Sustainable Rural Development

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A Proposal for Development and Implementation in

Vietnam
June 1998

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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.

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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

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* 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

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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
expand by 58%.

The explosion in Asia.

4%

2%

27%

58%

9%

Distribution of world population

growth by 2010

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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.

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Our Business
Sustainable Rural
Development

Aquaculture
Agriculture
Water
Waste Treatment
Housing
Health Services
Educational Opportunity
Environmental Protection
Environmental Restoration

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 telecommunications, satellite and wireless communications, there is no
reason that the residents of our community cannot have the best in
education and training.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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A first location must be chosen and Vietnam is that choice.
Vietnam presents a number of benefits for establishment of the first
ECC community:
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Location
Climate
Available Land
Work Ethic
Business Environment
Favorable Laws
Favorable Tax Benefits

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Competition and Competitive

Advantages

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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 energySustainable Development.

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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

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Financial Forecasts

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Expenses
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.

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Income
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.

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14000000

Income By Source
Years 1-5

12000000
10000000
8000000

Millions $

6000000
4000000
2000000

Housing
Services
Equipment
Produce
Fish

0
Year Year Year Year Year
1
2
3
4
5
Note: Fish projects are based on only 5 kgs/m3 of water rather than higher projected amounts.

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Capital Expense/Cost of Sales/Sales
14,000,000
12,000,000
10,000,000
8,000,000

Capital Expense
Cost of Sales
Sales

6,000,000
4,000,000

Year 5

Year 4

Year 3

Year 2

Year 1

2,000,000

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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Gross Margin

Financial Model-Income from Sales

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Objective
0%
45%
45%
50% 52% Low-50s

Research &
Development

0%

15%

12%

Sales & Marketing

0%

15%

15%

General &
Administrative

0%

10%

10%

Operating Profit

0%

15%

18%

8%

6%

6%

15%

15%

15%

8%

7%

7%

19%

20% low 20s

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Investment Opportunity

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Strong Growth Potential

Multiple Products and Services
Unique Opportunity for Meaningful Development
Local, Regional and International Markets
Environmental and Social Benefits

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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

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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: eastwind@charter.net