Ideological Political Policy

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Name: MDP, Modern Democratic Party.

Ideology: To build a future based on a combination of ecology, humanity,sustainability and technology with a pinch of common sense.National Goal: The aim is to solve problems of any scale on a holistic level, toimprove the country, the people and nature.

International Goal: To seek collaboration with countries who envision a similarideology. Combine our resources, science, services and education to aim for a brightinnovative ecological yet humane and technologically advanced future running onsustainable energy forces.

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True Democracy in any country, can only really begin through a mental (r)evolution

of its citizens.

"The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or thejoy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence

of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage;neither our wisdom nor our learning; neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country; it measures

everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile."-Robbert Kennedy

"The way we live our lives is really the issue at hand. We live our lives according to our states ofconsciousness. Our current 12-month calendar generates states of consciousness that are out of

harmony with nature. States of consciousness that are out of harmony with nature create actions that areout of harmony with nature. Actions that are out of harmony with nature are destroying Life on Earth."

-Timothy Tussing

Unfounded Auto Didacted Thinktank's Policies Regarding the Political Remodelling Towards Democracy

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-Index-

-Chapter I - actual policy-

1. Education

2. Food production (agriculture) and drinkwater usage3. Healthcare

4. Science

5. Immigration

6. Transparency & Legal System

7. Media

8. Energy

9. Waste & Recycle

10. Housing Market

11. Business Model

12. Public Transportation

13. Cannabis Legalisation and production14. Drug Policy

15. Animal Rights

16. Culture & Art Events

17. Defense

18. Police & Penintiary System

19. Monetary System

20. International Aid

21. Foreign Political Policy

22. New City

23. Job Market

24. Calendar Reform

Chapter II - Elaboration

2.1a PP 2. Reasons to change Food and Drinking Policy

2.1b PP 2. Efficient form of food production. 'vertical farm' SkyScraper

2.2 PP 9. Explanation of the Cradle to Cradle design concept

2.3 PP 10. Ideas for Eco-mortgage blueprint requirements

2.4 PP 12. MAGLEV facts and research; efficiency, durability, cost, etc2.5a PP 19. Elaboration on the Maastricht treaty of 1992 and the Banking Law

in 1998

2.5b PP 19. Elaboration on the limitations of GDP to judge the health of an

economy

2.6 PP 22. Elaboration on the New City along The Venus Projects concept

2.7 PP 24. Elaboration on the Law of Time


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PP 1. Education.Possibly reform to the Finnish Education Policy. Short Elaboration on the Finnish EducationPolicy;Finnish education and science policy stresses quality, efficiency, equity and internationalism. It

is geared to promote the competitiveness of Finnish welfare society. Sustainable economicdevelopment will continue to provide the best basis for assuring the nation's cultural, social andeconomic welfare. The overall lines of Finnish education and science policy are in line with theEU Lisbon strategy. In Finland, the basic right to education and culture is recorded in theConstitution.Public authorities must secure equal opportunities for every resident in Finland to get educationalso after compulsory schooling and to develop themselves, irrespective of their financialstanding. Legislation provides for compulsory schooling and the right to free pre-primary andbasic education. Most other qualifying education is also free for the students, includingpostgraduate education in universities.Parliament passes legislation concerning education and research and determines the basic linesof education and science policy. The Government and the Ministry of Education and Culture,as part of it, are responsible for preparing and implementing education and science policy. TheMinistry of Education and Culture is responsible for education financed from the state budget.The Government adopts a development plan for education and research every four years.(Source: Finnish Ministry of Education)

Education is the most fundamental path to improvement. To find new revelations in their laterage people first need to be educated in knowledge, experience, wisdom and the ability toaccurately analyse. Possibly start with Philosophy on a young age to try to stimulate mentalgrowth to learn how to analyse and reason (Critical Thinking).


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PP 2. Food Production and drinkwater usage.The fact that unhealthy food is cheaper then healthy food shows a key issue that can be made

towards preventative healthcare. This lifestyle is unhealthy and preposterous. In times of crisis

food has to remain available for citizens. Therefore any nation should be able to generate

enough food to sustainably feed all their citizens. Promote Local Trade, for example by,changing subsidies from high ecological cost produced food to the season food and vegetables

etc, decrease taxes on locally produced food and increases taxes on the foreign foods that are

traded in the local market. Besides food we have to reconsider our uses for drinking water.

Stop the use of drinking water for things such as flushing the toilet and washing the car.

Through the introduction of low cost Eco-mortgage (see pp 10.) for people who let their house

be build / renovated to the qualifications set, to receive such a mortgage will provide ways to

deal with issues such as the unnecessary waste of drinking water. This will reduce both

ecological and financial cost and increase overall efficiency and welfare nation wide. There is

also another issue. As more people are born, and eventually need a place to stay, the amount of

terrain available for agricultural exploitations will diminish even further, when it's needed the

most. All of this indicates that we need to find more efficient ways to grow food. Where we

now use agriculture space to grow for animals which in turn is food for us we quadruple(possibly even more) the amount of resources needed compared to if we'd feed ourselves with

non-meat products. Meat should be a luxury rather then a necessity.-Promote Skyscraper Farms (elaboration under chapter II 1b.)-Ban corn based bio fuel, this is not a solution. It drives up the financial cost on a huge amountof food and drinking products, in affect increasing the intensity of the global food crisis.-Restrict genetically modified seed use from companies that are known to cause massecological damage such as Monsanto.-Ban Patent holding on Life. Such as seeds, animals and any other form of living organism andgenes.

PP 3. Healthcare.Preventative Healthcare:Environmental conditioning affects 99% of our actions, and all diligent behavior studies haveproven this time and time again. People become alcoholics not because they have a geneticpredisposition, but because of the influence of their parents or friends. If you abuse a child,very often they grow up to abuse other children.It is virtually impossble to understand how biology works outside of the context ofenvironment.One of the most crazy making and most widespread, potentially dangerous, notions is that'behaviour is genetic'. It means a wide spread variety of things, but for most people it winds upmeaning: 'a deterministic view of life, one rooted in biology and genetics where 'genes equalthings that can't be changed'. "Genes equal things that are inevitable and that you might aswell

not waste resources trying to fix, might aswell not put societal energies into trying to improvebecause it is inevitable, it is unchangeable." (which is nonsense)Only a few very rare diseases are genetically programmed, extremely sparcly represented in thepopulation that are truly genetically determined. Most complex conditions might have apredisposition condition which is a genetic component, but a predisposition is not the same as apredetermination. Most diseases are not genetically predetermined (heart diseases, cancers,strokes, mental health conditions, addictions etc)Genes are not just things that help us behave in a certain particular way regardless of our


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environment. Genes provides us with different ways of responding to our environment. It is theepigenetic influence that happens environmentally that either activates or de-activates certaingenes

As a result of the current free-trade market and capitalism, is that sickness is more profitablefor the pharmaceutical industry then cure and thus in effect in virtually all cases put all theirresources in the solvement of symptoms rather then the causes and pay little respect to the costof their produced medicine. Since the well being of the nation is a prime responsibility of agovernment, nations should subsidise heavily in the research towards low cost natural medicinewithout side effects and genuine cures. This will lead towards the change of research goingtowards the causes rather then the sympthoms. This will reduce healthcare costs in the longterm.

With the growing number of elderly people worldwide a new way has to be found to give thesepeople a way to do something with their life in terms of passing on knowledge, education, lightpart time jobs for those who feel on top of their "wits." Due topp 2. already a large effort ismade into the improvement of preventative healthcare. Combine both "Alternative" and

"Regular" medical practises, our aim should be towards prevention, rather then cure and curerather then continues treatment.(Possible research areas are detailed under the science policy)

PP 4. Science.If the world population keeps growing at it's current rate, without changing our foodproduction process, we need a second planet by 2050 to feed ourselves. Neither arematerials here unlimited, so subsidize to create freedom of thought, to find ways stimulateour advances in this area.Possible study areas of importance:

-Neurology, learn how to improve an environment to maximise educational performance.-Long term impact of genetically modified food on nature and ourselves.

