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A handbook for leaders

by Frank Rotering

https://ecologicalsurvival.org

The world's young people have been brutally betrayed by the world's leaders and now face an ecological crisis of existential proportions. International conferences, global agreements, government policies, corporate initiatives, scientific warnings, emergency declarations and activist pressures have done nothing to avert this unthinkable tragedy.

If the young are to survive, only one chance remains: they must rapidly form revolutionary movements, remove the ecocidal leaders from power, and implement a rational crisis response.

This book addresses the prospective youth leaders of these movements, those who are deeply concerned about ecological collapse, who are outraged by the inaction of their elders, and who are seeking fundamentally new approaches to salvage their future.

Download the free pdf:
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A handbook for leaders

by Frank Rotering

https://ecologicalsurvival.org

The world's young people have been brutally betrayed by the world's leaders and now face an ecological crisis of existential proportions. International conferences, global agreements, government policies, corporate initiatives, scientific warnings, emergency declarations and activist pressures have done nothing to avert this unthinkable tragedy.

If the young are to survive, only one chance remains: they must rapidly form revolutionary movements, remove the ecocidal leaders from power, and implement a rational crisis response.

This book addresses the prospective youth leaders of these movements, those who are deeply concerned about ecological collapse, who are outraged by the inaction of their elders, and who are seeking fundamentally new approaches to salvage their future.

Download the free pdf:
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/wp-content/uploads/Youth-Ecological-Revolution-1st-Edition-PDF.pdf]]>falseserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-preface-chapter-1--47672894
Today's young people have been cruelly betrayed, both ethically and politically. The first responsibility of youth leaders is to produce a workable strategy, or plan of action, for ecological survival. This will determine how their movements will be organized and directed.

Further reading:

"Net-zero Emissions" is Genocide of the Young
An argument that the goal of net-zero emissions is tantamount to youth genocide: "the deliberate killing of a large group of people".
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/net-zero-emissions-is-genocide-of-the-young/

The Young Desperately Need an Ecological Advocate
Criticism of an Australian climate conference in early 2020 that clearly demonstrated the youth betrayal.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-young-desperately-need-an-ecological-advocate/

The IPCC’s Disastrous Refusal to Specify Unsafe GHG Concentrations
Some details on the organization's betrayal of the young.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-disastrous-refusal-to-specify-unsafe-ghg-concentrations/

The Scientific Misconduct of Climate Scientists
An argument that climate science, through its intellectual corruption, is violating its own codes of conduct and ethics.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-scientific-misconduct-of-climate-scientists/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672894Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:41:54 +0000Youth RevolutionEcological Betrayal and its Implications. Today's young people have been cruelly betrayed, both ethically and politically. The first responsibility of youth leaders is to produce a workable strategy, or plan of action, for ecological survival. This...
Today's young people have been cruelly betrayed, both ethically and politically. The first responsibility of youth leaders is to produce a workable strategy, or plan of action, for ecological survival. This will determine how their movements will be organized and directed.

Further reading:

"Net-zero Emissions" is Genocide of the Young
An argument that the goal of net-zero emissions is tantamount to youth genocide: "the deliberate killing of a large group of people".
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/net-zero-emissions-is-genocide-of-the-young/

The Young Desperately Need an Ecological Advocate
Criticism of an Australian climate conference in early 2020 that clearly demonstrated the youth betrayal.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-young-desperately-need-an-ecological-advocate/

The IPCC’s Disastrous Refusal to Specify Unsafe GHG Concentrations
Some details on the organization's betrayal of the young.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-disastrous-refusal-to-specify-unsafe-ghg-concentrations/

The Scientific Misconduct of Climate Scientists
An argument that climate science, through its intellectual corruption, is violating its own codes of conduct and ethics.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-scientific-misconduct-of-climate-scientists/]]>1041falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-2--47672896
The ecological crisis, caused by the over-expansion of the global capitalist economy, resulted in ecological overshoot beginning around 1950. Its components are the greenhouse gas crisis and various other types of harm, including habitat destruction, over-exploitation of renewable resources, chemical and radiological toxification, pollution and wastes.

This crisis is existential and must be immediately and effectively addressed.

