Environmental Environmental Community Development Presentation 1998

Sustainable Rural Development

Environmentally Clean Communities

A Proposal for Development and Implementation in

Vietnam

June 1998



To see the earth as we now see it, small and blue and

beautiful in that eternal silence in which it floats, is to see

ourselves as riders of the bright loveliness in the unending

night-brothers who see now they are truly brothers.



Proposal for Development

Rural Community Based Development Opportunity

Intensive Food Production

Clean Water

Liquid and Solid Waste Treatments

Improved Health Conditions

Improved Educational Opportunity

Environmental Protection & Restoration



* Every second of every day the

world gains 3 new mouths to

feed.

* Feeding the growing planet is

the biggest challenge of the

coming century, bar none.

The figures are staggering. The earths population is expected to

nearly double in the next 50 years. Hitting 10 billion by the year

2050. Yet, there will be no increase in the land available for

growing food

58%27%

4%

9%

2%



By the year 2050, nearly six billion

people will live in Asia where

agriculture expertise and

technology is far behind the

U.S. and Europe.

Not only is Asia the most

populous region in the world,

but its economy is the fastest

growing economy during

the 90s. By the year 2010,

North America will experience a mere

2% growth rate but Asias population will Distribution of world population

expand by 58%. growth by 2010

The explosion in Asia.



We feel that the constant effort to feed a growing

world population must be balanced by equal

efforts to protect the earths ecology. After all,

with ten billion people on the planet every inch

of land, every drop of water, and every breath

of air will become more precious than ever.

Taken out of context, the concept of ten billion

people means nothing. But, when you stop to

consider that it took millions of years to reach the

current total of five billion people, and that its

going to take just over fifty years for another five

billion to join us, then you see the enormity of the

challenge.As the worlds population begins its rapid

ascent to ten billion, other industries will swing into

overdrive in order to clothe, shelter, educate,

provide health services and to feed them all.



Our Business

Sustainable Rural

Development

Aquaculture

Agriculture

Water

Waste Treatment

Housing

Health Services

Educational Opportunity

Environmental Protection

Environmental Restoration



INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

* Enormous Growth Potential

* Provides Basic Human Requirements

* Local, Regional and International Markets

* Environmentally Sound Development

* Substantial Tax and Business Advantages

* Substantial International Funds Available for Growth



Feeding ten billion people will require increased

production on the acres currently being farmed.

New sources of food must also be discovered and

made viable. A distribution system must be in

place to get the food to those who need it, quickly

and efficiently.

One in five people on this planet suffers the

ravages of hunger and poverty. Malnutrition

causes more than 16 million deaths a year. And

every two and one-half seconds a child dies from

malnutrition and preventable disease.

At the dawn of the new century, the world is better equipped than ever to

move toward eliminating hunger. But, it wont be easy. We have the

modern systems to alleviate hunger. But, we dont have time to waste.


Environmentally Friendly Communities

Without modern farming techniques

thered be only one place for

endangered species to go.

Away!

Simply stated, if agriculture still

relied upon the farming methods

of a quarter-century ago, the

only way to feed the current world population would be to farm an

additional 15 million square miles of land. Where would that land

come from? From the rainforests, from the woodlands, from a host

of other wildlife habitats. Farmers are the most indispensable

people on the planet. Sustainable, intensive, high-yield farming

will save the world environment and can provide shelter for

families everywhere.



Our Agenda

The United Nations, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank,

most governments of the world have issued declarations and

statements concerning the great importance of establishing programs

for sustainable development. To protect the worlds ecology and

environment the issue of sustainable development has reached the

desks of all governments and concerned people. The program, the

agenda which can be established through implementing the proposal

set out in the Environmentally Clean

Communities program is the improvement and

protection and restoration of the environment

while providing and establishing a model for

sustainable growth and development.



To feed the population which will double to ten billion people during

the next fifty years all efforts will be necessary to maximize yields

while at the same time sustaining the environment.

The program which can be established with the ECC community

requires the use of 200 hectares of land for100 families. Yields in

excess of 300 tons of fish per hectare per year can be achieved;

yields in excess of 30 tons of vegetables per hectare per year can

be achieved. This will provide the basis for high growth of sales

and income and profit potential.

Cooperative ownership provides the basis for the involvement and

effort of all the people living in our community. On the following

pages we provide an introduction to what we can achieve.



The earths population is growing rapidly,

but the amount of farmable land isnt.

Our oceans fish population is actually

decreasing. In fact in 1996, aquaculture

accounted for nearly 20% of the total worlds fish output. When all

these factors are taken into consideration, the importance of finding

alternative food sources, such as aquaculture, becomes that much

clearer.