-Ways to filter salt water into drinking water with a very low ecological impact.-Natural medicines.-Ways to implement permaculture, or intelligent design, into every day life .-"Alternative" medical practices and how to incorporate sucessful parts with the "Regular"medical practises,-Nanotechnology and the implementation possibilities to improve the standard and safetyof Life.-The use of combined alternative energy sources, and how to maximise efficiency.

-Cannabis Sativa's nutritious and practical uses. (Example. hemp, 3rd world aid high protein foodand bio-fuel)

-Research special food diets (plant based) as a means of battling diseases.

-Cannabanoids as a medicine against cancers and tumors (but also have potential against,for example, leukemia and lymphoma and can also help prevent the death ofbrain cells during a stroke, head trauma and nerve gas exposure)-Mycology and it's ecological and medical performances, including things as Konjac-mannan (KJM) and American ginseng (AG) and their medical potential as a cheapeffective controlling-medicine against type 2 diabetis.-Mycology regarding how to support vital biodiversity.


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PP 5. IMMIGRATION.

Propose a 5-year freeze on economic immigration. Use the subsidies for immigration todeal with those already under our care. Once this is dealt with, improve the system thathandles the complete immigration process before re-opening borders.a) Citizenship obtainable through a combination of qualifications such as, for example:-500 hours of language course,-250 hours of culture course.

-Need to work and live within the country for 5 years.-Need to be a positive contributing addition to our society. (financially and / orintellectually)b) Immigrants who violate the law (3 minor offenses or 1 severe offense) will be returnedto their country of origin.

PP 6. TRANSPARANCY & LEGAL SYSTEM.

To guarantee transparency of both the government side, as the corporate side, journalistsshould have a higher level of legal protection to reveal possible snake pits. (More in pp 7) We

need to learn from our mistakes, which cannot be done if we cover them up. Trial and erroris the fundamental basis of life in how we learn. Increase national political awareness byholding referenda on laws that are deemed sensitive or seen as a matter of Public Opinion.

Separate Religion and Government. Choices in government need to be based on rationalconclusions and facts rather then on theological values. Allow freedom of religion with therespect to opposition. Implement a new Ministry of National and International PoliticalAwareness, to create ways to easily access and vote on referenda, and gain informationabout topics related to the referenda. Thus promoting civil debate, on which any properdemocracy thrives. This will also be a way of providing information on companies andcorporations about, for example, their ecological performance to the public. Encourage thepublic to a more aware approach on consumption. "Trust in law is an essential condition of

freedom. Distrust skews behaviour towards failure."(Philip K. Howard). In order for citizens toregain their trust in the legal system we first need to acknowledge the fact that mistakeshave been made. Law must set boundaries protecting an open field of freedom, notintercede in all disputes.*Simplify the law; "Migrate from the complexity, toward general principles and goals.Law has to be simple enough so that people can internalise it in their daily choices. If theycannot internalise it then they won't trust it. The way to do this, is to restore authority tojudges and officials to interpret and apply law. Re-humanize the law to make the lawssimple so that the citizens feel free and the people in charge have to be free to use theirjudgement to interpret and apply the law in accordance with reasonable social norms."(Philip K. Howard) Once again this will promote citizens to have civil debates on politicaland other issues.

*Habeas Corpus is of vital importance to every form of democracy, therefore any countrythat does not uphold this should not be supported politically, nor financially.*Restrict the need to carry ID cards to violence and crime offenders.*Any civil protests that have 15.000 supporters or more need to be discussed withinparliament to address the origin of the protest and see if and how improvements can bemade(if it is an improvement for the people, the country or nature).*All Governments spending over 50.000 euro should be listed on-line where the citizenshave access to it.


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PP 7. MEDIA.

To ensure real free journalism, which is vital for any true democracy, there will be newlaws implemented to increase legal protection for journalists. This is not only to prove thegovernments change towards transparency but to also promote critical thinking andperception analysis .(Nullius in verba, "Take no one's word for it"). Confine the amount ofownership of media corporations, which means that a single media corporation can ownnot more then, for example, three media outlets. In order to explain why, we need to lookat what a media outlet means, which basically is, a content provider. And due to the largerole that media plays in our lives we can under no circumstance allow more then threemedia outlets to be owned by a single corporation in order to protect both journalism andthe people. For content providing in todays society is often viewed as "truth" which meansthat once the perceived "truth" is received by the citizens they will often believe it andreason accordingly. When the mass media promotes a certain idea in society, such as"terrorism", the public is conditioned into believing this is true and a real threat, regardless ofreality. The fact is, we are emergent, vulnerable organisms and are always undergoing

influence, conditioning and change to a certain degree. That 'degree' is largely influenced bythe social/ideological identifications which many have been conditioned to think areimmutable. This particular state of awareness is where paralysis comes in, for there is nothingin nature to support the conclusion that anything we think about today will not be outdated inthe future, for one of the few patterns we can stand behind with a certain degree of confidence(so far) is the reality that all elements of nature are emergent. The 'identification' with a setunderstandings for the sake of one's integrity is a serious distortion in our world, for it isconsidered a 'weakness' when a person is proven wrong. This is, of course, absurd, for to beproven wrong is how most learn and it should not be a feared circumstance."The human species is the only species that has the ability to interfere with their own growth".(Fritz Pearls)

This is an important understanding, for our belief systems, which we think we must keep tosupport our identities, often stand in the way of new, changing understandings and personal

growth. By restricting the ownership of these media outlets a multiple number of mediaoutlets will investigate and double check each others published content. Keep a smallamount of media outlets in government hands to provide political information, non profitbased documentaries and and other forms of culture enriching entertainment that can leadto civil debates and questions, which in turn, through reason might lead to an improvementof our standard of Life. Currently stupidity is an easy crowd pleaser in media outlets, this issubconscious propaganda towards feeling content with not letting the human mind evolveand mature, both physically and mentally. Important to change from stupidityentertainment towards intellectual or educational entertainment brought in an interestingformat. There are all kinds of educational / informative entertainment forms available,whether it is through documentaries, series, comedy, science breakthroughs or any other

display of remarkable progression.

PP 8. ENERGY.

There is more then enough energy all around us to tap into, all that we need to do, is putthe equipment in place. Tidal power can be captured on the sea surface, combined with awindmill above sea level for wind energy capture and several mills under sea level for thecurrent energy, a combination of three never ending renewable energy resources that can


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be harvested and stored. Research the cost and gains of an interconnected web of these 3forms of energy capture on an area of, for example, 100 by 150 kilometres in seas andoceans. The combination of these three renewable energy sources should be designed onefficiency and durability along a cradle to cradle concept. Seek possible collaborationbetween Germany and Netherlands into Geothermal energy. Re-establish the truthregarding the Global Warming. If the perception of co2 (which is one of the 4 basicbuilding blocks of life) being a pollutant persists then all forms of life, including our ownwill ultimately result to, for example, taxations on breathing, and birth. It is in the interestof life itself to question that co2 is a pollutant and the prime cause for global warming.Nevertheless the fundamental reason to have renewable energy sources still upholds. Itcreates independence, other then the material used to build the construction, there is noprice to pay financially nor ecologically for the provider of the energy, which is nature.Nor is there a rest product. If the technology is good enough then the price of theconstruction will inevitably pay itself back along the progression of time. By removing theneed for a limited resource such as oil we can prevent future catastrophe when thisresource will not be about in abundance and not all countries have developed the propertools to handle with this situation.

*Promote Alternative Energy in the private sector through subsidies.*Research the possibilities of incorporated 'solarpanels' in glasswindows.*Research wind energy capture through kites on top of the improvement of the windmillconcept.(-Further Elaboration with statistics and graphs needed-)

PP 9. WASTE & RECYCLE.

Put a big drive on recycling, make it easier, and increase the overall efficiency to transfer

the "trash" to the recycle bins. Provide certain small tax benefits for companies for the useof recycled paper etc. Materials are not unlimited on this planet, let's create quality, ratherthen quantity. Severe financial fines for business corporations that are polluting the

environment and make them accountable for violations of laws and agreements. Pollutionshould never be caused by financial saving, therefore i propose fines that at least equal thecost of the complete removal of the caused pollution.