Further reading

Nature's Mortal Wound
Describes my shock at discovering that the ecological crisis is so far advanced that geoengineering is required to solve it, and that humankind's extinction will doom the biosphere because we have already inflicted a mortal wound on nature.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/natures-mortal-wound/

The Point of No Return
Makes the distinction between a tipping point and a point-of-no-return, notes that a proposed environmental solution is invalid unless it can be implemented before a PONR is encountered, and states that the widespread avoidance of the PONR concept is due to the suppression of urgency by conventional forces.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-point-of-no-return/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672896Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:46:49 +0000Youth RevolutionThe Environmental Calamity You Face The ecological crisis, caused by the over-expansion of the global capitalist economy, resulted in ecological overshoot beginning around 1950. Its components are the greenhouse gas crisis and various other types...
The ecological crisis, caused by the over-expansion of the global capitalist economy, resulted in ecological overshoot beginning around 1950. Its components are the greenhouse gas crisis and various other types of harm, including habitat destruction, over-exploitation of renewable resources, chemical and radiological toxification, pollution and wastes.

This crisis is existential and must be immediately and effectively addressed.

Further reading

Nature's Mortal Wound
Describes my shock at discovering that the ecological crisis is so far advanced that geoengineering is required to solve it, and that humankind's extinction will doom the biosphere because we have already inflicted a mortal wound on nature.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/natures-mortal-wound/

The Point of No Return
Makes the distinction between a tipping point and a point-of-no-return, notes that a proposed environmental solution is invalid unless it can be implemented before a PONR is encountered, and states that the widespread avoidance of the PONR concept is due to the suppression of urgency by conventional forces.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-point-of-no-return/]]>1053falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-3--47672963
Humankind must adopt a dual goal: to minimize our current environmental impact, and to repair the damage we've already done. These imperatives comprise a rational response to the ecological crisis.

Further reading:

The Emissions Fallacy
Explains that a dual strategy was required once concentrations became unsafe: reduce emissions AND concentrations.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-emissions-fallacy/

Mainstream Emissions Reductions, or How To Do Nothing
Demonstrates that the standard approach, emissions reductions, addresses less than one percent of unsafe greenhouse gas concentrations.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/mainstream-emissions-reductions-or-how-to-do-nothing/

Geoengineering: The Facts
Uses several official documents to explain the basic facts about geoengineering.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/geoengineering-the-facts/

Geoengineering: The Arguments
Examines the valid and invalid arguments surrounding this controversial measure.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/geoengineering-the-arguments/

Bending the Wrong Curve: the IPCC’s Ecocidal Strategy
Criticizes the IPCC's fatal approach: bending the emissions curve to net-zero rather than the concentrations curve to a safe level.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/bending-the-wrong-curve-the-ipccs-ecocidal-strategy/

The IPCC's 1.5ºC Report is a Strategic Lie
Refutes the concept of a temperature target and establishes the validity of the safe-concentrations goal.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-1-5c-report-is-a-strategic-lie/

The True Danger is Solutions Denial
Asserts that the critical problem today is not denial of the GHG problem, but of its valid solutions. The post also points out that the IPCC avoids solutions analysis, which allows it to ignore critical issues like the Arctic meltdown.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-true-danger-is-solutions-denial/

Net-Zero Emissions is a Milestone, not a Goal
Proposes a rational plan for emissions reductions and GHG removals.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/net-zero-emissions-is-a-milestone-not-a-goal/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672963Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:49:58 +0000Youth RevolutionThe Measures You Desperately Need Humankind must adopt a dual goal: to minimize our current environmental impact, and to repair the damage we've already done. These imperatives comprise a rational response to the ecological crisis. Further...
Humankind must adopt a dual goal: to minimize our current environmental impact, and to repair the damage we've already done. These imperatives comprise a rational response to the ecological crisis.

