To think that my choices of sustainable commuting, eating a plant based diet, and working on our City’s zero waste program likely pale in comparison to the impact of not having a baby is nothing short of devastating.  Does it make me a bad environmentalist to honor my maternal instincts?

We hope we did enough

I hope that by the time you’re reading this, things have changed and people have started to protect the earth

I hope that you all can enjoy the Smokey Mountains in your lifetime too and that they look how they did back in 2017 when I saw them.

I want you to see those corn fields in the north, the beautiful beaches down in Florida, and the stars in the woods at night.

I’m going to start a campaign to try to convince everybody in the Netherlands to not eat meat one day a week.

My act of love will be to use all the power I have, during the rest of my life, to stop climate change.

I feel deeply that it is my moral obligation as your Mom to protect your future and allow you to inherit a clean and healthy planet.

will continue championing land preservation and the restoration of woodland, prairie and wetland habitats. I will not stop advocating for “bird friendly” legislation to make cities safer for your passage.

The environment is important – take care of your actions to not destroy it starting from now.