The ultimate ways of dealing with problems such as waste and recycling can be dealt withat the core when a new city is build from the ground up. (more in pp. 22)a) Packaging materials.Study the possibility of manufacturing fully degradable packages, or even nature-nursingdegrading packaging materials. Turn left over food into bio fuel? Corporate intelligenttechnological ideas into purchasable accessories to improve the standard of life.*Aim for a Cradle-To-Cradle product concept from toys to complete houses that truly canbe recycled, rather then downcycled. Waste after all equals Stupidity.(Elaboration on the Cradle to Cradle concept Chapter 2.2 pp 9)

PP 10. HOUSING MARKET.

Introduce the possibility for citizens to get an Eco-Mortgage, provided by the governmentif the house meets the qualifications concerning the green house guidelines that thegovernment will set.(example in chapter II pp 4)It has to be ecological, durable, have certainforms of renewable energy sources and minimization of waste through the use oftechnological or ecological practices. The Eco-Mortgages will have low interest rates, for


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example, 1% interest rate for lower class incomes, around 2% interest rate for the middleclass incomes and 5% for the higher income classes. There should be no large financialprofit structure behind this. Only enough to keep the mortgage-providing-system running.Once again this will illustrate towards the people how we try to change this society for thebetter for the people, the country and nature. This will stimulate the house market tobecome "green" effectively. Houses with a garden can be introduced to permaculture andintelligent design to maximize space versus gain. This will stimulate and advertise thechange of mind-set to aim for a healthy, financially affordable, ecologically responsiblelifestyle. Ultimate goal for the Housing Market should be; To create durable ecologicalhouses that produces enough energy to supply the daily consumption of energy for theentire house and all technological appliances combined with the storage of the energyneeded for the daily commuting.

PP 11. Business Model

Encourage 'democratic workplace' businessmodels to new business starters; this improvesdemocracy, efficiency and transparency on the 'work floor'.

The problem in most modern businessmodels, is that the employees have more knowledgebut less control of the workplace then employees have of major political decisions (wherethey atleast have a vote and the right to be heard, even if they know nothing about thesituation).Tight control by too few people tends to create groupthinking, turnover in staff,and a loss of morale among qualified people helpless to appeal what they saw asmisguided. misinformed, or poorly thought about decisions. Often employees who publiclycriticise such poor decision making of their higher management are penalized or even firedfrom their job on false pretext or another.The foundation of workplace democracy is based on one of the first lessons that we learnas young children the importance of sharing. There are three things that successfuldemocratic workplaces share amongst their employees: information, discretion, andrewards.

1. Sharing InformationIf employees are unaware of their companys goals and performance, it is easy for them tolose sight of the importance or significance of their tasks and how they contribute to theattainment of the companys goals. Every employee should therefore know and understandthe companys goals as well as how the company is performing and progressing towardsthose goals. If necessary, employees are trained so that everyone is able to understand thecompanys financial and other important data. People are then able to better manage theirown activities and to help keep customers happy, sales growing, and expenses to aminimum.

2. Sharing Discretion

If employees are knowledgeable about the company goals and about how their jobs fit intothe overall picture, then employees should also have the discretion to decide on the bestway of performing their own tasks. People who have the power to decide how to do theirjobs will feel a greater amount of ownership and pride in their tasks, and they will be moremotivated to succeed. In addition, one of the main reasons for the success of democraticgovernments is the ability of people to elect their leaders and representatives. Many of the


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benefits of workplace democracy will remain unachievable without similar processes.

3. Sharing RewardsEmployees have always shared (often disproportionately) in the consequences of poorcompany performance, either via layoffs or decreased compensation. Employees shouldalso participate in the upside when companies are successful in achieving their goals. Thisis the most effective way to align employees interests with those of the company.Examples of shared financial rewards are Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP) andcompanywide profit-sharing programs." [1]

Employee development, job enrichment, and job rotation should be able to be arranged adhoc by the work team itself to suit its own schedule. Job sharing is also possible anddesirable if an employee wants time off and another is in a position to do overtime, withoutthe concern that this will set a precedent for management abuses or job losses. Talentidentification and management take place at the same time on the 'shopfloor' where it iseasy to access competence. Teambuilding and management rely on the same interpersonalrelationship as did hiring. Termination of employment is also by the same people. Work

stoppages are common but very short in such an environment, due to, mostly, interpersonalproblems that are soon worked out, because the team has to power to resolve the issueitself. Unfair dismissal claims are impeded because any firing is due to losing the supportof one's fellow team members, and the faith of the social network and one's peers on the'shopfloor'. In any jurisdiction, this is a legitimate criteria for dismissal, that one is not ableto retain the faith of one's colleagues.

[1] Source: http://workplace-democracy.org/

PP 12. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

It is tn the benefit of an entire nation to have fast, safe public transportation. Due to the lowmaintencance costs of MAGLEV (MAGLEV stands for Magnetic Levitation) transportationsystems, the tickets can be kept at low prices. Start with MAGLEV public transportationbetween major cities. It is a big investment but it is an investment that pays itself back inquality, durability, efficiency and cost; both financially as ecologically. Compare theChinese public transportation ticketing system versus our "OV CHIP". ResearchMAGLEV busses and other forms of innovative efficient ways to improve efficiency andcost, both financially and ecologically from the durability angle. The ultimate goal is tointroduce a type of public transportation that will render the personal car useless withincity limits.Also study the use of electric cars and the infrastructure behind it. The average range of amodern electric car is roughly 300 kilometres and 90% of all nation wide daily commuting

can be done with a car that has less then a 300 kilometre radius. Thus 90% of all the nationwide daily commuting done by cars that can be energized in an ecological sustainable way.-Add ideas to for example mass-order electric cars as a government and then be able to sellthis to citizens at a more affordable price. By doing this as government you gain respectfrom the citizens, decrease air pollution, reduce the dependance on oil and are able to seewhere supporting infrastructure should be installed.(More information about Maglev facts can be found under chapter II, pp2)


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PP 13. CANNABIS LEGALIZATION AND SYSTEM REMODELLING.

Grow Cannabis Sativa in name of the state, keeping growth under government watch,thus being able to monitor the quality, and put taxes on it. Hemp has many practical uses,and cannabis many medical uses. Also check for possibilities to use it as a high proteinfood product for 3rd world aid and bio fuel. This reduces the paper work for police whohave to run around after suspects of minor significance and reduces the need of corn basedbio fuel. Research the difference between the use of medical marijuana versus medicalchemical products efficiency and price on a wide variety of illnesses and diseases. Thefinancial gain from the governments position provides new resources to provide subsidiestowards the areas where we seek growth while being able to monitor quality and decreasethe illegal trade and growth of cannabis.

PP 14. DRUG POLICY.

Individuals found in possession of small quantities of drugs are issued summons. Thedrugs are confiscated, and the suspect is interviewed by a Commission for the Dissuasionof Drug Addiction these commissions are made up of three people: A social worker, a

psychiatrist, and an attorney. The dissuasion commission have powers comparable to anarbitration committee, but restricted to cases involving drug use or possession of smallamounts of drugs. If the person is addicted to drugs, he or she may be admitted to a drugrehabilitation facility or be given community service, if the dissuasion committee finds thatthis better serves the purpose of keeping the offender out of trouble. If the offender is notaddicted to drugs, or unwilling to submit to treatment or community service, they may begiven a fine.(Source: Portugal's Drug Policy)

PP 15. ANIMAL RIGHTS.

Give animals legal rights. Allowing prosecution and legal fines on things such as animal

cruelty. The money gained from the fines goes to local shelters and other animal welfareinstitutions. Introduce a Bill of Rights for Animals such as the following:

1. Humanity as an animal species shall not arrogate to itself the right to exterminate orexploit other species. It is humanity's duty to use its knowledge for the welfare of animals.All animals have the right to the attention, care, and protection of humanity.2. No animals shall be ill treated or be subject to cruel acts.3. All companion animals have the right to complete their natural life span. Abandonmentof an animal is a cruel and degrading act.4. Animal experimentation involving physical or psychological suffering is incompatiblewith the rights of animals, whether it be for scientific, medical, commercial, or any otherform of research. Replacement methods must be used and developed.

5. No animal shall be exploited for the amusement of humanity. Exhibitions and spectaclesinvolving animals are incompatible with their dignity.6. Any act involving the wanton killing of the animals is biocide, that is, a crime againstlife.7. Any act involving the mass killing of wild animals is genocide, that is, a crime againstthe species. Pollution or destruction of the natural environment leads to genocide.(Source: Animal Liberation Front // Edited)


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PP 16. CULTURE.