Further reading:

The Emissions Fallacy
Explains that a dual strategy was required once concentrations became unsafe: reduce emissions AND concentrations.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-emissions-fallacy/

Mainstream Emissions Reductions, or How To Do Nothing
Demonstrates that the standard approach, emissions reductions, addresses less than one percent of unsafe greenhouse gas concentrations.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/mainstream-emissions-reductions-or-how-to-do-nothing/

Geoengineering: The Facts
Uses several official documents to explain the basic facts about geoengineering.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/geoengineering-the-facts/

Geoengineering: The Arguments
Examines the valid and invalid arguments surrounding this controversial measure.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/geoengineering-the-arguments/

Bending the Wrong Curve: the IPCC’s Ecocidal Strategy
Criticizes the IPCC's fatal approach: bending the emissions curve to net-zero rather than the concentrations curve to a safe level.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/bending-the-wrong-curve-the-ipccs-ecocidal-strategy/

The IPCC's 1.5ºC Report is a Strategic Lie
Refutes the concept of a temperature target and establishes the validity of the safe-concentrations goal.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-1-5c-report-is-a-strategic-lie/

The True Danger is Solutions Denial
Asserts that the critical problem today is not denial of the GHG problem, but of its valid solutions. The post also points out that the IPCC avoids solutions analysis, which allows it to ignore critical issues like the Arctic meltdown.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-true-danger-is-solutions-denial/

Net-Zero Emissions is a Milestone, not a Goal
Proposes a rational plan for emissions reductions and GHG removals.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/net-zero-emissions-is-a-milestone-not-a-goal/]]>1243falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-4--47672964
Humankind's material interests and mental capacities are highly relevant to sustainability. They must therefore be carefully considered by youth leaders in developing and implementing a survival strategy. Our innate tendencies have been systematically exploited by the ruling class to shape the populace's thought and behavior, so as to prevent revolutionary change and the rational crisis response. The young will have to transform today's societies into ecologically and socially viable societies. This fundamental restructuring can succeed only if the core realities of our species are fully acknowledged.

Further reading:

The Material Interests Driving IPCC Support
Explains that the global rich continue to support the IPCC despite its objective failure, because the organization safeguards their current overconsumption.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-material-interests-driving-ipcc-support/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672964Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:50:18 +0000Youth RevolutionAspects of Human Nature You Must Consider Humankind's material interests and mental capacities are highly relevant to sustainability. They must therefore be carefully considered by youth leaders in developing and implementing a survival strategy....
Humankind's material interests and mental capacities are highly relevant to sustainability. They must therefore be carefully considered by youth leaders in developing and implementing a survival strategy. Our innate tendencies have been systematically exploited by the ruling class to shape the populace's thought and behavior, so as to prevent revolutionary change and the rational crisis response. The young will have to transform today's societies into ecologically and socially viable societies. This fundamental restructuring can succeed only if the core realities of our species are fully acknowledged.

Further reading:

The Material Interests Driving IPCC Support
Explains that the global rich continue to support the IPCC despite its objective failure, because the organization safeguards their current overconsumption.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-material-interests-driving-ipcc-support/]]>822falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-5--47672968
The democratic illusion is the main impediment to youth survival. Pressuring government and politicians to implement a rational crisis response is not just futile, it is a fatal diversion from militant organization and action. The capitalist class holds political power and is therefore society's ruling entity. The rational response to the ecological crisis requires the replacement of this class with a sustainable alternative.

Further reading:

The Economic Roots of the IPCC’s Failure
Asserts that the IPCC has failed to maintain safe GHG concentrations in order to protect capitalism and growth.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-economic-roots-of-the-ipccs-failure/

The Manipulations Driving IPCC Support
Reveals how the techniques of magic and the good cop/bad cop stratagem have allowed the IPCC to take an ecocidal stance while retaining both public and intellectual support.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-manipulations-driving-ipcc-support/

The IPCC’s Long Escape from Ecological Reality
Outlines the history of the IPCC's deceptions since abandoning the rational goal of safe concentrations in 1995.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-long-escape-from-ecological-reality/

Confession of an Environmental Thought Criminal
My mock confession that, as an independent environmental thinker, I have committed serious thoughtcrimes.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/confession-of-an-environmental-thought-criminal/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672968Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:50:32 +0000Youth RevolutionThe Political Realities You Must Confront The democratic illusion is the main impediment to youth survival. Pressuring government and politicians to implement a rational crisis response is not just futile, it is a fatal diversion from militant...
The democratic illusion is the main impediment to youth survival. Pressuring government and politicians to implement a rational crisis response is not just futile, it is a fatal diversion from militant organization and action. The capitalist class holds political power and is therefore society's ruling entity. The rational response to the ecological crisis requires the replacement of this class with a sustainable alternative.

