Sunday, October 12, 2003

Agenda 21 and the 1992 Earth Summit Agreements 

Agenda 21 and the 1992 Earth Summit Agreements

I'm reading through this site, trying to find out where it applies to moorings and the rights of certain boaters to declare their right to establish a claim to a length of public towpath. From what I can see, the Agenda 21 and ESA statements are intended to assist people in poverty or homeless populations achieve a certain level of housing, freedom from poverty and encourage people to live in a way that does not contribute to the economic and environmental problems of the world in general. It doesn't say that simply declaring that you have a 'green' lifestyle while basically existing in the same framework as most other boaters gives you a special status. One boat in particular, the one mentioned several days ago, has a coal stove, a gas hob and oven, a diesel engine which makes it virtually indistinguishable from any other boat on the system, and probably considerably less 'green' than many boats that don't claim any sort of Agenda 21 mooring rights.

I hope to get a clear statement from British Waterways as the overseeing body for the waterways systems as to what qualifies a boat as an Agenda 21 boat, which waters are eligible for such special status and why the general boating public doesn't have the same opportunity to claim the same special rights given to a very small but obviously very privileged minority.
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