Reduce the tax on culture and art sector related events..

To understand why this is important, there is a need to explain what culture is;Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions,and all other products of human work and thought typical of a population or community ata given times. [1] Culture is also the modes of thought, behavior, and production that arehanded down from one generation to the next by means of communication interaction-through speech, gestures, writing, building, and all other communication among humans rather by genetic transmission of heredity.[2] In effect by decreasing taxes on culture relatedevents, the citizens get a increased amount of possibilities to participate in the continueslyevolving culture.[1] Websters II New College Dictionary pg. 274)

[2] The Sociological Imagination pg.6

PP 17. DEFENCE.

Any country should be able to protect its self in this day and age, but where the boundariesin this are is a political aspect. Preventative war without physical proof is a tool forgovernments to induce their desired policy onto the people, to for example, boost theireconomical growth. War should never be seen as a profitable source of income. Thereforestop international missions and downsize defence. However, since the government mustinsure the safety of the people and the country there is a need to look at options such asspace rocket shields, this in itself will also give an opportunity of growth towards thescience aspects in this sector and provide additional jobs. Downsizing will cause afinancial benefit that can be used towards humane innovations and subsidies that willfurther build on a system where the ultimate goal is to make defence no longer a nationalrequirement. In this time and age we know better ways to help evolve, stimulate growthand provide aid to a country in need then by / through force.

PP 18. Police & Penitentiary System

Police changes;

a) Reduction of paperwork,b) Increase of taskforce,c) Enhancement of nationwide technological support for the police

a) Due to pp 13 and pp 14 there will be a significant drop in both the illegal drugtrafficking and the amount of time spend on paperwork for insignificant crimes, thusallowing more time and resources to be invested in the more severe crimes. b) Due to the downsizing of the army a lot of people will be looking for new jobs, thisis an excellent oppertunity to significantly increase the police taskforce.c) Invest in a nationwide technological support system that combines all localpolicing and nation-wide policing to allow quicker solvement of investigations.

Penitentiary System changes;

a) Provide education, if a detainee meets the requirements set then the money for thestudy will be loaned to a detainee at the start of the study, then after completing study andsentence, the government will provide a job. As soon as the "former-detainee" is employedhe/she will start paying off the study debt. b) Create a prison construction that creates the necessaties to work together, thepunishment should be aimed towards the temporarily removal of physical freedom, not of


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intellectual freedom. If people are forced to work together purely due to the improvement itcan provide to them all, then the reintegration in to the society will also become lesstroublesome.

*Research the possibilities of, for example, skyscraper farms inside a prison. This could bedone so it leads to a neccesity to do teamwork, it generates energy for the facility, sewage

filters, natural fertilizer and enough food for the entire facility.

PP 19. Central Bank and the Monetary System

*Create awareness regarding how the banking system works and try to change the currentdebt-equals-profit banking system into a minimization of debt and interest.*Nationalisation of the Central Bank or a re-introduction of 0% interest on governmentloans.*Rather then making the Gross Domestic Product a top priority for a country, it should aimto make the Gross National Happiness it's prime priority.(The Centre for Bhutanese Studies in Bhutan is working on a complex set of subjective and objectiveindicators to measure 'national happiness' in various domains (living standards, health, education, eco-system diversity and resilience, cultural vitality and diversity, time use and balance, good governance,community vitality and psychological well-being). This set of indicators would be used to assessprogress towards gross national happiness, which they have already identified as being the nation'spriority, above GDP.)

The Monetary System is based on Competition for Labor and thus Labor for Money. Verysimply, the "competitive edge" can only be sustained through self-perpetuation, and self-perpetuation/self interest naturally leads to a static institution which prefers not to change, for itthreatens the survival of that business, government or the like. This is unsustainable.

In order to explain why a central bank needs to be either owned by the government, or beable to obtain loans at 0% interest rates, there is a need to look at how a nation's currency

is created. A four step plan for the creation of money:1) The overseeing committee approves the purchase of Government bonds.2) Government bonds are purchased by the Central Bank (in private hands) fromwhoever has them for sale on the market.3) The Central Bank (in private hands) pays for the bonds with electronic credits tothe sellers bank. // these credits are based on nothing // which in turn credits the sellersaccount // The real trick is that the credits are based on nothing, they are created 'out of thinair' by the Central Bank.4) The banks use deposits as reserves. They can loan out, for example, ten times theamount of their reserves to new borrowers, all at interest.So 1 million in government bonds turns into 10 million in bank accounts. The Central

Bank creates 10% and the banks 90%.To reduce the amount of money in the economy the process is reversed. The Central Banksells bonds to the public and the money flows out of the local purchasers bank, loans mustbe reduced by 10 times the amount of the sale. So the Central Bank's sale of a million inbonds results in having 10 million less money in the economy.

Basically it comes down to citizens to choose if they want their tax money to increase thestandard of life for a privately owned bank or if they want their tax money to be used to


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[5] Capitalism 3.0 by Peter Barnes

[6] quote from President Abraham Lincoln

PP 20. International Aid

Try to make an International Human Right about water such as:

"Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and wellbeing of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or qualityof water due to individual economic circumstances." (quote from Vandana Shiva)Roughly 30.000 people die every day due to contaminated or lack of water. This is morethen AIDS or War.

Developing nations are susceptible to exploitation mainly because they have noindependent monetary system, using the U.S. dollar instead. This feeds the fractionalreserve banking system, operated by the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Japan. (imperialcenters of capital) Developing nations pay heavily for this service through market interest

rates and because banking profits and property ownership emigrate to financial centerselsewhere. [3]

According to many analysts, the United States, has maintained some measure of stabilityeconomically dominating of the rest of the world as a means of filling the gap betweenproduction and consumption. Beginning with massive loans to European combatantsduring World War I, and continuing through the lend-lease program of World War II, U.S.domination of trade reached it's peak through economic recovery measures following thesewars. Through forming the basis for U.S. prosperity during the 1950s and 1960s. U.S. tradedomination was exhaused by the mid-1970s, when the U.S. implemented a policy knownas dollar hegemony, intended to stabilize the economy. [1] With a consistently negativetrade balance over the decades since, some analysts suggest the U.S. has compensated for

the gap between purchasing power and prices with a wide variety of debt in all sectors ofthe economy. In this process many analysts claim that dollar hegemony has flooded theworld with U.S.currency loans or debt based instruments to support U.S. fiscal and tradedeficits, pay for extraordinary levels of U.S. resource utilization, induce foreigngovernments to purchase U.S. armaments, ensure the allegiance of foreign governingelites, and maintain foreign economies in subservience through World Trade Organizationand International Monetary Fund trade and lending policies. [2]Some experts suggest that, "under the Bretton Woods system, the Federal Reserve acted asthe world's central bank. This gave the U.S. enormous leverage over economic policies ofits principal trading partners." [3]

This is important to realize because of the implications these kind of policies have

on developing countries. According to J.W. Smith, "Currency is only the representation ofwealth produced by combining land (resources), labor, and industrial capital." He claimsthat no country is free when another country has such leverage over it's entire economy.But by, combining their resources, Smith says, developing nations have all three of thesefoundations of wealth:By peripheral nations using the currency of an imperial center as its trading currency, the

imperial center can actually print money to own industry, within these periphery countries.

By forming Regional trading blocs and printing their own trading currency, the developingworld has all four requiremens for production, resources, labor, industrial capital, and


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finance capital. The wealth produced provides the value to back the created and circulated

money.

