Earth Charter International
"The mission of the Earth Charter Initiative is to promote the transition to sustainable ways of living and a global society founded on a shared ethical framework that includes respect and care for the community of life, ecological integrity, universal human rights, respect for diversity, economic justice, democracy, and a culture of peace."
The head of the Council is Steven Rockefeller, son of Nelson Rockefeller (vice president under Ford, founder of Trilateral Commission), Razeena Wagiet of the World Wildlife Fund, and Brendan Mackey of The Natural Edge Project.
TNEP notes that they are "Assisting Education for Sustainable Development" for the oil giant Santos, and key US military *[[contractors like KBR Government & Infrastructure. [2]
"Selected KBR staff attended workshops, courses and seminars by The Natural Edge Project (TNEP). These resulted in the development of an in-house sustainability program through which we will educate and support our wider staff in the Asia Pacific region as the field of sustainable engineering continues to develop. This program has set the benchmark for our global counterparts in KBR and has provided a robust framework upon which we can build a sustainable future. We will continue to collaborate with TNEP as we progress towards sustainability."
Bridget Kelly, Sustainability Technical Sector Leader
KBR Government & Infrastructure.
Other members of the Earth Charter include Alexander Likhotal, a member of Green Cross International and advisor to the Gorbachev foundation. Gorbachev founded the Green Cross, whose membership includes Ted Turner of AOL Time-Warner.
One person connected to both the Green Cross and the Earth Charter is Maurice Strong, a self proclaimed "socialist in ideology, capitalist in methodology". However, he has connections the average left winger wouldn't have: he's a known associate of Adnan Khashoggi, the notorious arms dealer who played a key role not only in Iran-Contra but also acting a go between various individuals and groups (including Maurice Greenberg of AIG, Henry Kissinger and Enron) in to the UNOCAL-Taliban pipeline deals. Strong is also a close friend of the Rothschilds and the Rockefellers, and has been implicated in the oil-for-food scandal.
Maurice Strong is a member of the 1001 Club -
The only official information available about this club - which the average person is very unlikely to stumble upon - is that it was established in the early seventies by individuals as Prince Bernhard, Prince Philip, Charles de Haes, and Anton Rupert, and that every member paid a one time fee of $10,000 to get lifetime membership - that's about it. This almost total absence of public awareness seems odd, as the men visiting 1001 Club receptions often represent some of the greatest economic interests on the planet.
Prince Bernard, of course, was a founder of the Bildeberg conferences and also a wartime member of NW7, the intelligence unit of the German chemical giant I.G. Farben.
To a large extent the 1001 Club seems to be just what it is supposed to be: a group of influential people concerned about the environment. However, as kings and emperors have shown over the centuries, it's perfectly possible to enjoy nature and not care anything for the common man. Striving for a sustainable future can be a very elitist thing. We all need fresh air and clean water. On top of that, many bankers and industrialists of the western world list among their hobbies such activities as hiking, fishing, visiting faraway places, and above all... hunting. An ever-expanding world population seriously gets in the way of these things.
Although no politician or journalist will burn his fingers on this topic, helping people of third world countries is actually quite problematic from a strictly geopolitical point of view. The reasons:
1. it may upset the balance of power;
2. there aren't enough natural resources to support 6,5 billion people with a high standard of living.
The economic power clique of the West seems to have realized this, judging from internal documents that leaked from the World Bank in recent years. These documents described the process through which the IMF and World Bank crush third world countries economically by extending their loans only after the leaders of the respective countries have accepted secret and very far-reaching policies of privatization and deregulation. [5] The eccentric financial expert Jean-Pierre van Rossem may have said it best:
"The whole third world is indebted to the banks. And it really is the financial power clique that keeps these countries poor. Why does poverty continue? Because it has a purpose." [6]
Membership of the 1001 Club includes:
Abedi, Agha Hasan - founder of the BCCI bank, used by international terrorist organizations and intelligence agencies to run guns, smuggle drugs and launder funds. Connected to Iran-Contra.
Bechtel, Stephen D. - The Bechtel company makes large sums of money from the War on Terror, and was originally slated to build the Iraq pipeline with Saddam back in the 1980s before things went south. Does business with KBR.
Bin Laden, Sheikh Salem - Brother of Osama Bin Laden. Business partner of George W. Bush. Director of the BCCI.
Bloomfield, Louis Mortimer - OSS agent. Founded the company Permindex, which Jim Garrison believed was linked to the JFK assassination.
Ford, Henry, II - chairman of both Chase Manhattan and Ford motor company.
Grace, J. Peter - former director of Citibank, . President and CEO of the chemical giant W.R. Grace & Co., member of the CFR, friend of the Rockefellers and connected to Iran-Contra.
