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We are running out of places to turn for answers to the ecological crisis. Whilst we have remedies, they are solutions symptoms of the crisis (deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change...) not addressing the machine at the core. Most of us don't know its there, some know but have been pacified to fight it and those we elevate to fight for us have been captured by it. Unfortunately, with those of us that know there is a type of bannerism which separates us into our tribes. To defeat a foe it's usually said you should divide and conquer, however, we do it to ourselves through egotism. all fight for essentially the same cause but are segregated. XR have their band, Greenpeace has another, Sea Shepherd... To make an effective force we need economies of scale, solidarity. However to do such a thing trust is needed. The first great experiment was communism which like all good experiments defeated ideological pre convictions, and revealed our selfish genes. Instead of ignoring this fact and building new failed institutions after failed institutions, we should accept our failings. i.e. we can work in a group but our primary goal will always be the preservation of self first. Given this, you can see why socialism often doesn't take hold in a society. There is a grandiose ideology that humans have satiety, give them their basic needs they will want for no more. This is rarely the case as our neurochemistry evolved for us to always want and we are constantly fed advertising to consume more. During the times of communism, one human would break the altruistic rank, this would then corrupt outliers and then the rest follow. From the instigation of any solution, this must be addressed from the outstart. There needs to be the understanding that humans are inherently selfish .
It was thought instead of making hierarchical structures which are prone to corruption by status differentials a flatter structure could be used such as a holacracy. The issue with this is "some become more equal than others" when this is realised productivity slumps as the crowd realises that someone is working less than them. Very little organisations with flat hierarchies exist as they have been shown to be inefficient. Hierarchical structures are needed for effective human management, however the problem remains how to address the corruption issue?
Pure transparency
A tenet or a new organisation can be written where this is baked into the core. i.e. all decisions, all work, all financials need to be openly published.