Developed countries need resources from the developing world as much as developingcountries need finance capital and technology from the developed world. Aside fromsuperior military power of the imperial centers, the undeveloped world actually hassuperioir bargaining leverage. With their own trading currencies, developing countries canbarter their resources to the developed world in trade for the latest industrial technologies.Barter avoids "hard money monopolization" and the unequal trades between weak andstrong nations that result. [4]

[1] An Emergency Program of Monetary Reform for the United States, Richard C. Cook The Market Oracle. Retrieved July 1,2007.[2] An Emergency Program of Monetary Reform for the United States, Richard C. Cook The Market Oracle.[3] Monetary Causes of the US Immigration Crisis, Cook, Richard C. The Market Oracle. Retrieved July 1, 2007.[4] Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle for the 21st Century (4th Edition, 2005) by J.W. Smith

PP 21. FOREIGN POLITICAL POLICY.* Due to the investments this country put into the war on Terrorism we would like to see

how the war truly progresses and how Afghanistan and Iraq are being turned intodemocracies or if they are merely turned into slaves for oil exploitation. Therefore wedemand an International investigation towards the War on Terrorism and the events thatlead toward and during this. (Example: 9/11 and 7/7) This is to re-establish the trust fromcitizens in International Law and Democracy.*Demand Justice regarding America's endless violations of the Covenant of Geneva andthe preventive wars between 1900 to 2011.

*Stop all military, political and financial aid towards international violations of HabeasCorpus, mostly being the war on terrorism.*Investigate the collaboration of the World Bank, the IMF (International Monetary Fund)

and the UN for acts of cruelty against humanity. (World Bank has a success rate of about34%, most of the times the loans made to countries do NOT improve the quality of life forthe people, and they often tend to create even bigger differences between the rich and thepoor. Through for example privatising the water market.) The implications of not beingable to pay your debt to the world bank leads in almost all cases to a depletion of nationalresources which then leads to an even greater amount of casualties under the populationthen prior to the loan. The World Bank should NEVER be given legal immunity. "Trust inlaw is an essential condition of freedom. Distrust skews behaviour towards failure."(Philip K. Howard.)

In order for citizens to regain their trust in the legal system we first need to acknowledgethe fact that mistakes have been made.

*Ban products that have been produced and / or manufactured by people with a wage under

$1 an hour under the employment of large international profit based corporations..

PP 22. NEW CITY.

Build a new city according to The Venus Project's concept.

Renovating an existing city comes at a huge price; instead of pumping endless streams ofmoney into the renovation of an old city we should investigate the cost vs. gain from theconstant renovation of old cities versus the construction of a new city. By creating a new


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city from the ground up we are able to incorporate ecological and technological ways tominimize things as waste of water and food for example and maximise the use of currenttechnological knowledge to build a state of the art sustainable, durable new city. From theuse of solar panels and rain water collection on the roof down till the filtering of thesewage.The financial.costs of building such a city are beyond a single nation's financialcapabilities.*Introduce new forms of payment, such as instead of money, trade services or resources.(For example we need an x amount of material and a country as (any country with theresource to provide that material) will in return be promised an x amount of yearlyaccepted students in the new city, or let their scientists use our laboratories and resourcesfor an x amount of time) This is a huge investment, but it is also a boost for things such aseconomic growth, education improvement which in turn will provide even better solutionsor revelations on issues that can result in the improvement of the standard of Life. It alsoputs the country in the spot of the world; it will draw tourism, intellectual exchangeavailabilities, technological advances and all provided with the freedom of speech but withthe respect to opposition.(Elaboration on the concept and further information can be found in Chapter 2.6 pp. 22)

PP 23. Job Market

The construction of a new city, the new public transportation construction, the sector thatopens up due to the cannabis system remodelling, the increase of police task force, theinnovative ecological and alternative energy sector due to the housing market, the researcharound combinations of renewable energy forms and it's construction and the re-educationsector that is needed to support all of this, will combined create enough new job growth foratleast 10 years with the possibility of continuing this growth for several decades if thispolicy proves successful.(Further Elaboration still needed)

PP 24. Calendar Reform

The Calendar we use is the organizing principle of our lives. It programs our societal culturewith daily, weekly, monthly and annual customs and habits. Therefore, to change the calendarwe use is to participate in one of the most subtle and profound forms of revolution happeningon the planet today.The current world standard calendar is the 12-month Gregorian calendar, in which the monthshave an unequal number of days (28,29,30, and 31) and do not correspond to any cycle of nature.This is the only standard of measure used today that has unequal units. As an arbitrary divisionof the solar year, this calendar although illogical, unscientific and artificial, remains the centralunquestioned institution of our modern society.

As Broughton Richmond wrote in Time Measurement and Calendar Construction: "Ifthe Julian/Gregorian calendar was to be offered as a new device for measuring time, we, withour present knowledge and state of living, would reject is as something utterly impractical,

lacking in harmony and order, unbalanced and irregular, too clumsy a calendar to makecalculations by..." It is time to ask: Why do we use an instrument of imperfect measure tocoordinate the affairs of the world?"The very nature of the calendar that the world follows has stunted the mind and the body'sinnate timing sensibility...Our sense of time is a fundamental perception. If the standard ofmeasure of time that we use is irregular, then we must contemplate deeply and understand whatthis does to our mind over centuries of prolonged use." (-Dr. Jose Arguelles)

Perhaps the most questionable aspect of our global civil calendar is the nature of itsorigin and imposition. The Gregorian Calendar reform was issued by Pope Gregory the 13th,


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eliminating 10 days from 1582 in order to insure the central religious feast of Easter was ontime with the Spring equinox.

Before this tyranny of time, and subsequent colonization of the mind, there were manymore diverse calendars in use than have survived today. In fact, Gregory's calendar reform wasessentially the first act of globalization and is responsible for what has become today'sworldwide mono-time. With less than 18% of the world's population being Catholic, its seems

entirely inappropriate that a world filled with such a rich variety of religions, cultures, andspiritual traditions would be subordinate in time to the calendar of the Vatican/Roman CatholicChurch. Because of the religious connotations of the Pope's calendar reform, many non-Catholic nations resisted adopting it. For example, Japan held out until 1873, China until 1912,Russia until 1918, and Greece until 1924, when they finally conformed for convenience ininternational business and governmental affairs.

Remark by the Foundation For the Law of Time: "The old calendar(gregorian), with its irrationalordering of months and weeks, is at the root of a society which is an institutionalized disorderagainst nature." A true standard of measure has equal units, and a true measure of time reflectsnatural cycles. (elaboration on the Law of Time can be found in Chapter II)

The base argument against the 12-month Gregorian calendar, as presented in AlexanderPhilip's The Reform of The Calendar(1914), is stated as follows: "For what is theframework...by which we arrange our actions? It is no other than the scheme under which wearrange our time - in one word, our calendar...[thus] the disorganized state of all socialarrangements is ascribable to the calendar...The dislocation of our calendrical arrangements isdue to two distinct causes...the incongruity of the week; [and] the irregularity of the lengths ofthe months..."Dr. Argelles confirms, "The argument made is a profound one...Why do we expect a rigorousstandard of uniformity in our measurements of space (size, weight, volume, etc), but spurn or ignorethe same requirement of uniformity in our measurement of time, especially the time thatgoverns our everyday social arrangements and consciousness? How can we think that thiswould not have a profound underlying effect on the very nature and conduct of our society?

Since Gregorian-time currently synchronizes the planet through the global world of commerceand its commonly accepted notion that Time is Money, its no wonder that the sentiency ofNature has been denied, replaced by marketplace values. Both Time and the Biosphere havebeen compart-mentalized, quantified, and sold off in a self-consuming game of artificial worth.

The fundamental shift to a 13 month 28-day calendar reorients the human mind to abalanced standard of time and reconnects us, as a society, to our inherent relationship with theliving Biosphere. With this awareness, it is everyone's right and responsibility to examine thetiming standard we have collectively been issued, and the underlying values and mentalities itupholds. Our global society is now faced with this decision: to carry on with business as usual,or to make an unprecedented shift in our thinking and set a new direction for planetary policy.The 13 month 28-day calendar has been proposed as a preferred alternative to the Gregoriancalendar since 1849. The League of Nations had scheduled to change the world standard

calendar in 1933 to a 13 month 28-day calendar, preferring the logic and regularity of itsperpetual design: 13 months of 28 days each = 364 days (52 perfect weeks) + one last daybefore each new year that is not a day of the month or week and has been followed by manysocieties before ours.

