jts Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Maurice Strong is one of the main guys behind Agenda 21.From:http://en.wikiquote..../Maurice_Strong SourcedCurrent lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, the use of fossil fuels, electrical appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing - are not sustainable.Maurice Strong, opening speech at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit[specific citation needed]If we don't change, our species will not survive... Frankly, we may get to the point where the only way of saving the world will be for industrial civilization to collapse.Maurice Strong, September 1, 1997 edition of National Review magazineWhat if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries? And if the world is to survive, those rich countries would have to sign an agreement reducing their impact on the environment. Will they do it? The group's conclusion is 'no'. The rich countries won't do it. They won't change. So, in order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?Maurice Strong, Interview 1992, concerning the plot of a book he would like to write[1][end wikiquote]He wants industrial civilization to collapse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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