GLOBAL REALITY10 Threats, 12 Policies, 10 Major Players

20 Minutes of Context

Robert David Steele-Vivas

CEO, OSS.Net, Inc.

Co-Founder, Earth Intelligence Network

We’re in a Six-Front 100-Year War of Our Own Making.

America is losing/has lost the moral high ground.

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Source: PIOOM (NL), data with permission © 2002 A. Jongman

Conflict Facts for 2002: 23 LIC+, 79 LIC-, 175 VPC

Ethnic Fault Lines 200018 Genocide Campaigns On-Going Today

Source: Dr. Greg Stanton, http://www.genocidewatch.com

Water & War

Source: The State of the World Atlas (1997), chart 54, 53

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Sub-Humid

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Global Threats to Local Survival

*State of the World Atlas (1997), ** Marq de Villier (Water), John Heidenrich and Greg Stanton (Genocide), Michael Klare et al (Resources), all others from PIOOM Map 2002

Complex Emergencies32 Countries

Refugees/Displaced66 Countries

Food Security33 Countries

Child Soldiers41 Countries

Modern Plagues*59 Countries & Rising

Water Scarcity &Contaminated Water**Ethnic Conflict 18 Genocides Today**

Resource Wars, Energy Waste & Pollution**

Corruption Common80 Countries

Censorship Very High62 Countries

Water & War

Source: The State of the World Atlas (1997), chart 54, 53

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Information Converted Into Intelligence Will Create Infinite Wealth for All

Collective Intelligence Harnesses the Distributed Intelligence of the Whole Earth

10 Threats

Each with great costs.

Each tears apart the Earth.

We must address all of them, as a whole, in unison.

12 Policies

Each offers significant savings.

Each can impact on saving the Earth.

We must craft all of them, as a whole, in unison.

Agriculture• Local & Organic• Deep Root Farming• Family/Community Owned Farming

Debt• $9 Trillion is “a lot”• Debt scales & incapacitates.• Balanced Budget

Diplomacy• Dogma kills• Restore USIA• Need global information sharing

Economy• End CEO Greed• $10/hr minimum wage• Full employment• LOCAL supply chain

Education• Self-paced Online• Apprenticeships• Team Learning• Learn to learn

Energy• Wind & Solar NOW• Portable Electricity• Two-way Grid• Green capitalism

Family• One job per couple• End overtime• Community Centers• Build neighborhoods

Immigration• Enforce Labor Law• GLOBAL standards•Border Patrol +25,000• Biometric tagging

Justice• Pardon all marijuana offenders• Wind down the prison-slave complex• Eliminate corporate “personality” amnesty

Security• Wage peace not war• Wind down the military-industrial complex• Belief systems and morality are core.

Society• Universal service• Universal health care• Preventive medicine• English required for citizenship & extended residence

Water• Reflect True Cost• Global Manhattan Project to restore aquifers, push salt back• Regional Water Authorities

Ten Major Players Killing the Earth

• Brazil• China• Europe• India• Indonesia

• Iran• Russia• United States• Venezuela• Wild Cards

The Earth is Lost if the USA continues to consume one third of the energy and produce one third of the waste. The Earth is also Lost if we fail to help all of the other major players avoid our near-catastrophic mistakes.

The Budget as Baseline

Al Gore, EIN, & Amazon

New Strategy, Better Balance

45% 20% 20% 15%

248B vs. 550B 110B vs 20B 110B vs. 20B 82B vs. 36B

CINCWAR CINCSOLIC CINCPEACE CINCHOME

Strategic NBC Small Wars State/USIA Intelligence

Big War(s) Constabulary Peace Corps Border Patrol

Ground Truth Economic Aid

Port Security

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Electronic

Reserve

Reserve Environment

Public HealthPeace Navy

Governance Reform

• Coalition Cabinet• Balanced Open Budget• Quality Education• Public Health• Ethics• 7th Generation Issues

– Water– Energy– Information/Education

Electoral Reform

• Voting on week-ends• League of Women Voters &

Debates• Cabinet Choices in

Advance & in Debates• Instant Run-Off• End Gerrymandering• End Corporate Funding

Let’s Get Our Priorities Straight!

• Third, have a strategy to empower the poor, create wealth, and sustain peace & Earth.

First, be strong at home.

Second, be “America the Good” abroad.

A Strong America Through Common Sense

• We must honor our values and stop supporting dictators.

• We must serve the interests of the people rather than corporations.

• We must have balanced national security capabilities.

• We must be fiscally sound.

Al GoreEarth Leader & Meme Catalyst

Saving America for Future Generations by Saving the Planet