We have developed and used new methods of intensive fish

production which allow us to substantially increase the ratio of fish

grown per cubic meter of water; yields of 10, 20 and more kilos per

cubic meter of water allow us to grow 180 and more tons of fish per

hectare cultivated. In this way we improve both food and nutrition

while also producing substantial profit opportunities.



A century ago the average

farmer fed about 8 people with

his labor. Today he feeds about

212 people and tomorrow the

figure will be even higher.

Indoor vegetable production

utilizing new techniques for growing vegetables without soil, indoors,

hydroponically, very high yields are possible. On less than five hectares

it is possible to grow over ten tons of lettuce and cucumbers each in a

month along with many other types of vegetable and herbs. Techniques

of intensive agriculture production including drip irrigation, controlled

use of pesticides and fertilizers, use of compost for soil enrichment, all

these methods produce higher returns without destroying the

environment.



The Lotus represents the

opportunity to rise up from the

mud at the bottom to tower in

the suns light of hope and

opportunity.

With water, whether it be fresh,

salt, or brackish, in regular supply, we can treat it and use it so that our

community of hope and opportunity can grow and prosper. Technology

developed during the past thirty years allows us today to use all sources

of water for the development of our community. With water comes the

method to raise the fish, to cultivate the agricultural produce, to clean

ourselves, to promote our health, to improve our health, to increase our

opportunities and to contribute to the world which supports us.



Treatment of waste water and solid

wastes can be done utilizing nature

as a model. Engineered wetlands

provide effective and safe treatment

for waste waters produced both by

humans and by the use of waters in

aquaculture. In fact, by utilizing

natures method we save the waters

and make it possible to use them

over again.

With solid wastes created by human society, we can again copy natures

methods and create compost and fertilizer for improving soil conditions.

These methods for treating solid wastes and waste water provide many

benefits including improved health conditions and environmental

protection and restoration all leading to sustainable development.



Low cost housing provides the

residents of our community with

another incentive to work and

participate in all the activities.

Utilizing construction techniques

which arose from developments in

Habitats for Humanity, we can and

will construct homes in styles which

are both suitable and affordable.

Incorporating alternative energy

systems such as solar, wind, and methane gas conversion, we will

add to the integration of our residents into the environment and to

their efforts at restoration. Coupled with clean water, solid waste

treatment, and intensive farming techniques, our community will

provide a basis for sustained development into the next century.



Health Care and improved health conditions will go far to stop the

spread of disease and will also provide

the basis, through improved health

education, for family planning and the

limit of population growth. With the

implementation of programs for the treatment

of water, waste water, solid wastes, new

housing, progress towards the establishment

of a better environment, and the provision of

care from professionals trained in community

health practices, this will substantially improve the

quality of life. In Vietnam today an estimated 85% of the population

dies from the effects of disease spread by poor water-all these factors

will be improved in our community and, with time and much effort, they

will be eradicated. This is sustainable development.



Education. Improved educational

opportunity. Education and training

is important for the young people who

live in the rural areas of the developing

world. Today, for the most part, they do

not have the opportunity. Training and

education is also necessary and required

for their parents.

Developments during the past few years in distance education, internet

education, multimedia education and more present the opportunity to

bring the most recent educational developments to those who live under

even the most rural conditions Coupled with advances in tele-

communications, satellite and wireless communications, there is no

reason that the residents of our community cannot have the best in

education and training.



Slash and burn agriculture.

When there were less than a

billion people living on the

earth this type of existence

did not cause the problems

which are encountered today.

Top soil loss, water pollution, forest destruction, wildlife habitat

loss, dust storms, uncontrolled fires, flooding-all a result of poor

and even no environmental protection requirements.

The sustainable community development which is presented here

offers a chance for stopping the problems which now exist. As was

said previously, We have the modern food systems that can help

alleviate the problem of hunger. But, what we dont have is time

to waste.



Environmental restoration.

Can we do it? We have no choice.

We must use our best efforts to

restore and protect the environment.

ECC communities offer an answer. By

implementing the plans for this new

development we provide the basis for

rural peoples to stop their invasion and

destruction of the natural habitat. Accomplish this, we can create

and establish programs for the restoration and improvement of the

environment.



EMPOWERMENT. In order to achieve sustainable rural

development the people must participate, they must be made

to be part of the solution. It is not possible for any one person

to answer all the questions concerning the environment, concerning

the best ways to do things. The people must become involved in

all aspects of the operation, management and direction of the

ECC community.

