Page 10 - Agenda 21

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UNSUSTAINABLE FEATURES OF MODERN LIFE

Modern Attitudes toward nature - Judaeo-Christian-Islamic religions
Private Property
Land use that serves human needs
Harvesting of Timber
Logging Activities
Technology Improvements
Consumerism and population figures
Weaknesses in Legal and Institutional Systems
Farmlands, Pastures, Rangelands
Agriculture
Fencing of Pastures or Paddocks,
Grazing of Livestock: cows, sheep, goats, horses
Modern Farm Production Systems
Economic systems that fail to set a proper value on the environment
Chemical Fertilizers
Fossil Fuels - Used for driving various kinds of machines
Paved and Tarred roads, highways, rails (page 351)
Herbicides
Building Materials
Industrial Activities
Human-Made caves of brick and mortar, concrete and steel
Railroads
Floor and Wall Tiles
Aquaculture
Fish Ponds
Plantations
Modern Hunting
Dams, Reservoirs, Straightening Rivers
Power Line Construction
Inappropriate Social Structures
Population Growth - Human Population Density
Fragmentation of Habitat - cemeteries, derelict lands, rubbish tips, etc.
Sewers, Drain Systems, Pipelines
Fisheries
Golf Courses
Scuba Diving
Synthetic drugs
Fragmentation - Agricultural development, Forestry Urbanization (impervious surfaces)
Disturbance of the Soil Surface by Large hoofed animals, compaction of soil, reducing filtration
Ski Runs
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/sustainable_development/what_is_%22unsustainable%2
2%3F_2003022414/

King County, Washington provides a dramatic example of AGENDA 21 in its attempt to enforce a 65-
10 rule prohibiting 17,000 landowners from using 65% of their property, requiring that it stay in a
strictly natural state.

Here’s an argument against the 65-10 rule:
http://www.amerikanexpose.com/agenda21/privateprop.html

Here’s an argument in favor of the 65-10 rule that helps you grasp the beguiling environmentalist
theme behind AGENDA 21.
http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2001943662_cao01.html