Six years after his death, Benoît Lechat, co-founder of the Green European Journal and head of publications at Belgian green think tank Etopia, continues to enrich our society with his thinking. In his final works, Lechat stressed the need for a green democratic reboot that effectively combines democracy and ecology. Logically, this effort was to be led by European Green parties. But in order to succeed, Greens would first have to understand the fundamental shifts underway in society.