The Western Word

The environmental movement arose in the early 20th century in response to the demand of conservationists to protect our natural environment. It was based on an understanding that industrialization, urbanization and excessive deforestation, if not regulated in some way, could lead to the pollution of our air, the contamination of our water and the poisoning of our food supply. As the century progressed, it achieved a number of notable successes, including the establishment of national parks, the control of industrial waste and the institution of air quality controls. These successes reflected basic common sense and an ability to forge compromise.

Today few argue that our environment should not be protected against man-made contaminants or that natural wilderness, where economically and socially practicable, should not be conserved. Nor is there much argument with the search for alternative forms of energy which, if their benefits can be established, could release mankind from its dependence on fossil fuels.

But the contemporary Green Movement, represented by a variety of national and international institutions, has far exceeded its original mandate to protect the earth. In modern times, this aggressive and extremely well funded campaign uses the environment as a shield behind which it seeks to advance a doctrinaire social and political agenda. It has adopted positions which challenge the very foundations of our civilization - from attacks on the nuclear family, to the denunciation of traditional religion to the repudiation of free enterprise. Moreover, it seeks to elevate the protection of the natural environment above the sanctity of human life, resulting in absurd legislation which aims to govern human conduct and dictate the use of our resources.

This movement's coercive and controlling agenda, the philosophy of sustainability that drives it and its quest for power, will be the subject of this vitally important seminar. Drawing on the knowledge and expertise of several specialists from around the country, it will cover such topics as global warming, cap and trade legislation, global governance and the U.N.'s Agenda 21. It will offer a frank and vivid exposure of the social, political, economic and moral crusade of this movement, identifying the personalities who spearhead it, the organizations that have arisen to serve it and the ultimate corruption of its promise to work for the benefit of mankind.

Seminar Co-sponsors: American Freedom Alliance, Operation Green Out!, National Association of Scholars, Freedom Advocates, Junk Science.com

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Registration

10:30 am - 11:45 am: The Development of the Green Movement, Junk Science and Radical Environmentalism - Steve Milloy

11:45 am - 1:00 pm: The United Nations and its Role in Fostering Environmentalism as Religion - Claudia Rosett

2:00 pm- 3:15 pm: The U.N's Agenda 21 and the Global Governance Movement - Michael Shaw

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: The Politics of Sustainability and the Penetration of our Societal Institutions - Holly Swanson

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm : Afternoon break

5:00 pm - 6:15 pm: Sustainability and its impact on our Schools and Universities - Ashley Thorne

6:15 pm - 7:30 pm: Workshop: Where Do We Go From Here?

Steve Milloy is the the author of the Amazon.com best-selling book, “Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them” (Regnery 2009).He is the founder and publisher of JunkScience.com; a co-founder and portfolio manager of the first Free Enterprise Action Fund (the first conservative/libertarian activist mutual fund); a long-time columnist for FoxNews.com; and a consultant on environment and public health policy issues. Mr. Milloy frequently appears on radio and television, including shows ranging from Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck to CNBC’s Squawkbox to Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Mr. Milloy holds a B.A. in Natural Sciences and a Master of Health Sciences in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins University, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore, and a Master of Laws in Securities Regulation from the Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Milloy has testified on risk assessment and Superfund before the U.S. Congress; and has lectured before numerous organizations. In addition to more than 500 columns and articles published in a variety of newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, and major online media.

Claudia Rosett is a journalist-in-residence at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and a former member of the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. She writes a bi-weekly column, "The Real World," for The Wall Street Journal Europe and OpinionJournal.com. At the Journal, Ms. Rosett worked as books editor from 1984-86; as editorial page editor of The Asian Wall Street Journal from 1986-93; as a reporter and then bureau chief in the Journal's Moscow bureau from 1993-96; and as a member of the Journal's editorial board in New York from 1997-2002. In 2005, Ms. Rosett received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism for her coverage of the United Nations. In 1990 she received an Overseas Press Club citation for excellence for her on-the-scene coverage of the Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989. Ms. Rosett received a bachelor's degree in English from Yale. She has a Master's degree in English from Columbia and a Master's in thBusiness Administration from the University of Chicago.

Michael Shawis a licensed Attorney and CPA. He built a career in the development and operation of a multi-state Self Storage Company. Today he is an Abundance Ecologist and the creator of Liberty Garden, a 75 acre coastal native plant oasis on the coast of Santa Cruz County. Michael’s primary focus is centered on guiding Freedom Advocates, a tax exempt organization, that works to deliver the message that in America, government was designed to protect individual rights. This is in stark contrast to the globalist doctrine behind Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development (now adopted by the current U.S. Administration). Michael and his expanding team at Freedom Advocates explain how this agenda infiltrates our lives at the local level, and what we can do to stop it.

Holly Swanson is a leading authority on the undisclosed political agenda of the Green movement and the author of the book Set Up & Sold Out, Find Out What ‘Green’ Really Means. She is the founder and director of Operation Green Out! a national campaign dedicated to getting Green politics out in the open and out of America’s schools. A national speaker and a frequent guest on local and national talk radio, Holly is known for her work to preserve free thought and individual freedom.

Ashley Thorne is the director of communications for the National Association of Scholars. She writes frequently about issues in higher education at www.nas.org, specializing in the sustainability movement and its influence on our academies of higher learning. In 2007 she received her undergraduate degree in politics, philosophy and economics from King’s College in New York City. As a student, Ms.Thorne directed the well known “Interregnum,” a three-day multi-event, all-campus conference at King’s College. She is a graduate of the World Journalism Institute and lives in Jersey City, NJ with her husband.