Further reading:

The Economic Roots of the IPCC’s Failure
Asserts that the IPCC has failed to maintain safe GHG concentrations in order to protect capitalism and growth.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-economic-roots-of-the-ipccs-failure/

The Manipulations Driving IPCC Support
Reveals how the techniques of magic and the good cop/bad cop stratagem have allowed the IPCC to take an ecocidal stance while retaining both public and intellectual support.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-manipulations-driving-ipcc-support/

The IPCC’s Long Escape from Ecological Reality
Outlines the history of the IPCC's deceptions since abandoning the rational goal of safe concentrations in 1995.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-ipccs-long-escape-from-ecological-reality/

Confession of an Environmental Thought Criminal
My mock confession that, as an independent environmental thinker, I have committed serious thoughtcrimes.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/confession-of-an-environmental-thought-criminal/]]>1810falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-6--47672967
Ethical and committed members of older generations must throw their political and practical support behind the militant young. The young and their supporters must instigate military intervention, by persuading the military to honor its professional responsibilities. The military must respond by shifting its loyalty from the capitalist class to the populace and then intervening politically. This intervention must replace the capitalist class with a sustainable ruling group, and initiate the transformation of the capitalist state into a sustainable state.

Further reading:

Book Review: Anthropocene or Capitalocene?
Criticism of a group of Marxian academics who acknowledge the role of capitalism in the ecological crisis, but who avoid the revolutionary implications due to their employment by a capitalist institution. Also suggests the positive roles academics can play in preparing humankind for the transition to a post-capitalist society.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/anthropocene-or-capitalocene/

Extinction Rebellion: Courageous Activism, Flawed Strategy
A critique of XR's rejection of solar radiation management, written shortly after the group's formation in 2018. Since that time the group has moved even further away from environmental rationality by accepting the ecocidal guidance of a conservative scientific "support" group called XR Scientists.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/extinction-rebellion-courageous-activism-flawed-strategy/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672967Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:50:45 +0000Youth RevolutionA Strategy for Revolutionary Change Ethical and committed members of older generations must throw their political and practical support behind the militant young. The young and their supporters must instigate military intervention, by persuading...
Ethical and committed members of older generations must throw their political and practical support behind the militant young. The young and their supporters must instigate military intervention, by persuading the military to honor its professional responsibilities. The military must respond by shifting its loyalty from the capitalist class to the populace and then intervening politically. This intervention must replace the capitalist class with a sustainable ruling group, and initiate the transformation of the capitalist state into a sustainable state.

Further reading:

Book Review: Anthropocene or Capitalocene?
Criticism of a group of Marxian academics who acknowledge the role of capitalism in the ecological crisis, but who avoid the revolutionary implications due to their employment by a capitalist institution. Also suggests the positive roles academics can play in preparing humankind for the transition to a post-capitalist society.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/anthropocene-or-capitalocene/

Extinction Rebellion: Courageous Activism, Flawed Strategy
A critique of XR's rejection of solar radiation management, written shortly after the group's formation in 2018. Since that time the group has moved even further away from environmental rationality by accepting the ecocidal guidance of a conservative scientific "support" group called XR Scientists.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/extinction-rebellion-courageous-activism-flawed-strategy/]]>1245falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-7--47672966
Capitalism's economic logic is environmentally destructive, and must be replaced by a sustainable logic. Its narrow assumptions about workers and consumers must be substantially modified to maintain social stability under contractionary conditions. The difficult transition from capitalism to a sustainable economy can be facilitated by applying two principles: minimum effective change and social neutrality.

My proposed starting point for a sustainable economic theory is ENL, the Economics of Needs and Limits. This guiding framework is based on an objective theory of value and cost, distinguishes between needs and wants, and offers analytical tools for achieving sustainable well-being.