It is no surprise that massive religious objection from representatives of the CatholicChurch - the very source of the Gregorian calendar - made false claim that the break in the 7-day week for the 365th day of the 13 month year, (called the "Day out of Time") would angerGod and cause "chaos, barbarism, and war." The unfounded propaganda succeeded in haltingthe reform. It was again brought to the United Nations, where the debate has been adjourned


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indefinitely since 1956.By understanding that the calendar we live by directly affects our mind, and our sense

of either connection to or disconnection from the rhythms of the natural world, we realize thatthe first step to global reform is to personally follow a calendar of harmony. In this light,people across 6 continents have already changed their calendar, day by day synchronizing withthe harmony of the 13-moon, 28-day calendar.

The Day Out of Time, the 365th day of the 13-Moon Calendar, is now an official holiday inover 70 Brazilian cities alone, including Sao Paulo - the 2nd largest city of the world.

Months would always look like this:

Leap years will be dealt with every 52 years for a period of 13 days of celebration.July 27th be the 1st day of the 1st month of the year,July 25th be the 28th day of the 13th month of the year,July 26th be the ''day out of time", a day to celebrate life and nature.Months can keep the same names with a 13th added month called 'Sol' between july and augustDays of the week stay similar, just more organized and efficient.Changing the calendar to a system of harmony is uniting all cultures of the planet, regardless ofrace or religion.

This gives a perpetual 52 year cycle calendar that is efficient and brings balance while allowingthe possibility of reviewing and reevaluating the calendar every 52 years.

- Chapter II Elaboration -

2.1a. PP 2. Reasons to change Food and Drinking Policy

In a report prepared for the first-ever meeting of the Global Conference on Agricultural

Research for Development (GCARD), researchers paint a bleak picture of the future. Theysay that, unless immediate action is taken on increasing the world's food supply, we couldsoon be faced with a crisis unlike any other we ever witnessed. The largest amount of workneeds to be placed in poorer nations, which have been kept subservient for centuries, butwhich now need to become able to feed themselves. Most of these areas do not contribute


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to the global food supply in a noteworthy proportion. Therefore, the only solution to this isto develop an efficient form of agriculture in these countries as well. Not only the faith oftheir respective people depends on that, but also the faith of the world. Currently, as ourplanet's population is increasing dramatically in size, agricultural reserves are stretched at alimit, as evidenced by the food crisis of the past couple of years. Rich nations such as theUnited States, and organizations such as the European Union, can still fend for themselves,by turning to advanced technologies, satellite surveillance and datasets and so on. Butpoorer nations do not even have access to irrigation systems. Given that most of theseregions are found in Africa, and that the continent is battered with scorching temperatures,deserts, and very little precipitations, the scale of the challenge begins to reveal itself.Adding to that is the estimate of the United Nations, which shows that the planet will mostlikely house 9 billion people by 2050, which means that even more strain will be placed onfood reserves. There is also another issue. As more people are born, and eventually need aplace to stay, the amount of terrain available for agricultural exploitations will diminisheven further, when it's needed the most. All of this indicates that we need to find moreefficient ways to grow food. Where we now use agriculture space to grow for animalswhich in turn is food for us we quadruple (possibly even more) the amount of resources

needed compared to if we'd feed ourselves with non-meat products.

2.1b. PP 2. Efficient form of food production. 'vertical farm' SkyScraper

Urban farming has always been a slightly quixotic endeavour. From the small animalfarm that was perched on the roof of the Upper West Sides Ansonia apartmentbuilding in the early 1900s (fresh eggs delivered by bellhop!) to community gardensthreatened by real-estate development, the dream of preserving a little of the country inthe city is a utopian one. But nobody has ever dreamed as big as Dr. DicksonDespommier, a professor of environmental sciences and microbiology at ColumbiaUniversity, who believes that vertical farm skyscrapers could help fight globalwarming.

Imagine a cluster of 30-story towers on Governors Island or in Hudson Yardsproducing fruit, vegetables, and grains while also generating clean energy andpurifying wastewater. Roughly 150 such buildings, Despommier estimates, could feedthe entire city of New York for a year. Using current green building systems, a verticalfarm could be self-sustaining and even produce a net output of clean water and energy.Despommier began developing the vertical-farming concept six years ago (his researchcan be found at verticalfarm .com), and he has been contacted by scientists and venturecapitalists from the Netherlands to Dubai who are interested in establishing a Centerfor Urban Sustainable Agriculture, either independently or within Columbia. Heestimates it could take a working group of agricultural economists, architects,engineers, agronomists, and urban planners five to ten years to figure out how to marry

high-tech agricultural practices with the latest sustainable building technology.What does this have to do with climate change? The professor believes that only byallowing significant portions of the Earths farmland to return to forest do we have areal chance of stabilizing climate and weather patterns. Merely reducing energyconsumptionthe centerpiece of the proposal Al Gore recently presented to Congresswill at best slow global warming. Allowing forests to regrow where crops are nowcultivated, he believes, would reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as least asmuch as more-efficient energy consumption.


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There is another reason to develop indoor farming: exploding population growth. By2050, demographers estimate there will be an additional 3 billion people (a global totalof 9.2 billion). If current farming practices are maintained, extra landmass as large asBrazil would have to be cultivated to feed them. Yet nearly all the land that canproduce food is already being farmedeven without accounting for the possibility of

losing more to rising sea levels and climate change (which could turn arable land intodust bowls).Depending on the crops being grown, a single vertical farm could allow thousands offarmland acres to be permanently reforested. For the moment, these calculationsremain highly speculative, but a real-life example offers a clue: After a strawberry farmin Florida was wiped out by Hurricane Andrew, the owners built a hydroponic farm.By growing strawberries indoors and stacking layers on top of each other, they nowproduce on one acre of land what used to require 30 acres.Why build vertical farms in cities? Growing crops in a controlled environment hasbenefits: no animals to transfer disease through untreated waste; no massive cropfailures as a result of weather-related disasters; less likelihood of genetically modified

rogue strains entering the natural plant world. All food could be grown organically,without herbicides, pesticides, or fertilizers, eliminating agricultural runoff. And 80percent of the worlds population will be living in urban areas by 2050. Cities alreadyhave the density and infrastructure needed to support vertical farms, and super-greenskyscrapers could supply not just food but energy, creating a truly self-sustainingenvironment.Like the Biosphere 2 project in Arizona, a real vertical farm will probably require autopian philanthropist with deep pockets. In the eighties, Edward Bass spent $200million of his own money to construct the Biosphere. A smaller and less complexvertical farm would probably cost that much to build today and could be funded bysomeone from a country where arable land is already in short supply, such as Japan,Iceland, or more likely Dubai. Despommier is convinced the first vertical farm willexist within fifteen yearsand the irony is, oil money could very well build it.


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(Photo: Architectural Design by Rolf Mohr; Modeling and Rendering by Machine Films; Interiors byJames Nelms Digital Artist @ Storyboards Online)

1. The Solar Panel

Most of the vertical farms energy is supplied by the pellet power system (see over).This solar panel rotates to follow the sun and would drive the interior cooling system,which is used most when the suns heat is greatest.

2. The Wind Spire

An alternative (or a complement) to solar power, conceived by an engineeringprofessor at Cleveland State University. Conventional windmills are too large forcities; the wind spire uses small blades to turn air upward, like a screw.

3. The Glass Panels

A clear coating of titanium oxide collects pollutants and prevents rain from beading;the rain slides down the glass, maximizing light and cleaning the pollutants. Troughscollect runoff for filtration.


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4. The Control Room

The vertical-farm environment is regulated from here, allowing for year-round, 24-hourcrop cultivation.

5. The Architecture

Inspired by the Capitol Records building in Hollywood. Circular design uses spacemost efficiently and allows maximum light into the center. Modular floors stack likepoker chips for flexibility.

6. The Crops

The vertical farm could grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and even fish, poultry, and pigs.Enough, Despommier estimates, to feed 50,000 people annually.


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The vertical farm doesnt just grow crops indoors; it also generates its own power from

waste and cleans up sewage water.

1. The Evapotranspiration Recovery System

Nestled inside the ceiling of each floor, its pipes collect moisture, which can be bottledand sold.

2. The Pipes

Work much like a cold bottle of Coke that sweats on a hot day: Super-cool fluidattracts plant water vapors, which are then collected as they drip off (similar systemsare in use on a small scale). Despommier estimates that one vertical farm could capture60 million gallons of water a year.

