International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)

The information about ICLEI is important to know and following are excerpts from their own documents.

“ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability is an association of over 1220 local government Members who are committed to sustainable development. Our Members come from 70 different countries and represent more than 569,885,000 people. “

“ICLEI is an international association of local governments as well as national and regional local government organizations who have made a commitment to sustainable development.”

“ICLEI provides technical consulting, training, and information services to build capacity, share knowledge, and support local government in the implementation of sustainable development at the local level.”

“Our basic premise is that locally designed initiatives can provide an effective and cost-efficient way to achieve local, national, and global sustainability objectives.”

“ICLEI was founded in 1990 as the 'International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives'. The Council was established when more than 200 local governments from 43 countries convened at our inaugural conference, the World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future, at the United Nations in New York.”

“ICLEI is a growing Association of local governments dedicated to sustainable development with worldwide presence, which has challenging positions, whose voice is heard, and which is attractive to be a member of, work for and partner with;

A high-energy, flexible Movement of local governments working together in networks for performance, supported by campaigns and programs, and strategic alliances;

An effective sustainability and environmental Agency demonstrating creativity and excellence both in developing cutting-edge solutions and in program design and execution.”

“ICLEI's mission is to build and serve a worldwide movement of local governments to achieve tangible improvements in global sustainability with special focus on environmental conditions through cumulative local actions.”

“ICLEI's general mandate is to build an active and committed municipal membership of local spheres of government (local and regional governments and authorities) as well as international, regional, national and sub-national local government associations.”

My comment: local governments pay a membership fee to belong to this group. Thus, the general public is paying for the local politicians and “staff” to learn about the goals and objectives of ICLEI. Why is there an organization which has global membership and a global mission working at your local level on sustainable development??? You should check to see if your community is a member:

USA member list   --- http://www.icleiusa.org/about-iclei/members/member-list

NOTE: It has been written that George Soros's Open Society has provided over $2,000,000 to ICLEI. Van Jones' Green for All and the Tides Foundations’ Apollo Alliance are also reportedly ICLEI contributors.