Further reading:

Introduction to ENL
ENL is a conceptual framework to replace standard economics, providing the tools required to establish rational economic objectives based on the goal of sustainable well-being.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-economics-of-needs-and-limits/introduction/

The Economics of Needs and Limits
ENL is a guiding framework for an economy with the goal of sustainable well-being. If organized human life can be maintained, a mature form of ENL could play a central role in restoring our species to a sustainable state. Free pdf to download.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/wp-content/uploads/Economics-of-Needs-and-Limits-4th-Edition-PDF.pdf]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672966Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:50:56 +0000Youth RevolutionFrom Capitalism to a Sustainable Economy Capitalism's economic logic is environmentally destructive, and must be replaced by a sustainable logic. Its narrow assumptions about workers and consumers must be substantially modified to maintain social...
Capitalism's economic logic is environmentally destructive, and must be replaced by a sustainable logic. Its narrow assumptions about workers and consumers must be substantially modified to maintain social stability under contractionary conditions. The difficult transition from capitalism to a sustainable economy can be facilitated by applying two principles: minimum effective change and social neutrality.

My proposed starting point for a sustainable economic theory is ENL, the Economics of Needs and Limits. This guiding framework is based on an objective theory of value and cost, distinguishes between needs and wants, and offers analytical tools for achieving sustainable well-being.

Further reading:

Introduction to ENL
ENL is a conceptual framework to replace standard economics, providing the tools required to establish rational economic objectives based on the goal of sustainable well-being.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/the-economics-of-needs-and-limits/introduction/

The Economics of Needs and Limits
ENL is a guiding framework for an economy with the goal of sustainable well-being. If organized human life can be maintained, a mature form of ENL could play a central role in restoring our species to a sustainable state. Free pdf to download.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/wp-content/uploads/Economics-of-Needs-and-Limits-4th-Edition-PDF.pdf]]>1027falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-chapter-8-conclusion--47672969
Assume that the youth ecological revolution has been fully successful. That is, a sustainable ruling group holds political power, the transformed state is aggressively implementing the rational crisis response, and the transition from capitalism to a sustainable economy is substantially complete. Given the human and social realities discussed in previous chapters, what will likely be the broad characteristics of this post-capitalist world?

Further reading:

Life, Biology, and Capitalism
I offer my views on the essence of life, propose a shift from today's mechanistic biology to "vital biology", and discuss capitalism's role in the field's intellectual corruption.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/other-documents/life-biology-and-capitalism/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672969Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:51:15 +0000Youth RevolutionThe Post-Capitalist World Assume that the youth ecological revolution has been fully successful. That is, a sustainable ruling group holds political power, the transformed state is aggressively implementing the rational crisis response, and the...
Assume that the youth ecological revolution has been fully successful. That is, a sustainable ruling group holds political power, the transformed state is aggressively implementing the rational crisis response, and the transition from capitalism to a sustainable economy is substantially complete. Given the human and social realities discussed in previous chapters, what will likely be the broad characteristics of this post-capitalist world?

Further reading:

Life, Biology, and Capitalism
I offer my views on the essence of life, propose a shift from today's mechanistic biology to "vital biology", and discuss capitalism's role in the field's intellectual corruption.
https://ecologicalsurvival.org/other-documents/life-biology-and-capitalism/]]>1001falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-appendices-a-b--47672962Appendix B: Proposed Public Statement by the US Military]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672962Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:51:53 +0000Youth RevolutionAppendix A: Proposed Youth Ecological Manifesto Appendix B: Proposed Public Statement by the US MilitaryAppendix B: Proposed Public Statement by the US Military]]>1304falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youth-ecological-revolution-appendices-c-d-e--47672965Appendix D: Critical Review of The New Climate War, by Michael Mann
Appendix E: The Rockefeller Foundation]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47672965Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:52:12 +0000Youth RevolutionAppendix C: Proposed Public Statement by Young Climate Scientists Appendix D: Critical Review of The New Climate War, by Michael Mann Appendix E: The Rockefeller FoundationAppendix D: Critical Review of The New Climate War, by Michael Mann
Appendix E: The Rockefeller Foundation]]>1306falsefull