3. Black-Water Treatment System

Wastewater taken from the citys sewage system is treated through a series of filters,then sterilized, yielding gray waterwhich is not drinkable but can be used forirrigation. (Currently, the city throws 1.4 billion gallons of treated wastewater into therivers each day.) The Solaire building in Battery Park City already uses a system likethis.


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4. The Crop Picker

Monitors fruits and vegetables with an electronic eye. Current technology, called aReflectometer, uses color detection to test ripeness.

5. The FieldMaximization of space is critical, so in this rendering there are two layers of crops (andsome hanging tomatoes). If small crops are planted, there might be up to ten layers perfloor.

6. The Pool

Runoff from irrigation is collected here and piped to a filtration system.

7. The Feeder

Like an ink-jet printer, this dual-purpose mechanism directs programmed amounts ofwater and light to individual crops.


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8. The Pellet Power SystemAnother source of power for the vertical farm, it turns nonedible plant matter (like cornhusks, for example) into fuel. Could also process waste from New Yorks 18,000restaurants.

9 to 11. The Pellets

Plant waste is processed into powder (9), then condensed into clean-burning fuelpellets (10), which become steam power (11). At least 60 pellet mills in North Americaalready produce more than 600,000 tons of fuel annually, and a 3,400-square-foothouse in Idaho uses pellets to generate its own electricity.

Concept design by Chris Jacobs for United Future.(Source : New York Magazine on Skyscraper Farms.)( http://nymag.com/news/features/30020/index4.html )

2.2 PP 9. Explanation of the Cradle to Cradle design conceptCradle to Cradle Design (sometimes abbreviated to C2C, or Cradle 2 Cradle, or in somecircles referred to as regenerative) is a biomimetic approach to the design of systems. Itmodels human industry on nature's processes in which materials are viewed as nutrients


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circulating in healthy, safe metabolisms. It suggests that industry must protect and enrichecosystems and nature's biological metabolism while also maintaining safe, productivetechnical metabolism for the high-quality use and circulation of organic and syntheticmaterials. Put simply, it is a holistic economic, industrial and social framework that seeksto create systems that are not just efficient but essentially waste free. [1] The model in itsbroadest sense is not limited to industrial design and manufacturing; it can be applied tomany different aspects of human civilization such as urban environments, buildings,economics and social systems.

[1] Lovins, L. Hunter (2008). Rethinking production in State of the World 2008, pp. 38-40.

2.3 PP 10. Ideas for Eco-mortgage blueprint requirements

The "greenness," sustainability or efficiency of a house can be broken down into three

main categories; planning, materials, technology.

The Planning, Site Orientation

Site orientation is very important. The house should be situated so that it blocks thenorthwest cold winds with fewer openings and a heavy wall. It should be open to the southand southeast, allowing warmer solar heat. Overhangs and louvers block steep summer sunangles, but allow low angled winter sun into the house. Southeast orientation allows themain roof slope to face southwest, which is a good location for solar panels on the roof.Building Configuration. The house has a heavy mass to the north or northwest side, whichacts as a buffer to the "cold" side of the house and also acts as an efficient run for theplumbing and HVAC. ((Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning))The roof of this portion of the house is also designed to collect rainwater, and can be easilyfitted with a larger cistern or something as simple as several rain barrels. The rest of thehouse has an open design, allowing for natural airflow options from the large operable doorpanels and windows. The "core" plumbing portion of the house allows great flexibility to

the remainder of the house, which means that you can easily add bedrooms, a screenedporch, etc.The overhangs and wood louver systems not only add a functional sun filter, but a varietyof outdoor space that blurs the line of "indoor" and "outdoor." The raised pier foundationallows airflow around the house, and cause less disturbance to the natural drainage of thebuilding site. The house sits "quietly" on its natural site, with less concrete.The Materials

The two factors regarding materials are efficiency and ease of delivery (in other words,materials that can be sourced locally). Efficient materials include concrete filled foamforms or blocks for the core area, and engineered lumber (such as TrusJoist) that is madefrom wood chips and strands as opposed to old growth lumber. And add all the latest high

tech insulating materials like structurally insulated panels. Using local materials and localsuppliers reduces your delivery costs and time, and also plays a role in the sustainabilityfactor, because you don't have to spend a lot of energy moving around huge materials thatcan be found locally.Technology

Pick the most energy efficient windows and doors that can be afforded for the house,because they will pay for themselves again and again over time through reduced energyuse. And consider efficient water heaters and HVAC units, the best available insulation,etc.


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Further additional sustainability features to this plan such as rainwater collection, solarpanels, gray water reuse, wind power can still be added.(Source: http://www.ecohouseplan.com/Philosophy.html)

2.4 PP 12. MAGLEV facts and research; efficiency, durability, cost, etc

Maglev transport is not mechanically-based, maintenance-intensive railroad technology,nor is it high-speed rail (HSR) High-speed maglev transport (HSM) is non-mechanicalelectric-powered Electronic Transportation Technology (ETT). Maglev requires no-contact(friction) for braking and propulsion and that makes it perfect for very safe, all-weather,high-speed transport for intercity travel and/or airport connectors Low-speed maglev(LSM) systems are extremely well-suited for low-speed (60 mph), quiet, all-weather, ultra-reliable urban transport. Both these modes have several radical improvements over existingmechanically-based rail transit systems, not the least of which is dramatically lowermaintenance requirements the single biggest headache for every transit system in theworld. Maglev systems simply have the lowest life cycle costs of any fast mode oftransport and are the quintessential definition of sustainable transport. Due to theirfrictionless propulsion, cruising and braking, HSMs have a huge maintenance costadvantage that enables all potential operators of maglev systems to realize a faster returnon investment. Low operations and maintenance also allows fares to be kept low andensures ultra-high levels of system reliability, both of which will attract frequent repeatridership.

2.5a PP 19. Elaboration on the Maastricht treaty of 1992 and the Banking Law in

1998

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) by amending the Banking Law in 1998 gained entirely

formal administrative independence from the state. The State is still a shareholder. This

change was necessary so that DNB was able to join the European System of Central Banks.

In fact it means the complete transfer to the European Central Bank, therefor the

Netherlands can no longer arrange it's own money spending.Article 104 of the Maastricht

Treaty of 1992 also states unequivocally: "The central bank is not at all bound to the

government of providing credit, the central bank can not be forced to provide such a credit.

By the European Law, the ECB actually become a copy of the U.S. Federal Reserve

(FED).

The Dutch government can now only come by this money by borrowing from private

banks. Together with the full transfer of DNB to the European Central Bank (ECB) it has

become totally impossible for the Netherlands to provide for it's own economy without

debt. Netherlands since the banking law of 1998 can not self regulate the amount of money

in circulation.

2.5b PP 19. Elaboration on the limitations of GDP to judge the health of an

economy

The major advantage of GDP per capita as an indicator of standard of living is that it is

measured frequently, widely, and consistently. It is measured frequently in that most

countries provide information on GDP on a quarterly basis, allowing trends to be seen

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country in the world, allowing inter-country comparisons. It is measured consistently in

that the technical definition of GDP is relatively consistent among countries.

The major disadvantage is that it is not a measure of standard of living. GDP is intended to

be a measure of total national economic activity a separate concept.

The argument for using GDP as a standard-of-living proxy is not that it is a good indicatorof the absolute level of standard of living, but that living standards tend to move with per-

capita GDP, so that changes in living standards are readily detected through changes in

GDP.

Limitations of GDP to judge the health of an economy

GDP is widely used by economists to gauge the health of an economy, as its variations are

relatively quickly identified. However, its value as an indicator for the standard of living is

considered to be limited. Not only that, but if the aim of economic activity is to produce

ecologically sustainable increases in the overall human standard of living, GDP is a

perverse measurement; it treats loss of ecosystem services as a benefit instead of a cost. [1]

Other criticisms of how the GDP is used include:*Wealth distributionGDP does not take disparity in incomes between the rich and poor

into account. See income inequality metrics for discussion of a variety of inequality-based

economic measures.

