But when you encounter that resistance–and you will, regularly–know that you must respond just how we have had to these past 50 years. With love, and sternness, and most of all, courage. Because that is what the resistance fears the most. We who came before you promise that we will do the same while we wait for you. Know that you will never be alone.

We only have 11 years left until the damage done by climate change is irreversible.

I will never give up on you, on humanity, on the future.

So today, my strong and spunky girl, I promise you this: I will stay vigilant and flexible. I will spread the word.

I don’t regret my past ventures, nor do I believe I will regret my future ventures, but I’ve learned that I’ve needed to manifest these experiences into actions of sustainable development and conservation and protection of our environment.

Is the world really polluted?

We as the human race are smarter than this struggle at hand and need to rise above large corporate interests and confusion on this topic.

Right now you are only a little over 5 weeks old, but you have truly changed my whole world. Your Mom and I always say that we thought we loved before you were born, but now that you have come into the world and we met you, our ability to love just expanded exponentially.