.
2 Long Term Goals of Agenda 21
2. Reduce world population from its current 5.5
billion in 2011 to no more than 700,000.
Maintain a stable world population in that
range through fertility controls and
education.
All links and webpages pertaining to the Global Sustainability Summit in
Cairo have been scrubbed from the internet.
North Carolina
Long Range Land Use Map
Excerpts of S.P. Policies
• (P-R.01) Acquire, develop and maintain
neighborhood parks in new and existing
neighborhoods. (G.04, G.05, G.07)
• (P-R.02) Continue development of a greenway
system, facilitating open space retention and
interlinking Southern Pines’ neighborhoods. (G.04,
G.05, G.07, G.12)
• P-R.06) Discourage public investment in new
utilities infrastructure through Horse Country.
(G.06, G.07)
Excerpts of S.P. Policies
• (P-R.04) Collaborate with Moore County, land trusts
and others on effective land use strategies promoting
preservation of Horse Country.(G.06, G.07, G.12)
• (P-S.05) Maintain, expand and improve Southern
Pines’ parks, greenway and open-space areas, on-pace
and in concert with need and plan objectives. (G.05,
G.06, G.07, G.12, G.17)
• (P-V.03) Pursue open-space and critical-area
preservation, using the smartgrowth toolbox or other
appropriate strategies. (G.06, G.07, G.12, G.13)
Excerpts of S.P. Policies
• (P-X.02) Make walking or bicycling a more convenient,
safe and economical transportation alternative. (G.02,
G.04, G.05)
• (P-X.10) Minimize land dedicated to parking
downtown, ensuring space for services and retaining
the continuity of storefronts along downtown
sidewalks. (G.02, G.03)
• (P-X.16) Facilitate the development of a nonautomotive inter-regional transportation system. (G.13)
Excerpts of S.P. Policies
• (P-V.05) Improve Southern Pines’ sustainability by
conserving water resources and improving its quality.
(G.12, G.13)
• (P-V.06) Improve Southern Pines’ sustainability by
providing incentives for increased recycling of
household and construction waste. (G.12, G.13)
• (P-V.07) Improve Southern Pines’ sustainability by
providing incentives for energy conservation. (G.12,
G.14)
• (P-V.08) Improve Southern Pines’ sustainability by
providing incentives for “green” building design,
practices and construction. (G.12, G.13)
Definitions
• Green Building Design
The philosophy, approach and application of energy and environmental
conservation in the design and construction of buildings, often associated
with specific criteria for determining compliance, such as Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.
• Greenway
A trail facility dedicated exclusively to pedestrian, bicycle and/or
equestrian use, usually following alignments other than parallel to
roadways and designed
• Incompatible Uses
Uses of land that is not harmonious.
Definitions
• Land Use
The specific purpose for which land or a building is designated, arranged,
intended, or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained.
• Landscaping Buffers
The separation of land uses from other land uses or sensitive
environmental areas by a strip of unoccupied land, reducing potential
conflicts and negative impacts by putting distance and screening between
the two.
• Open Space
Land in a predominantly natural state or altered for natural resource based
uses and may include, but is not limited to: riparian areas, agricultural
lands, watersheds, forests, floodplains, and habitat areas.
Terms used to disguise Land Area
removed from Private Uses
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Parks
Nature Habitat/Preserve •
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Buffer Areas/Zones
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Transition Areas
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Hiking Trails
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Bicycle Paths
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Greenways/Greenlines •
Watershed preserves
Wetlands
Historic sites
Land Trusts
Open Spaces
Common Areas
Public Spaces
Landscaping Buffers