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SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
Bringing the principles of Sustainability to the management
of our nations vital resources
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
Bringing the principles of Sustainability to the management
of our nations vital resources
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
• Economic Viability• Environmental Soundness• Social Responsibility
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
Problem Statement:
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
Short term partisan politics have hijacked the national dialog and prevented real solutions to pressing national and global imperatives. The debate has been dominated by a largely ill-informed and intransigent conservative agenda.
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
Solution Statement:
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
Counter the barrage of myths, pseudo science, and disinformation and level the playing field with a bi partisan rationalist argument for Sustainable forward solutions that appeals equally to both enlightened self-interest and the fundamental principles of social justice inherent in the American character.
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
OUR MISSION: Apply the core principles of Sustainability to the management of our nations vital resources
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
The vital resources of our nation:
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
• Water• Food• Energy• People
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
The test of a sustainable policy Economically viable? Environmentally sound? Socially just?
SUSTAIN AmericaPolicy Matrix
Water Food Energy People
Economically Viable
EnvironmentallySound
SociallyJust
Core Principles:• Economic Viability• Environmental Soundness• Social Justice
Key Resources:• Water-Food• Energy-People
Applying the core principles of Sustainability to the management of our nations vital resources
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
• Strategic Objectives: #1
Insert, SUSTAINABILITY into every debate onnational policy
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
• Strategic Objective #2:
Become the voice for sustainable change as an imperative over short term
political advantage
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
• Strategic Objective #3:
Replace mythology and superstition with hard documented FACTS as the basis for
decisions on national policies
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
SUSTAIN AmericaA Super PAC
“My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right”Carl Schultz Union Army General, Statesman 1865
Creating the political will for fundamental systemic change
• Replace Myth’s with Facts• Insert ‘Sustainability’