*Non-market transactionsGDP excludes activities that are not provided through the

market, such as household production and volunteer or unpaid services. As a result, GDP is

understated. Unpaid work conducted on Free and Open Source Software (such as Linux)

contribute nothing to GDP, but it was estimated that it would have cost more than a billion

US dollars for a commercial company to develop. Also, if Free and Open Source Software

became identical to its proprietary software counterparts, and the nation producing the

propriety software stops buying proprietary software and switches to Free and Open

Source Software, then the GDP of this nation would reduce, however there would be no

reduction in economic production or standard of living. The work of New Zealand

economist Marilyn Waring has highlighted that if a concerted attempt to factor in unpaid

work were made, then it would in part undo the injustices of unpaid (and in some cases,

slave) labour, and also provide the political transparency and accountability necessary for

democracy. Shedding some doubt on this claim, however, is the theory that won economist

Douglass North the Nobel Prize in 1993. North argued that the creation and strengthening

of the patent system, by encouraging private invention and enterprise, became the

fundamental catalyst behind the Industrial Revolution in England.

*Underground economyOfficial GDP estimates may not take into account the

underground economy, in which transactions contributing to production, such as illegal

trade and tax-avoiding activities, are unreported, causing GDP to be underestimated.

*Non-monetary economyGDP omits economies where no money comes into play at all,

resulting in inaccurate or abnormally low GDP figures. For example, in countries with

major business transactions occurring informally, portions of local economy are not easily

registered. Bartering may be more prominent than the use of money, even extending to

services (I helped you build your house ten years ago, so now you help me).

GDP also ignores subsistence production.

*Quality improvements and inclusion of new productsBy not adjusting for quality

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although computers today are less expensive and more powerful than computers from the

past, GDP treats them as the same products by only accounting for the monetary value. The

introduction of new products is also difficult to measure accurately and is not reflected in

GDP despite the fact that it may increase the standard of living. For example, even the

richest person from 1900 could not purchase standard products, such as antibiotics and cell

phones, that an average consumer can buy today, since such modern conveniences did notexist back then.

*What is being producedGDP counts work that produces no net change or that results

from repairing harm. For example, rebuilding after a natural disaster or war may produce a

considerable amount of economic activity and thus boost GDP. The economic value of

health care is another classic exampleit may raise GDP if many people are sick and they

are receiving expensive treatment, but it is not a desirable situation. Alternative economic

estimates, such as the standard of living or discretionary income per capita try to measure

the human utility of economic activity. See uneconomic growth.

*ExternalitiesGDP ignores externalities or economic bads such as damage to the

environment. By counting goods which increase utility but not deducting bads or

accounting for the negative effects of higher production, such as more pollution, GDP isoverstating economic welfare. The Genuine Progress Indicator is thus proposed by

ecological economists and green economists as a substitute for GDP, supposing a

consensus on relevant data to measure "progress". In countries highly dependent on

resource extraction or with high ecological footprints the disparities between GDP and GPI

can be very large, indicating ecological overshoot. Some environmental costs, such as

cleaning up oil spills are included in GDP.

*Sustainability of growthGDP is not a tool of economic projections, which would make it

subjective, it is just a measurement of economic activity. That is why it does not measure

what is considered the sustainability of growth. A country may achieve a temporarily high

GDP by over-exploiting natural resources or by misallocating investment. For example, the

large deposits of phosphates gave the people of Nauru one of the highest per capita

incomes on earth, but since 1989 their standard of living has declined sharply as the supply

has run out. Oil-rich states can sustain high GDPs without industrializing, but this high

level would no longer be sustainable if the oil runs out. Economies experiencing an

economic bubble, such as a housing bubble or stock bubble, or a low private-saving rate

tend to appear to grow faster owing to higher consumption, mortgaging their futures for

present growth. Economic growth at the expense of environmental degradation can end up

costing dearly to clean up.

*One main problem in estimating GDP growth over time is that the purchasing power of

money varies in different proportion for different goods, so when the GDP figure is

deflated over time, GDP growth can vary greatly depending on the basket of goods used

and the relative proportions used to deflate the GDP figure. For example, in the past 80

years the GDP per capita of the United States if measured by purchasing power of

potatoes, did not grow significantly. But if it is measured by the purchasing power of eggs,

it grew several times. For this reason, economists comparing multiple countries usually use

a varied basket of goods.

*Cross-border comparisons of GDP can be inaccurate as they do not take into account

local differences in the quality of goods, even when adjusted for purchasing power parity.

This type of adjustment to an exchange rate is controversial because of the difficulties of

finding comparable baskets of goods to compare purchasing power across countries. For


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instance, people in country A may consume the same number of locally produced apples as

in country B, but apples in country A are of a more tasty variety. This difference in

material well being will not show up in GDP statistics. This is especially true for goods

that are not traded globally, such as housing.

*Transfer pricing on cross-border trades between associated companies may distort import

and export measures.*As a measure of actual sale prices, GDP does not capture the economic surplus between

the price paid and subjective value received, and can therefore underestimate aggregate

utility.

[1] "Eric Zencey-G.D.P. R.I.P.". Nytimes.com. August 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-31.

2.6 PP 22. Elaboration on the New City along The Venus Projects conceptThe Venus Projects city is designed in a geometrically elegant and efficient circulararrangement, similar to ancient methods of farming. The main dome sits at the centre of thecircle housing the network of computers that are needed to run the city as well itseducational, health and child care facilities The dome is surrounded by the cultural ring

consisting of various entertainment centres. The housing units are landscaped in naturalsurroundings and are close to dining amenities. The buildings are powered using renewableenergy sources and all the food will be produced organically within the city furthercontributing to a cleaner and healthier environment. One of the main aims of the city is toachieve a high standard of living by removing any expenses whilst giving people moreleisure time; this in turn creates a satisfying lifestyle for the individual. Phase one of theVenus project has commenced in central Florida but on a much smaller scale. Thebuildings are dome shaped for their large strength and stability. When properly engineeredsuch domes can withstand extreme temperatures and are resistant to earthquakes, rodentsand termites. The Venus project will make use of an intricate web of computers, dubbedthe electronic automated nervous system designed to take care of those boring monotonous

tasks, and in turn by putting machines to work, it will allow the community to reach socialfulfilment hopefully leading to an elevated spiritual and intellectual level. The complexwill utilize advanced real-time 3-D imaging of the weather, climate, population, oceancurrents of the world. These along with all the other features are all available to thecommunity. The World University would be a continually evolving research institute.Student performance will not be based on results, but rather on competenceaccreditation. The research conducted at this centre will be directly applied to society tobenefit social structure. There will be a constant feedback from the community and thiscontinual forwarding of information will allow for a more efficient society; allowingmodifications to be made to structures so that maximum comfort and safety can be assured.(Source: The Venus Project - http://www.thevenusproject.com)

2.7 PP 24. Elaboration on the Law of TimeThe Law of Time is a universal law and principle. It states that time is the universal factor ofsynchronization.The Law of Time distinguishes between a natural timing frequency that governs the universalorder, and an artificial timing frequency which sets modern human civilization apart from therest of its environment, the biosphere.

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the mechanical clock - has resulted in the creation of an artificial global mantle, thetechnosphere. By consuming natural resources faster than they can be replaced and creatingmore waste than can be eliminated, the technosphere operates at the expense of the biosphere.Hence, the current global crisis.

The Law of Time affirms that all of the planetary upheavals and social chaos that weare experiencing today are directly related to giving precedence to human laws and machine

technology, rather than divine order and natural law. This is due to living a collectivemisperception of time known as the 12:60 frequency. This refers to the 12 month cycle of theirregular Gregorian calendar paced by the 60 minute clock.

Living in artificial time disconnects us both as a species and individually from our truenature. We always feel like we never have enough time. In the 12:60 frequency, time ismoney. In the 13:20 frequency, time is art.

The 13:20 ratio of the natural timing frequency coded into the Tzolkin the 260-unitharmonic matrix. The 13:20 frequency can also be found in our body: we have 13 mainarticulations and 20 fingers and toes.

The Law of Time affirms that by the nature of the universal timing frequency the worldis already as one. It is only humankind who has chosen separation. This separation is reinforcedby separation in time, living by the clock and the irregular measure of the Gregorian calendar

keeps the world from being as one.

The Law of Time states that: Energy factored by time equals art. In this equation, (E) refers toall phenomena in their processes of unfoldment; (T) is the present moment functioningaccording to the ratio constant 13:20. Everything shaped by time is art.

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