The Greenheart Movement

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Shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) is what happens when we forget how vibrant the natural world used to be. Each generation grows up with a more depleted environment and calls it “normal,” simply because it’s all they’ve ever known.

Think about walking through a park and thinking, “This seems healthy.” But maybe 30 years ago that same park had twice as many birds, wildflowers, or insects. If you never saw that version, you don’t feel the loss — and that quiet forgetting becomes the new baseline. Over time, we start accepting degraded ecosystems as normal.

Researchers warn that this shift lowers our expectations, increases our tolerance for decline, and reduces our urgency to protect what’s left.

What helps:

Intergenerational conversations that reconnect us with what nature used to be.

Direct experiences with nature that sharpen our awareness of change.

Remembering (knowing) the past is the first step to restoring the future.

Our Power, Our Planet! Yes! We're excited to open applications today for our 2nd cohort of the Q***r Eco Corps which we successfully launched last year. Apply here: https://tally.so/r/68Odqk by May 15th and please share with LBQ Guyanese in your networks. 🌈🌎💚

We'll be there doing a composting demo/workshop, giving away books, increasing eco awareness and other cool stuff; come thru, and help spread the word! Tickets are $2K and can be purchased at the gate, or via the QR code on the flyer. 💚