To achieve this, a cooperative ownership and management of all

undertakings within the community will be established. This

method of ownership and management will insure that the people

whose lives are being affected will bring forth their best talents,

energies and efforts. This way to own the economic activities will

also provide the developers with continued participation and return.



Management and Direction

An Advisory Board of Directors has presently been assembled

composed of experienced, dedicated, skilled professionals in

all aspects required by the undertakings. Please see the Proposal

Document for information concerning this team of people.

The completion of the Execution Documents will provide a full

management compliment for all aspects of this programs

implementation, development, management and expansion.



A first location must be chosen and Vietnam is that choice.

Vietnam presents a number of benefits for establishment of the first

ECC community:

* Location

* Climate

* Available Land

* Work Ethic

* Business Environment

* Favorable Laws

* Favorable Tax Benefits



Competition and Competitive

Advantages



Until now, no-one has established a

program of integrated sustainable

development. There are partial models

such as in Gaviotas or Tara which, while

successful and praiseworthy, do not

provide the engine of integrated

capability and capacities which is truly

required to drive sustainable development from the drawing boards

to actualization. Aid and donation programs funded by various

charities leave unanswered the basic problems of sustainable

development in countries which need the full integration of

technology and know-how which is provided in the program

established by the ECC program. Food supply, clean water, improved

health, education and training, affordable housing, renewable energy-

Sustainable Development.



Incorporating and integrating the various services, products and

technology presents a multi-market of profit-centers. Fish,

vegetables, spices, housing, power, waste treatments, training,

education, technology, equipment, technology transfer: all

provide opportunities for profit, growth and, most importantly,

models for sustainable development.

PROFIT CENTERS

FISH AGRICULTURE HOUSING

EDUCATION TRAINING POWER

TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT WATER

AND MORE



Financial Forecasts



All significant capital expenses will occur during the first three

years of operation. These expenses include the completion of the

Execution Documents and Master Plan, the undertaking and

completion of development, construction, implementation.

The completion of the Execution Documents and Master Plan are

estimated to require no more than nine months. Immediate

undertaking of the implementation phase is estimated to require some

twelve to fifteen months to complete. Thereafter, another twelve

months of further development and fine-tuning will bring all aspects

of this program on-stream and fully operational. The completion of

the Execution documents will provide a complete analysis. See Chart

Capital Expense/Cost of Sales/Sales.

Expenses



Income from the sale of the houses will occur at the time of

construction completion and will continue for the length of the

offered mortgage. These sales will produce the first income stream.

Second to this will be the commencement of the income streams from

the sale of fish, vegetables, fruits, spices, medicinal herbs, services

and other operations of the community. These sales are expected to

grow significantly commencing in the first quarter of the third year

and continuing thereafter. Dependent upon the agreements for

funding which are reached, further growth beyond this initial

community can provide the basis for significant income growth for

many more years.The completion of the Execution documents will

provide a full analysis. See following charts.

Income


Environmentally Clean CommunitiesIncome By Source

Years 1-5

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Fish

Note: Fish projects are based on only 5 kgs/m3 of water rather than higher projected amounts.



Capital Expense/Cost of Sales/Sales

Sales projections are based only on the sale of fish and are calculated at the minimum

production rate of 5 kgs/m3 of water.

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Environmentally Clean CommunitiesFinancial Model-Income from Sales

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Objective

Gross Margin 0% 45% 45% 50% 52% Low-50s

Research &

Development 0% 15% 12% 8% 6% 6%

Sales & Marketing 0% 15% 15% 15% 15% 15%

General &

Administrative 0% 10% 10% 8% 7% 7%

Operating Profit 0% 15% 18% 19% 20% low 20s



Investment Opportunity

* Strong Growth Potential

* Multiple Products and Services

* Unique Opportunity for Meaningful Development

* Local, Regional and International Markets

* Environmental and Social Benefits



Vietnam requires the type investment and development which

is outlined in this document and more fully in the Proposal.

Significant tax and business incentives exist and will be fully

taken advantage and utilized:

4-8 Year Tax Holiday after commencement of profits

Additional Years of 50% taxes

No Import Taxes on Equipment

Low Land Costs

Low Labor Costs

Educated Work Force

Other Benefits and Incentives



The total invested capital requirement for all phases of

development is $4.3 million. This investment is a staged

investment during the course of three years.

For further information please contact:

Brian Lewis, J.D.

6704 East Park Drive

Fort Worth, Texas 76132

Tel: 817-361-0710

E-mail: [email protected]

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