The Earth Said Remember Me, a guide to resisting environmental amnesia
For many years, climate scientists and activists alike have wondered what new emergency or extreme event might shock the world into action. Well, none has come so far.
We humans are masterful at getting used to new normal after new normal. Scientists call this "shifting baseline syndrome" and warn that it's why we are increasingly sleepwalking toward disaster.
In his new book, environmental activist and longtime editor-in-chief of Sierra magazine Jason Dove Mark offers an antidote, focusing on four simple but powerful rules that everyone can use to resist environmental amnesia: Go outside. Bear witness. Make a record. Pass it on.
Mark makes the case for everyday practices that can help us "remember the Earth" and support environmental conservation, restoration, and rewilding.